Juliana’s Anglers Annual Fly Fishing School for Women
Juliana’s Anglers is a women’s fly fishing club based in New York City, and on my recent (ish) trip to the apple, I had the pleasure of meeting with Shannon Brightman, the president of Juliana’s, and had the chance to learn about one of the city’s first lady fly fishing clubs.
Rumor has it Dame Juliana, who was a 15th century English nun, is credited with authoring the first book on angling, never mind the first book written by a woman, ever…
The purpose of their club is to encourage all women interested in fly fishing to enjoy the sport with other women by making fishing accessible through education, conservation, planned activities, and events.
They are hosting their annual fly fishing school for women, which will be held May 14th-16th on the campus of the Frost Valley YMCA in the Catskills.
Visit Juliana’s website to learn more about the club, or download the 2010 catalogue of trips to learn about an early June trip timed to the drake hatch on the East Branch of the Delaware; bass fishing on the Susquehanna in July, and the chance to leaf peep and stalk big browns on the Housatonic in September
If you live in or around the NYC area, and are interested in learning how to fly fish, are interested in brushing up on your skills or meeting new friends, i strongly encourage you to give the gals at Juliana’s a call.
Fishy Kid Writing Contest
The topic is: “Why are the outdoors and spending time on the water so important to you?”
Fishy Kid is excited to announce the first contest of the year with a writing contest which is sponsored by NuCanoe and a growing list of other sponsors.
SPONSORS – NuCanoe, ECHO, Redington, Scientific Anglers, Montana Fly Company, Idlywilde Flies, Korkers, Tenkara USA, Osprey Packs, Simms, and others!
Head on over to Fishy Kid to learn the 411. Good luck everyone!
More work from Diane Michelin…
Recent work from fellow flyfishergirl and fly fishing fine artist Diane Michelin.
Weekly Women In The Stream Photo
Morgan, who runs The Sand Hill blog sent us this photo. She hooked up with this carp on the Snake river, ID.
Catch Magazine – Official Journal of Fly Fishing Photography & Film
Issue #10 is live!
Catch Magazine: Brian O’Keefe & Todd Moen have created an online fly fishing magazine illustrating the best fly fishing around the world.
The Painted Trout – Fine Goods for a Sporting Life
While i was attending the Indiana On The Fly show my booth was next to Lauren Kingsley, who is the mastermind behind The Painted Trout. Not only is she an incredibly sweet lady, but also extremely artistically gifted.
The Painted Trout began when Lauren left the house wearing one of her hand-painted silk scarves featuring Brook, Brown, and Rainbow trout. Neighbors in Ann Arbor, Michigan stopped her in the driveway and promptly bought every trout scarf she had.
Today The Painted Trout original designs adorn not only textiles such as bandanas, scarves and neckties, but tile, mugs, notecards, T-shirts, and more. Imagery is inspired by hunting and equestrian themes as well as fishing. They carry the finest quality goods that are unique, useful, and downright wonderful. One-of-a-kind artisan-made items, as well as custom-design services for a single special gift, corporate programs, private label goods, and non-profits are available.
“In the painting of an animal – whether it’s on silk, or paper, or wood or what have you -– I’m evoking memories of my own encounters with that type of animal. There’s an electric instance when you are face to face with a wild creature. That experience is, well, wonderful and mysterious and kind of holy. You may never meet again. I don’t try to describe or capture or interpret anything here. I don’t know about connecting in any way with them. But I have noticed that in the careful acts of composing and of painting I feel duty bound to render them beautifully and mindfully. Creating, for me, means honoring the mystery, and in that, it’s a kind of prayer.”
The Brown Drake’s Trout Totes
Morgan Buckert runs The Sand Hill blog, where she dishes us up some adventures of a South Texas Girl in the Far West.
She also creates and sells ‘Trout Totes’.
These trout totes are appliqued with trout outlines. Made out of cotton, these totes are lined with contrasting colors. They measure roughly 14 x 16 inches and have a 12 inch strap.
The totes are great for a small grocery run, carrying your daily gear, or even storing fly boxes.
Custom fabric and appliques are available. And, Morgan is offering FREE SHIPPING until April 1!
Sea Lice Investigation – what is government doing?
A letter from Alexandra…
For the past month people have been telling me that Grieg Seafood is emptying salmon farms, due to a lice epidemic that cannot be controlled with drugs. The public is increasingly coming to me, not government with their concerns.
In this case, the federal government seems immobilized and the provincial government seems unconcerned, assuring me there is “no evidence of drug resistance”, even though their own graphs indicate otherwise.
An remarkable group of local people decided to ground-truth the reports and we have been to Nootka and followed these farm fish as they are taken for processing. They dove down 90’ to the plant outfall pipe, took a sample and sent it to me. The province insists these lice are not drug-resistant, are not surviving in the trucks carrying them across Vancouver Island and are not able to escape into Discovery Pass. We found otherwise and this is a threat to the Fraser sockeye.
If these lice are indeed drug-resistant it is too late to stop their spreading, but we will continue to track them.
Like every fish farm problem that arises in BC, drug-resistant sea lice are already a serious problem in Norway. Just last week the ex-Attorney General of Norway issued a warning to Canada about this, and strongly suggests we get Norwegian salmon farms off our wild salmon migration routes before it is too late. See my blog for this.
I will be speaking at the Ladner Community Center on Tuesday Feb 23 at 7 pm
If You Could Fish Anywhere In The World…
I have been hanging out, fishing, and of course – chatting fishing, with K8 Taylor for the last few days, and we decided that we Steelhead fish too much (if there is such a thing), and that we need to do some trips elsewhere in the world.
Sounds great right?
Problem is, we can’t decide where to go. So, i am looking for a little advice. Where should we go, and what should we fish for? Bones in the Bahamas? Roosters in Baja? Iceland for Atlantic’s? An epic backpacking trout trip through Mendoza?
Or, keep it simple and stick with the Steelhead addiction?
And help/feedback is totally appreciated. 
Weekly Women In The Stream Photo
This week it is a video!
I just spent a few days fishing with fellow flyfishergirl Mia Sheppard of Little Creek Outfitters and Metalheads Blog on the Skagit, where she proceeded to outfish all of us. She is a great angler, so it was much deserved.
Enjoy the video!