More ladies fly fishing

Luring anglers (The Mining Journal)

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Standing on a rock outcropping that juts into Officer’s Gulch Lake, Char Bloom resembled an orchestra conductor the moment before a concert. Instead of lifting a wand, though, she waved a fly fishing rod.

Fly fishing as a whole has leveled off, though, according to last year’s study. There were 14.7 million fly fishermen (and women) in 2005, down from 18.2 million in 2004.

Fly fishing had a surge in popularity when Brad Pitt starred in the 1992 movie “A River Runs Through It.” However, wannabes soon discovered it wasn’t as easy as Pitt made it look.

“It got very fashionable there for a while,” fly fishing author John Gierach said. “But those who saw the movie and got into it because it looked fashionable have moved on to something else.”

Nice to see more ladies coming into the sport, thanks to The Mining Journal for this update....check out the full article.

http://www.miningjournal.net/stories/articles.asp?articleID=6244

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Great trout fishing expected for the fall!

Good trout fishing is expected for the fall - Berkshire Eagle

Excellent news for trout fishing in the fall. So many places to fish and so little time..... This article by Gene Chague (Berkshire Woods & Waters) favours the coming season in and around Berkshire. See what you think......

Good trout fishing is expected for the fall Berkshire Eagle, MA - 3 hours ago ... The following classes will be offered: Basic Archery, Introduction to the shotgun, Skeet & Trap, Introduction to hand guns, kayaking, fly fishing and fly tying ...

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Kennebec River Fishing in Maine

http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/sports/stories/3107756.shtml

This is a detailed article about fishing the Kennebec River in Maine, sounds and inviting place and with so much detail about the best areas it is very tempting to get on over there.....

Mike Holt owns Fly Fishing Only, a fly shop on the Kennebec Riverin downtown Fairfield, so naturally, he knows the river from Shawmut Dam to Fairfield as well as anyone. His knowledge comes from spending thousands of hours, fishing this gorgeous stretch of gravel-bottomed, wading water with trailing weeds and heavy hatches.

"If we don't get lots of rain this month," Holt said, "then this will be one of the best Septembers ever for trout fishing on the Shawmut stretch because the water has cooled so quickly."

Holt explained that on Sept. 12 last year, the water temperature held in the high 60s, but this past Wednesday, it had already dropped to a steady 65 degrees, ideal for activating brown trout and rainbow trout for the fall season. By mid-week, anglers were picking up rainbow trout but not browns. By today, though, this river should produce red-hot fishing for rainbows and maybe browns.

http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/sports/stories/3107756.shtml

Thanks Ken Allen for this detail article.

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