Stan Flower’s mighty musky.

My first Hexagenia hatch experience this summer shocked me. Unfortunatley I wasn’t fishing- I was in a bar. I was travelling through Southern Minnesota (on I-90) and stayed near a shallow silty-bottomed lake. The following note was scribbled in my journal:

Huge yellow mayfly- Hex?  Size 8, Long dark double tail

1 on window @ 6 PM

100 on wall @ 10 PM

1,000 at gas station at 4 AM

Soutwest Minnesota, August 3rd

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The Source — Tasmania
by Nick Reygeart
Gin-Clear Media Productions
Te Anau, NZ, 2009
DVD, 48 minutes plus 15 minutes Featurette & Trailer, color
suggested price $26.95
 
            This DVD presents a fishing travelogue sampler of the tremendous variety of Brown trout fishing in Tasmania. From surf fishing for sea trout to tiny mountain creeks and alpine lakes the producer takes you across Tasmania with some of the best fly fishermen in each venue. The DVD starts out with a brief, well scripted, history of Brown trout being brought to Tasmania. Then highlighted in the DVD is surf fishing bait imitations for large sea trout (migratory Brown trout), mountain creek fishing for headwater Brown trout, alpine lake fishing for Brown trout during aquatic insect hatches, and sight fishing for Brown trout in lowland placid rivers. The diversity of the terrain and vegetation is beautifully captured. The fishermen presenting each venue are well versed in their areas and exhibit not only good fishing technique but a real love of the sport and the quarry. The videography and sound are excellent and the editing is superb. The mix of fishing, narrative, interview, and geography are very well designed and executed. The featurette on making the movie is very interesting and informative as well as fun. In addition, it contains a very interesting technique for fly-fishing for snakes. The trailer is an excellent lead for the movie. The music throughout the movie is well done and well chosen to compliment the movie. This is a wonderful fly fishing adventure but even watching simply for the beauty of the images this DVD is definitely worth the price.

-Bruce E. Harang, Federation of Fly Fishers

Robbie Baker joins the Trout Study Group.

“One of the beauties of books is that, at their best, they’re not so much manifestos as blueprints for a reader’s participation. The author says some things outright, suggests others and probably reveals a thing or two unconsciously, while the best readers bring nearly as much to a book as the writer did, and if they like it they make it uniquely their own. The real end of a truly successful book comes when the author and one particular reader walk off together into the sunset after sharing an adventure. It’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” – John Gierach

 Taken in Austria.

“…did a 5 hour hike into an isolated valley and got a bunch of Arctic Char to 3 pound on dries.” -Nick Raygaert