Overcrowding - Due West Anglers

Flies displayed include: chubby chernobyl, clouser minnow, barr's meat whistle, popper, crazy charlie, and turneffe crab

Behind the Scenes

Unveiling the creative process from idea to ink for Due West Angler's distinctive articles on fly fishing + science + conservation

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The Skunk Set Me Free

Getting skunked, catching nothing, was never an acceptable outcome.... until I realized different

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: Releasing a cutbow from the South Platte River

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Overcrowding 11) Measuring Success

I think it's fair to assume every angler hopes to catch lots of fish, and even better, big fish.... but...

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: private waters

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Overcrowding 10) What About Private Waters?

With all the talk of finding new waters, the liminal spaces and overlooked fisheries, it begs the question; what about paying for access to private waters?

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: fly fishing for carp to avoid pressured rivers

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Overcrowding 9) Marketing and Importance of Carp

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: building a fly box for exploration

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Overcrowding 8) Liminal Fly Box

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: finding new waters for fly fishing, low pressured rivers

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Overcrowding 7) Finding the Liminal Spaces Within Your Favorite Fisheries

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: new directions in fly fishing, unique fisheries

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Overcrowding 6) New Horizons in Angling

dive into an exploration of some new intriguing fisheries, and highlight innovative, or unexpected directions for fly fishing

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Overcrowding 5) The Stage Is Set

Up next: Let’s look at how revitalizing exploration can serve to improve all of our angling endeavors.

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: rivers like the Green River at Flaming Gorge, Utah is always busy

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Overcrowding 4) How Did We Get Here? Flawed Icons

Exploring how iconic destinations are vulnerable, even flawed icons

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: iconic rivers are getting too pressured for fly fishing

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Overcrowding 3) How Did We Get Here? Over Reliance on Blue Ribbon and Gold Medal Fisheries

So how do fish respond to increased fishing pressure? Plus how does catch and release affect their behavior?

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: over-reliance on fly fishing for stocked trout, rainbow trout from hatcheries

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Overcrowding 2) How Did We Get Here? Hatchery Obsessed

...feel free to stop at any local pond, Hell, just follow the hatchery truck around and sooner or later you'll stumble upon a plethora of rainbow trout...

dealing with pressured rivers and overcrowding: human dimensions in conservation are not well understood, fly fishing

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Overcrowding 1) How Did We Get Here? Human Tendencies

There are generational impacts on the world we see today, with actions set in place long before our existence.

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New Series On Overcrowding Launches

There are more anglers than ever. Soon all fly anglers will face the reckoning of a river too crowded, or a lake too busy with boat traffic.

Fly fishing the Uncompahgre River, Colorado

private waters

Let's Talk about Private Waters

The comparison of fishing pressured public waters to private regulated-access waters is enlightening for anyone interested in fish behavior.

Eleven Mile Canyon stretch of the South Platte, Colorado, how do trout respond to fishing pressure?

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fish behavior

The Science of Rest: Trout Get Burnout Too

Do fish remember being caught? And how long would it take to reset the timid behavior of previously hooked fish throughout an entire fishery?

that compass is pointing the wrong direction...

exploring

Frontiers in Angling

Let's take a look at those new fisheries, and how anglers can uncover new and unexplored frontiers in angling

climate change

Western Trout Rivers: An Angler's Prospectus

Fly fishing: Out west, with years of lingering drought, and now reports of declining trout populations in the holy-waters of Montana...

Rivers

At The Crack of Noon

The early bird gets the worm right? Consider this a night-owls manifesto