Our conservation article this month features communications from Jerry White of the Spokane Riverkeeper organization. Jerry recently sent an “Advocacy Alert” titled “JUST SAY NO TO DISCHARGER VARIANCES.” A variance is a time-limited exception to our state’s water quality standard for toxins. It means that while the variance is in place, industrial and municipal dischargers […]
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Before entering into this month’s review, some reminders: I invite all members to come forward with titles they would like to suggest for library purchase. The library will be making its end-of-year upgrade shortly and any suggestions are heartily welcomed! I will again chair the club’s award nomination and selection process this year. Accordingly, I
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Thomas McGuane. I’ve stated, in prior reviews, that I thought Thomas McGuane was the finest fishing writer out there. Yet, he is so much more. He has written novels involving hard-life types from his home state of Montana, as well as hisbeloved Florida Keys. He is also an accomplished short-story author, with collections involving characters
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Randall Osborne, Fisheries Biologist of our local WDFW Office recently reached out to the club for a letter of support for WDFW efforts to provide a boat ramp at Chapman Lake. According to Randall, “after a lengthy and complicated process involving working with a property owner and eventually the property estate, WDFW was forced to
The Spiritual Side. What with so much going on in life right now, I confess that I have been unable to find time to read a book with the care necessary to prepare a review. I thought, at first, to simply beg forbearance and not print a report at all. But, then, our club’s Christmas
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From the Inland NW Land Council: “Imagine launching your canoe below the Nine Mile Falls Dam on the Spokane River. You paddle down Lake Spokanefor miles and miles, passing houses and docks, and then… solitude. You can see Bald Eagles nesting on the cliffs, Great Blue Herons stalking the shallows. GREAT NEWS! Through Avista’s generous
Tom Rosenbauer has built a life around fly fishing. He began tying flies commercially at age fourteen. He has fished the world over, including Kamchatka, Christmas Island, and English chalk streams. He has served the Orvis company in virtually every capacity possible, including as an instructor. Currently, he is Orvis’s Marketing Manager. Lucky for all
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Soft Hackle Flies More than once I have been asked if our Library contains any information on soft-hackled flies. We now have, thanks to donations, two volumes which deal with soft-hackle flies as their primary subject. Both were written by Sylvester Nemes. The Soft Hackled Fly, A Trout Fisherman’s Guide, was published in 1975, while
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The Baggie Shrimp is one of the Pacific Northwest’s best scud patterns. The lower scud image displays the prominent orange marsupium or egg pouch, where it gets it’s name. (webmaster note: the following pictures do not go where I want them, so do your best to go follow along.) Materials: Hook: Tiemco 2457 or 3769,
A Bible Thanks to the generosity of one of our members, Rolf Marsh, our Library has come into possession of one of the most significant modern volumes ever written about North American Salmonids. Trout and Salmon of North America, published in 2002, is considered by many the Bible of North American Salmonid identification and research.
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