http://singlebarbed.com/2009/09/08/susa ... he-fender/
Interesting perspective. It makes a good case for not wading some streams.....and in some cases, we aren't supposed to. Certain Ca. spring creeks come to mind.
Anyway, I stumbled on this site, and it has some interesting stuff on it.
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Interesting Article
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Interesting Article
by briansII » September 15th, 2009, 2:32 pm
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Re: Interesting Article
by NorcalBob » September 15th, 2009, 4:47 pm
Interesting stuff, but.........
Too many scientific inaccuracies to let this one pass. The creeks siltation issue in the riffle is not caused by wading anglers, though they certainly make the issue worse. And siltation is the major issue facing that creek, and is responsible for the decline of the weedbeds which in turn is the food source for all the insect life. There also is a major unidentified silt source dumping into the creek. Some geologic studies indicate an underground lava tube collapsed, pouring tons of sediment into the water, but that has never been verified. While wading anglers are responsible for most of the streamside erosion, effectively widening the stream bed, the burrowing muskrat problem is actually the reason for the many collapsed banks (which in turn widen the streambed more and contribute more silt to the creek). It will be interesting to see if the streambed improvements done at Carbon can reverse the declining trend of this creek over time. Wading anglers are bad, no doubt about it, but are not the only source for the decline of this creek.
Too many scientific inaccuracies to let this one pass. The creeks siltation issue in the riffle is not caused by wading anglers, though they certainly make the issue worse. And siltation is the major issue facing that creek, and is responsible for the decline of the weedbeds which in turn is the food source for all the insect life. There also is a major unidentified silt source dumping into the creek. Some geologic studies indicate an underground lava tube collapsed, pouring tons of sediment into the water, but that has never been verified. While wading anglers are responsible for most of the streamside erosion, effectively widening the stream bed, the burrowing muskrat problem is actually the reason for the many collapsed banks (which in turn widen the streambed more and contribute more silt to the creek). It will be interesting to see if the streambed improvements done at Carbon can reverse the declining trend of this creek over time. Wading anglers are bad, no doubt about it, but are not the only source for the decline of this creek.
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Re: Interesting Article
by briansII » September 16th, 2009, 9:30 am
I don't want to say "me too", but I do agree with you. I'm no biologist/scientist, but it seems to me, the source of the silt would be a major factor. I just found it interesting, his perspective on each of our impacts to a stream. Multiply that by an X number, on a very heavily used section, over X numbers of years........... It's not often I read something like that on a ffing forum or magazine. It's usually how much good fly fisher/orgs do for a watershed. Not so much that we own up to our own personal impact.
.......I should probably add that yes, I think most of us are very aware, and impact far less then most. I think where we/ffers can cause a measurable, negative impact is when our numbers surpass a certain threshold.
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.......I should probably add that yes, I think most of us are very aware, and impact far less then most. I think where we/ffers can cause a measurable, negative impact is when our numbers surpass a certain threshold.
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