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Fishing Forecast 1/24 – 2/07

By Fishing Forecast
“The stream keeps me from getting lost, and anytime I feel like being a fisherman again, the trout are there, sages themselves, the wise roshi that caught me by the way and taught me to love wildness.” ~Christopher Camuto For those who have been hibernating, it is time to let February awaken the angler within. A wet weather pattern will continue to bring…
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The Nature Conservancy’s Kilpatrick Pond Restoration Project: Fish & Temperature Data

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
Clark Shafer from The Nature Conservancy dropped by the store a few days ago to share a few updates and data packages with us. There are many voices of various perspectives and opinions about this project, and the folks of TNC and Silver Creek Preserve managers are working to make this info available for all to see and comment. Areas…
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Really Big Trout!

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
I've never caught a really big trout. A few real dandies here and there have made their way into my net for a quick snapshot and release, but nothing even close to the absolute monsters we've seen from Silver Creek over the past few years. These fully mature fish are what dreams are made of. After all, the anticipation before…
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Fine Art

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
  Travis Sylvester can really draw. Most people who see the artwork he has created are shocked when they realize what they are looking at is not a rich photograph or painting, but hand drawn with color pencils. Here on the left is the original photo I took of this thick brown that slurped down a big black beetle pattern…
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