Blogs
Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:04 by jmaslar
We at Trout University have added a new class to explain how refraction affects the trout's ability to see. Also, how the fishermen's movements and colors are perceived by the trout. Just why do these movements and colors spook the trout so fast?
Posted Sun, 07/25/2010 - 18:34 by jmaslar
Can trout see various colors and is their color vision like the humans color vision? Does trout have the ability to distinguish shades of color? How does trout see fluorescent colors? How does various lighting conditions or depth of water affect their ability to see color? For the answers to these questions and more take the free on line Class 406 Color Vision in Trout Eyes at Trout University.
Posted Sat, 07/24/2010 - 13:59 by jmaslar
One of North Carolina’s finest trout streams can finally be preserved and kept in public trust. Yes, the issues of private ownership and ugly development will vanish if we act now! In order to secure the future for delayed harvest management, Trout Unlimited has teamed up with Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy to ensure that the north Mills remains open.
Posted Fri, 07/23/2010 - 20:19 by jmaslar
It takes a special eye trained to observe the trout in the streams. Sometimes the water is stained; sometimes it is the rapids, sometimes down deep but always a challenge. For many anglers seeing trout even in the clearest of water is a hard thing to do. By the time they see the trout; the fish see you and they are headed for “Dixie” as I am prone to say. Your opportunity to cast to an unknowing relaxed trout is gone. So what do we do to educate and calibrate our eyes?
Posted Thu, 07/22/2010 - 13:07 by jmaslar
Posted Tue, 07/20/2010 - 13:25 by jmaslar
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 13:43 by jmaslar
Tom Sliker the Director of Information Technology and his wife Valerie are in Alaska and sending back some wonderful pictures and stories as well. While there, they saw the great dipnetting extravaganza called dipnetting. It seems that the locals are allowed to dip net the salmon out of the Kenai as they run up to spawn.
Posted Thu, 07/15/2010 - 16:15 by jmaslar
Posted Wed, 07/14/2010 - 03:20 by smaslar
While researching an upcoming ebook, I stumbled across a bit of news regarding trout fishing on the Tuckaseegee River. The Dillsboro Dam, on the Tuckaseegee River in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has been removed by Duke Power. 
Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 19:09 by jmaslar
Several members of the Asheville Project Healing Waters chapter attended the 2010 Harman’s North Fork Invitational Fly-Fishing Tournament on June 3-5. Held on the North Fork of the Potomac River in Seneca Rocks, WV, the gang competed against competitors from Colorado to Florida. The event spanned four 3-hour sessions over 2 days, with varying rules in play for each session and total length of fish caught determining the winners.
