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Bear Predation on Pacific Salmon Facilitates Colonization of Carcasses by Fly Maggots

ABSTRACT.- The carcasses of Pacific salmon can be an important food resource for aquatic and terrestrial organisms, depending on where the carcasses are located. We hypothesized that the availability of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) carcasses to ovipositing flies (Family: Calliphoridae) would

Publication: The American Midland Naturalist

Building Classic Salmon Flies.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Building Classic Salmon Flies Ron Alcott, author Arleigh D. Richardson III, editor Frank Amato Publications PO Box 82112, Portland, OR 97282 1571883398 $29.95 amatobooks.com Written by leading salmon fly tyer and designer Ron Alcott, who has contributed to such reknowned journals as American Angler

Publication: Wisconsin Bookwatch

Feather art: ; Internet spurs resurgence in ornate salmon flies

johnmccoy@wvgazette.com For the past two years, I've been on a journey - a journey into the most colorful era of fly fishing's past. On a whim, I decided to celebrate my 50th birthday by learning how to tie full-dress Atlantic salmon flies. What I knew about those flies would hardly fill a

Publication: Sunday Gazette-Mail

SALMON ARE SUCKERS FOR FLY FISHERS' WARES; THEY'LL HIT ON ALL TYPES OF FLIES RIGHT NOW.(Sports)

Byline: J. Michael Kelly Staff writer Fly fishing for Pacific salmon in Lake Ontario tributaries isn't as difficult as it appears to non-practicioners. In fact, there are at least three effective ways to go about it - you can chuck and duck, rely on a strike indicator or swing a few coneheads

Publication: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)

The Complete Illustrated Directory Of Salmon & Steelhead Flies.(Brief article)(Book review)

The Complete Illustrated Directory Of Salmon & Steelhead Flies Chris Mann Frank Amato Publications PO Box 82112, Portland, OR 97282 9781571884381, $99.95, www.amatobooks.com A well crafted fishing lure is an intrinsic work of art that is both esthetic and practical. The Complete Illustrated

Publication: Internet Bookwatch

YOU CAN'T BEAT REEL FLY GUYS; Especially when you're after salmon.(Features)

Byline: SILVER WILKIE PUT away your heavy- sunk line and big tube flies it's that magical time when you can fish for salmon on a floating line. For me, casting a small fly on a floater is the ultimate experience in salmon fishing. No matter how many hundreds of salmon I've caught over the years,

Publication: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Salmon flies too fancy for old hands

The proverb was right: Pride definitely comes before the fall. For nearly 30 years, I've thought of myself as a skilled fly tier. My oversized but nimble fingers have cranked out thousands of trout flies and bass bugs. It seemed only natural, then, that I would get the urge to tie really fancy

Publication: Sunday Gazette-Mail