Compromise on the Roan

Being thankful is what's on our minds this week, and we do have much to be thankful for. In Colorado fishermen, sportsmen, and natural gas drillers are both thankful that a nonpartisan resolution has been reached that will allow the Roan Plateau, where many species thrive including a strain of native Colorado cutthroat trout, to be preserved and at the same time allow energy developers to get at billions of dollars in natural gas deposits.

Here in Pennsylvania too, natural gas is a big issue - and big business. At the moment there is a lot of local controversy over the proposed Keystone Pipeline which is planned to move natural gas. Almost 500,000 miles of interstate pipeline crisscross America, carrying crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas. Keystone will traverse Columbia County (where we live) from north to south. As you can imagine the local paper is filled with views from both sides, often heated, and it's hard to tell where it will all end. In the meantime, isn't it nice to read about opposite sides working together? May we all be encouraged as we negotiate conservation issues in our own communities. Here's how they did it in Colorado.

New Black & Purple Tarpon Tempter

We're really excited about this new fly. The tarpon tempter worked wonders for us in Belize and Mexico. In the past, the Black Snake was always the first fly that we attached to the shock tippet - and it still rates very high on our list of favorite tarpon flies, but the combination of black and purple in the Tempter was absolutely irresistible to the tarpon at Belize River Lodge and Isla Holbox, Mexico. The fly has fantastic action in the water and for the size, is easy to cast. This is a fly that can be stripped either slow or fast, depending on the mood of the tarpon.

And, this past September we took the Tarpon Tempter along with us to Bolivia and we landed all of our large Dorado on it. Beautifully tied on a 1/0 hook. Try it and become a believer!  It's now available on our website.   $8.75 each