The Future of Bristol Bay, with Nelli Williams

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Champions of clean water and an intact ecosystem have a lot to celebrate with our recent victory in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. But this ruling only protects a relatively small part of Bristol Bay, which is a huge body of water. Nelli Williams [33:34] from Trout Unlimited Alaska, a veteran of this battle, gives us her perspective on what has been protected, what remains to be protected, and what we should all be vigilant about in this magnificent watershed. It's a feel-good story but a reminder that we need to keep our eyes and ears open in the future.

In the Fly Box this week, we have some interesting questions—and some phone calls that seemed to have come out of the woodwork!

How do I narrow my efforts in fly tying so I don't end up with 10 fly boxes?

A great tip from a listener on another way to separate stuck rod sections

What do people mean by a "technical" trout stream?

A bunch of great tips for fly fishing from a canoe from two different listeners

A tip from a listener on using deer hair instead of elk when tying small Elk Wing Caddis dry flies

What kind of fly-fishing questions are reasonable to ask from an AI chat? And is this ethical?

A great tip for fly tiers for keeping the hook eye open when finishing the head of a fly Where do I put the studs in my new Orvis Hybrid Wading Shoes?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:14.2	This is your host Tom Rosenbauer and April is Earth Month.
0:18.8	So I'm going to be doing environmentally related podcasts for the entire month of April.
0:25.8	Last week we talked to Steve Davis about the Everglades Reservoir.
0:31.8	This week my guest is Nelly Williams from Trout and Lemonade Alaska.
0:36.9	And we're going to be talking about, you know, we've had a big win in Bristol Bay where
0:46.0	the Pebble Mine area has received some protection that we hope is going to be
0:51.2	is going to stick. But you know, Bristol Bay is a big place and we're going to be talking to Nelly
0:57.2	about other threats and other opportunities in the Bristol Bay region because it's a big
1:04.5	body of water and we have to be vigilant on any of these issues.
1:11.7	And then next week I'm going to be interviewing Chris Wood, the president and CEO of Trout and
1:18.0	Lemonade on some some exciting projects that Trout and Lemonade is doing.
1:23.1	And then the last Friday and April we're going to be talking to Western Rivers Conservancy
1:29.9	about some exciting projects they have on the big hole and the Akima River.
1:35.9	So this is a month of environmental podcasts.
1:41.0	You know, if you if you don't care about giving back and you don't care about clean water and
1:48.8	rivers and streams, healthy rivers and streams to fish, then you can just write off April.
1:54.1	If you, you know, if all you want out of the podcast is how to catch them and where to catch
2:00.4	them and what flies to use, then you can't wait till May because we'll get back into the hard
2:05.2	core fishing stuff. But April's earth month, so that's what we're going to be doing.
2:10.9	Okay, a couple other, a couple other things before we get started on the fly box.
2:20.0	One is that I'm going to be giving a presentation on finding Trout at on April 29th at the
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