 |  | | | OCTOBER 2011 ANGLING E-NEWS | | | MidCurrent and Angling Trade Publish Online Gear Guide  Angling Trade has partnered with MidCurrent to create a comprehensive online Gear Guide featuring reviews, videos, and photographs of fly fishing products available for 2012. It is one of the most comprehensive consumer media resources focused on fly-related products, involving over 160 new products and 140 different brands. It also promises to be one of the most widely-read, having generated more than 180,000 ad impressions on the day it was launched (October 12) alone.
A team of writers and editors from both MidCurrent and Angling Trade took several weeks to compile the guide, starting before Continue reading on AnglingTrade.com | | |  | | |  | | | | | | New Study Underscores the Economic Value of Outdoor Resources and RecreationBy Kirk Deeter  If you're paying attention to political commentary in advance of the 2012 U.S. Presidential election, you're bound to notice certain politicos encouraging things like more domestic energy production, more development, and loosened environmental protections. It's as if conservation of wetlands, forests, rivers, and lakes is seen as a "luxury" that the nation cannot afford, especially in challenging economic times.
But the truth is that the outdoors is... Continue reading on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | | CTU Amps Efforts to Save the Upper Colorado and Fraser  Colorado Trout Unlimited is spearheading a significant public relations campaign to protect the Upper Colorado River and Fraser River. See www.DefendtheColorado.org.
The issue at hand is that as much as 80 percent of the water from these rivers could be siphoned off and pumped away to water lawns in Colorado's Front Range and metro Denver region. The ramifications on the fisheries are clearly negative. It's an issue that has impact reaching far beyond that part of Colorado, as it pertains to public priorities in managing water resources, and could help shape future programs as well.... Continue reading on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | |  | | | | | | High Country Flies and Jack Dennis Sports Merge  In November of 2011, High Country Flies will be moving into the Jack Dennis Sports location at 50 E. Broadway, in downtown Jackson, Wyoming. This merger represents a great opportunity to bring together the knowledge and talents of two of the top fly fishing operations in the area, representing more than 100 years of combined fishing and locak knowledge under one roof. The new team will consist of... Read More...
| | | | | | FlyTalk Launches Instructional Videos  As you probably know, AT editors Kirk Deeter and Tim Romano are also the hosts of Field & Stream magazine's "FlyTalk" weblog, found at www.fieldandstream.com
We've started two new instructional features aimed at helping novice fly fishers learn simple tricks that make fly fishing easier and more accessible. One is a series of videos, where we highlight tips from experts in the sport, like Andy Mill, Brian O'Keefe, Tom Rosenbauer, Rob Russell and others. Please check them out, and tell your customers. The other new FlyTalk feature is "See This, Do That" where we show... Find out more on AnglingTrade.com | | | | | |  | | | | | | Calendar Items:  The "Save Bristol Bay Road Show" is happening now, with panel discussions and showings of the film "Red Gold" in cities throughout the West.
Dates include:
- Portland, Oregon, Wednesday October 19 at the Bagdad Theater at 7 p.m.
- Corvallis, Oregon, Friday October 21 at The Arts Center at 7 p.m.
- San Francisco, Monday October 24 at the Temple Nightclub at 7 p.m.
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, Tuesday October 25 at the Center for Contemporary Arts Cinematheque at 7 p.m.
- Denver on Thursday October 27 at the Oriental Theater at 7 p.m.
Read more details on FlyTalk. Colorado Trout Unlimited's "Greenbacks" are showing the new Confluence film "Connect" at a benefit to be held Thursday October 20 at 7 p.m. at the Oriental Theater in Denver. Get the details here. Here's what Michael Gracie had to say about "Connect" after taking in the premier in Bozeman a couple weeks ago... http://midcurrent.com/videos/movie-review-connect/ | | | | | | |
{{WFNews}} 
