Fly hatches are becoming harder to predict because of climate change. What happens when there’s no more hatches to match? The decline of aquatic insects should bug everyone—not just anglers. We spoke to scientists and trout bums about what’s happening and what, if anything, can be done.
They said Polar Bears were going extinct because of climate change too. Except now the polar bear population is at all time highs. So now its a bug problem?……pretty convenient since its harder to count bugs than polar bears.
As the very experienced fishers in the film said (and I will say now, having fished non-stop and very widely since the age of four and a half), the bugs have either gone or are going fast- and it certainly isn’t their fault.
As for polar bears – more of them in a very few places, but far far FAR fewer in the majority of others. In short, however we talk the facts away / down, for polar bears it’s looking good.
The opening lines of a truly great Talking Heads (we Homo ‘sapiens’ sorts are very good at talking whilst doing absolutely nothing) song spring to mind – these:
I can’t seem to face up to the facts
I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax
I can’t sleep ’cause my bed’s on fire
Don’t touch me, I’m a real live wire
Psycho Killer
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away, oh-oh-oh
Psycho Killer
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
Oh, how we run.
Correction to above. Should read:
“In short, however much we talk the facts away / down, for polar bears it ISN’T looking good.
A lot of people are putting color low on the list, but I used to fish steelhead and color seemed to play a huge roll. Anything white red or in between seemed to do well. I don’t claim to be an expert at all, but I think it is as with all things very dependent on the situation. It completely depends on conditions, fish, flow…everything. I don’t think there is a right answer. Then again, a lot of people are pointing out things I had never heard nor thought of. I do have lots to learn.
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