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STOCKED VERSUS NATIVE • HERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL—AND PERHAPS INCRIMINATING—STORY IN THIS ISSUE IS “PENNSYLVANIA NATIVES” BY JAMES SULESKI. DESPITE THE TITLE, THIS SUBJECT MATTER IS NOT PECULIAR TO PENNSYLVANIA. THE PRACTICE OF STOCKING HATCHERY TROUT ON TOP OF BARELY SURVIVING POPULATIONS OF NATIVE TROUT, AND MANAGING WILD TROUT AREAS TO THE BENEFIT OF INVASIVE SPECIES IS SOMETHING EVERY CONSERVATIONIST AND FLY FISHER SHOULD BE OPPOSED TO. “CONSERVATION” MEANS PROTECTING AND PRESERVING NATURAL RESOURCES, AND IN TERMS OF WILDLIFE IT MEANS PROTECTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.
PENNSYLVANIA NATIVES • DISJOINTED HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS WON’T SAVE PA’S BROOK TROUT. WE NEED WATERSHED-WIDE MANAGEMENT, AND WE NEED TO STOP STOCKING INVASIVE SPECIES
7 WAYS TO HAUL • UNDERSTANDING AND MAXIMIZING YOUR DOUBLE HAUL
FLATTENING THE THREATS • A PROPOSED OVER-THE-WATER RESORT WOULD OVERRUN ONE OF THE BEST FLATS ON TURNEFFE ATOLL
NEW & NOTABLE
BOOKSHELF
NEWSCASTS
Damselflies • FLIES AND STRATEGIES FOR STILLWATER SUCCESS
CONNECTICUT TAILWATER TROUT • “SURVIVOR STRAIN” BROWN TROUT ARE JUST ONE REASON WHY THE FARMINGTON RIVER IS ONE OF THE NORTHEAST’S FINEST BLUE-RIBBON TROUT FISHERIES
LOCAL CONTACTS
CHASING Palometa • THE EPICENTER OF PERMIT FISHING IN THE CARIBBEAN
FLIES FOR FINICKY FISH
Beach Vibes
FLY FISHING THE CDT • A FIVE-STATE HIKE ALONG AMERICA’S SPINE
RESOURCES AND GEAR
MCKNIGHT’S DANGER MUFFIN CRAB • A FUN-TO-TIE CRAB PATTERN YOU CAN MODIFY FOR PERMIT IN EVERY OCEAN
WRECKAGE