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Steelhead Biology in Lake Erie
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June 9, 2008 Clear Fork Chapter, Trout
Unlimited
Kevin Kayle – Fish Biologist, ODNR< (More...) |
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Caddis Fly Jewelry---May 12, 2008
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Kathy Stout, owner of Wildscape Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia, spoke to an audience of Trout Unlimited members and guests about her most unusual business.&n (More...) |
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Fly fishing in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California
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Patrick Robinson, Mad River Outfitters
(From December 2007 CFRTU Chapter Meeting, notes from Randy Rowe)
Patrick was raised in S. Indiana and now lives in Middlefield OH. He has been guiding for a few years for steelhead on the Grand and other NW OH rivers. He takes some clients down the Grand via kayak and can cover a lot of river that way. He likes to swing streamers made of rabbit or marabou because of the hard strike they produce. He is a member (More...) |
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Youth Fly Fishing Clinic
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Friday, May 8, the
Clear Fork Chapter partnered with the Division of Wildlife, Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, to hold the third annual Youth
Fly Fishing Clinic at the Fish Hatchery at Castalia. Thirteen boy and girls
chosen by the ODNR by lottery, enjoyed a day full of learning
and fun. Classes were hel (More...) |
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STEELHEAD FISHING ON OREGON’S GRANDE RONDE RIVER
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Randy Rowe and Skip Nault
TU meeting, May 14, 2007
In late 2006, we traveled to Northeast Oregon to fish the Grande Ronde River for steelhead. The GR is a famous western steelhead river that flows into the Snake River at the northern end of Hell’s Canyon, which is the deepest gorge in North America. Hell’s Canyon forms the northern border between Oregon and Idaho. The northeast corner of Oregon is a very rugged featuring the high Wallowa Mountains and several rivers that flow throu (More...) |
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STOCKING TROUT IN APPLE CREEK: April 6, 2008 Update
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By Skip Nault
In August of 2005 I wrote “A short history of stocking trout in Apple Creek and its promise for the future” for the Clear Fork Journal. At the time I
prepared the report, Apple Creek had been stocked once in March of 2005 with 850 rainbow trout.
Since then, Apple Creek has been stocked six more times with 350 to 600 trout each, in the fall of 2005, the fall and spring of 2006 and 2007, and
most recently the spring of 2008. While fish stocked in the spring o (More...) |
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Managing trout in midwestern streams with special reference to Apple Creek
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The following is a summary of a presentation given at the November 14 meeting of the Clear Fork Chapter by Lance Williams, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. The summary was prepared by Skip Nault who takes blame for any errors, ommisions and misinterpretations.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS that affect fish populations, including trout, in fresh water streams. Among physical factors, temperature is most important for trout. Rivers and creeks in (More...) |
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Apple Creek Stocking A Success
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More than two-dozen TU members met at Apple Creek at Grosjean Park in Wooster Saturday, October 29, to stock 500 rainbow trout. The trout were spread over a two mile stretch including areas up-stream in the Park not stocked last spring. Some of the fish are pretty big (2-3 pounders). We expect these fish to hold over for the winter and provide good fishing from now till spring.
We posted several CATCH AND PROPER RELEASE signs in the Park to remind fishermen that this is to be a sustaina (More...) |
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Electroshocking Apple Creek
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Wednesday, October 10th Lance Williams, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources at OSU helped us sample fish in Apple Creek at Grosjean Park. No trout were found, as we suspected they have all been fished out. But we did collect sample of more than a dozen native fish species, with several suckers exceeding a foot in length. The good news is that many of the fish are indicators of good water quality. Examples are northern hog suckers, abundant stone rollers and several (More...) |
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Youth Clinic Big Success; We’ll Be Back For More
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They learned to leave no stone unturned - when looking for tasty trout tidbits - and they learned to tie what they find swimming and crawling and fluttering around the stream. They learned a knot or two and they learned to cast. And they discovered that all that learning can have big rewards.
They were the 15 kids ages 11 to 15 who were selected by lottery to inaugurate the Youth Fly Fishing Clinic sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and staffed by the (More...) |
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FLY FISHING WITH BEETLES--by Skip Nault
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Most fly fishermen know something about the appearance,
biology and behavior of the mayflies, caddis flies, stone flies and
other aquatic insects that make up a large part of a trout's diet.
Studies conducted on the feeding habits of trout, primarily done
by examining the stomach contents of harvested fish, confirm
that in the spring and fall of the year, all stages of aquatic
insects make up the bulk of food items eaten. However, during
summer months, terrestrial insects, lan (More...) |
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