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2011 Youth Fly Fishing Clinic
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Fifteen boys and girls attended the 2011 Youth fly fishing clinic on
Cold Creek at the Castalia Fish Hatchery on July 8. The weather for the
afternoon session was perfect and all the new fly anglers caught their
limit of three rainbow trout.
The new fly anglers were matched up with CFRTU chaper members
who served as gillies, helping them with thier casting skills, tying wooly
buggers onto the tippets and helping them net their catches. This is
the first time in seven yea (More...) |
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STEELHEADING 101
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This article is based on a program presented October 12, 2009 at the Clear Fork River chapter of Trout Unlimited. Presenters at that meeting were Skip Nault, Greg Elefterin, George Marzluf, Don Dean and Jeff Miller. This summary was prepared by Randy Rowe and includes his own experiences as well.
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Fly Fishing in Appalachian Virginia
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At the June 8 meeting of the CFRTU, Canton's Jack Gravo
gave a power point presentation highlighting fly fishing trips to
Appalachian Virginia. The trips are organized and sponsored by
John Rochus. John first started taking fishermen to streams
stocked and managed by 'River-bound Extreme Fly Fishing' in
Lebanon, VA, in 2006 with 6 fishermen. Now (2009) John
organizes three, 2-day trips for 10 fly fishermen each in late
February and early March.
River-bound manage (More...) |
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FLY FISHING WITH ANTS--by Skip Nault
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Of the terrestrial fly patterns most often found in a
fly fishers fly box, grasshoppers beetles and ants are the most
likely candidates. I have written about the beetles on this
website, here I discuss the ants.
Ants are by far and away the most numerous insects on
earth. More than 10,000 different species have been named.
Yes, there are many more beetle species, over 350,000, but I am
referring to the number of individual insects. A 'megacolony' of
the Argentin (More...) |
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FLYFISHING FOR SALMON, STEELHEAD AND DOLLY VARDEN TROUT, KARLUK RIVER, KODIAK, ALASKA
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Harry Hoitink and Roy Ferguson (More...) |
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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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Youth Fly Fishing Clinic
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Friday, June 12, the
Clear Fork Chapter partnered with the Division of Wildlife, Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, to hold the fifth annual Youth
Fly Fishing Clinic at the Fish Hatchery at Castalia. Thirteen boy and girls
in the morning session and 10 in the afternoon session
chosen by the ODNR by lottery, enjoyed a hours full of learning
and fun. (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 t (More...) |
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STOCKING TROUT IN APPLE CREEK: November 7, 2009 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. The stream was also
stocked in the fall with rainbows.
Since then, Apple Creek has been stocked in the fall and
spring of 2006, 2007 and 2008, and 2009. While fish stocked
in the spring of 2005 were of ne (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 (More...) |
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Apple Creek Stocking A Success
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More than three dozen TU members met at Apple Creek at
Grosjean Park in Wooster Saturday, April 4, to stock 500 rainbow
and brown trout. The trout were spread over a one mile stretch
of the park. We expect the trout to hold over this summer and
provide good fishing from now till the fall 2009 stocking.
We posted several CATCH AND PROPER RELEASE signs in the
Park to remind fishermen that this is intended to be a
sustainable sports fishery. If you see other fishermen harvesti (More...) |
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Youth Clinic Big Success; We will 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 (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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