Just some random pics from recent days on The Middle Provo. The fishing’s been slow, but the company and scenery’s been stellar, as always.
Huge news today in Utah in regards to our rights to public waters!
“Today, Judge Derek Pullan of Utah’s 4th District Court issued a much-anticipated decision in the Utah Stream Access Coalition’s constitutional challenge to Utah’s Public Waters Access Act, also known as H.B. 141. While the decision in Utah Stream Access Coalition v. ATC Realty, et al., did not fully resolve all stream access issues in Utah , it did resolve several highly-contested issues in favor of stream access, including: (a) the waters flowing in Utah’s rivers and streams are and have always been owned by the public; (b) the public has an easement to use its public waters in place for any lawful purpose, including all recreational activities that use the waters; (c) these rights are protected by Utah’s Constitution; and (d) legislative authority to regulate the public’s right to use its public waters in place is limited by public trust principles. Judge Pullan also ruled that the Legislature exceeded its legislative powers under the Utah Constitution when it passed H.B. 141.
Judge Pullan requested further briefing on whether H.B. 141’s access restrictions violate public trust principles. USAC counsel is working on the supplemental briefing and is cautiously optimistic that those efforts will result in a favorable ruling on that issue.”
Way to go USAC! We’re “cautiously optimistic” with you as well. Thanks for all you’re doing.
Love these guys. Jazz and Fly Fishing. Their Double DVD is available for pre-order (released May 25th). As Håvard says, “Buy, Buy!”
Not an exciting video fishing-wise (although a little kid pulls out a nice ‘bow around the 2:00 mark), but had to post since the Davidson River in North Carolina is where I got my start in fly fishing, and Kevin Howell’s shop is a great little fly shop worth paying a visit if you’re in the area. My dad still fishes these waters regularly and just last night sent a pic of a big brown he pulled out of there. Get out there if you’re in the area.
As mentioned at the end of the video, you just can’t seem to have enough of these guys around in multiple sizes and colors. Tightline Productions’ Practical Patterns is a great resource for quality tying vids.
Just can’t get enough of beautiful time lapses like this one by Shawn Reeder. I hope to camp and fly fish in Yosemite one of these days. This makes me want to go right now.
Spent my birthday weekend tying flies and teaching a buddy how to fly fish (I think the pictures prove he’ll be back on the water soon).
Friday means Orvis’s Friday Film Festival, and since it’s Spring, there’s a baker’s dozen worth of motion-picture fly fishing eye candy this week to distract you from more important (although not nearly as fun) work to be done.
Just noticed that Patagonia Ad was my 100th post. Apropos I guess. Here’s to another season and 100 more posts. Thanks to all my followers and new friends!
