How Agriculture and Trout Unlimited Work Together, with Cameron Aker

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

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

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Many of our trout waters run through agricultural areas. We need food and clean water and we'd like to fish for trout in these waters, but sometimes these things don't play well together. It's when all user groups get together and come up with solutions that we have the best of both worlds. Cameron Aker [39:29] is the Outreach Coordinator for the Driftless Region of Iowa, and in this week's podcast he tells us how farmers, landowners, Trout Unlimited, and various government agencies have worked together to manage the land for food production while protecting sensitive coldwater fisheries. You'll learn how they do this, who funds the work, and how you can look into starting a similar initiative in your area.

In the Fly Box this week, we have the usual roundup of basic questions, good tips, and more advanced questions, including:

How do I know when it's appropriate to use resin instead of head cement?
I am very new to fly fishing and want to keep my initial fly selection simple. Do you think that's a good idea?
Is it a good idea to tie a sacrificial mono loop at the end of my fly line to preserve the loop?
What size dry flies do you use in the East for dry/dropper rigs?
Are there more "vintage" Orvis reels that you still use?
Are there notable distinctions between the various kinds of dubbing?
I saw a single caddisfly on the snow recently. Is this unusual?
I had something snap my 12-pound fluorocarbon tippet in a clean break while fishing in salt water. What could have caused this?
What do you keep on your fly tying desk, other than the typical tools and materials?
What should I bring for a traveling fly-tying kit?
Great tips from a listener on how to lessen backache when tying flies.
How do you target cold, high rivers?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:13.8	This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer.
0:15.4	And I guess this week is Cam Acre from Troutter Limited.
0:19.8	And Cam works in the Driftless region of Iowa, but the Driftless region encompasses Iowa and Wisconsin
0:29.0	and Minnesota and a little bit of Illinois.
0:32.4	And of course, this is very much an agricultural area, but it also has a lot of spring creeks,
0:40.4	a lot of spring-fed trout streams.
0:42.7	And Cam is going to talk about how they have worked with farmers and other landowners to help
0:52.6	enhance these streams, to bring them back more into their
0:55.9	natural state, keep water temperatures down, keep siltation down.
1:00.1	And it's a great story of how agriculture and conservation organizations and government
1:07.0	agencies can work together to ensure that all of us have cold, clean water,
1:14.4	including trout.
1:15.5	So I hope you enjoy it.
1:18.2	I know I did, and I know I learned a lot on the podcast.
1:22.8	And a few announcements before we start the flybox and the podcast interview. First of all, the
1:30.4	super fine rods hit the Orvis website and Orvis dealers and Orvis stores this week, or last
1:38.5	week, actually, as you're listening to this. And this is something I've really been excited about, excited to tell you about.
1:47.2	And I've had to keep it quiet for, God, nine months or so since I've been using these rods,
1:55.6	because I'm personally really excited about them. These are by far the best, the best superfine rods that Orvis has ever produced by a wide
2:08.9	margin.
2:09.5	And let me tell you why.
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