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The Southwestern Vermont Chapter of TU is raffling off a Leonard Duracane 7', 2/2, 4 weight bamboo with an Orvis CFO 123 Disc reel (& 4wt Orvis Floating Wonderline). (Photos attached.) This rod is...

Let them eat pancakes! 2008 Pancake Breakfast

This Saturday -- May 10th, 8am-noon, at the American Legion Hall in Arlington, VT. Proceeds to benefit Trout in the Classroom programs in Arlington...

Thank you for the clarification FK & Dudley.

-pkb

Thanks Dudley!

Now all I need to do is dig up a copy of the article and I'll be golden.

Too bad FF doesn't archive back issues or articles and make them available online....

Thanks again!...

RC,

Yeah, it does look like a fish getter. Though I'm neither the tier nor the originator.

I'm simply the web guy posting the pattern on our TU chapter site. Here's the link:
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Can anyone help me confirm the origins of a wet fly known as the Scraggly?

-- Body: peacock herl, and grizzly hackle palmered and clipped short
-- Ribbing: gold wire
-- Hackle: hen furnace...

Take a minute and 'sign' an e-petition to help protect wild rainbows in VT's Winooski River....

http://tuswvt.org/Winooski_Tribs.shtml

Thanks in advance.

The Southwestern Vermont Chapter of...

I've been fishing my 4wt SF 'Trout Bum' on small streams in the Northeast for 2 years now and loving it. That slow, full-flex action is a joy. Perfect for tight quarters, but not made to unload...

We've made some progress on this front, but we're not out of the weeds yet.

The public hearing on the Battenkill management plan was last week (9/21) and those of in favor of 'keeping it wild'...

I believe the Superfine isn't being discontinued, just redesigned for 2007. Perhaps it was just the 150th Anniversary Superfine that was referred to as being discontinued or no longer available...

VT's public hearing on the draft Interim Battenkill fishery management plan is NEXT WEEK - Thursday - 9/21/2006 - 7-9PM at Burr & Burton Academy, in Manchester, VT.

All concerned about the state...

VT's public hearing on the draft Interim Battenkill fishery management plan is NEXT WEEK - Thursday - 9/21/2006 - 7-9PM at Burr & Burton Academy, in Manchester, VT.

All concerned about the state...

Kai:

You made two very good observations:



Bingo. On both counts.

However, although the river is subject to considerable recreational boating/floating traffic in the summer, that's not...

Thanks to all who have replied in support of Keeping it Wild on the Battenkill.

As AgMD pointed out, the state is currently in the public opinion gathering phase -- which means now is the time we...

As Jed pointed out correctly, the browns are wild but not native.

There has been no official stocking in the mainstem of the VT BK since the early 70's - '71 I believe.

-pkb

* Also posted to the Conservation BB under the subject: "Wild Trout Stream (mis)Management"

Consider a stream that has demonstrated the ability to support a naturally reproducing population of...

Consider a stream that has demonstrated the ability to support a naturally reproducing population of wild brook & brown trout. (In fact, it's 'Class A' trout water in some stretches.)

Add to...

Splash, Bill, LF & Jed - Thanks one all for the votes of confidence...

Any and ALL anglers interested in fishing over those famous & finicky big wild browns of the Battenkill (at some time in the...

Thanks for the acknowledgement.

That's also my post in the "Sound Off" section.

For those inclined, we'd be happy to have your names added to the list of those in favor of keeping the...

Cut to the chase:

VT has proposed stocking rainbow trout in the Battenkill to appease those who are tired of waiting for the efforts of the scientists and conservationists to pay off, just so they...

Cut to the chase:

VT has proposed stocking rainbow trout in the Battenkill to appease those who are tired of waiting for the efforts of the scientists and conservationists to pay off, just so they...