Fish are pretty amazing that way. Lateral lines detect movement, changes in flow, current, nearby predators or prey. They use any variation of flow to their advantage. When we design habitat, we purposely look to create variations in velocity to add resting areas, feeding areas, and areas of faster ...

We've used Uline, Lindy, or Hatch gloves for dealing with pike, walleye spines, and sturgeon scutes. The rubber grip ones were tough on fish, but handling them safely (not dropping) was important. The leather ones stayed wet, were better for fish, but got funky. In the end we preferred nets/cradles ...

What actually happens in a current seam? When I look at the surface I often see flat areas with lines Inbetween that snake downstream. The fish and the insects are in the line. I think this water at the surface is rolling sideways? Thanks, Paul Very likely the transition between 2 cells of water - ...

In basic hydraulics, water moves downstream in a fairly uniform manner with predictable effects from friction. You'll find that without considering obstacles and various bed materials (friction), rivers will move downstream in a helical flow pattern (sine wave - corkscrew). This is because of the fr...

On Sexyloops no (or small) reaction usually means to have been spot-on. Something I learned over the years. :D Best Bernd I always assumed no reaction meant that nobody was reading? I've been using the FPs to sell Canadian government secrets on how to quash fisheries to a pro PETA group in the Balt...

Ray... good article (saw it earlier), but it's not a scientific study. It provides no "proof" of dead fish and blames a "UK" type of handling for harm. I think that handling like that does cause harm, but there is no evidence and no talk about dropping on the rocks. ** Just to be...

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I didn't realize there were salmonflies in the eastern states.
Are they a very "fishable" hatch?

Ray... That study (from the Gink and Gasoline Blog - http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/steelhead/you-may-be-killing-steelhead-and-not-even-know-it/) apparently, is an internal study on the release mortality on rainbow trout that was never published/released. It also wasn't a study about handling mortal...

Nick,
I would love to hear about some Roosterfish stuff!

I'm a flyfisher first and foremost and I positively hate marketing people who would sell their grandmother's soul if they could make a profit! So screw that. A great product, no gimmicks, quietly make it the best. For me the satisfaction is in making the best quality product I can and not hyping th...