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| Concentration: |
Mass Media Communication Studies with a cognate in Marketing |
| Hometown: |
Gainesville, Va. |
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csiess@vt.edu |
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Sports, Fly Fishing, Outdoors, Print and Television news Clubs and Jobs: Journalist, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Fauquier Times-Democrat,Landesigns LLC, Tech Tonight |
| Favorite Quotes: |
"There is normal life, there's just life."
-Doc Holiday in Tombstone
"I've got to stop wishin', I've got to go fishin'..."
-And just about anything else from Jimmy Buffett
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Warm Weather Has Kept the Trout Hungry
by: Chris Siess
With the warm weather making a surprise run into November, fly fishing for trout in Southw est Virginia has been red hot.
Mountain brook, rainbow and brown trout are actively feeding in the area's rivers and streams as the weather has remained warm and food is widely available.
“There is a lot of insect activity right now, more than in the summer,” said Blane Chocklett, owner of Blue Ridge Fly Fishers in Roanoke.
Blue winged olives and several types of caddis flies are hatching and provide food for the trout. Land insects that fall in the water, called terrestrials, also become a quick meal, Chocklett explained.
“It's a pretty good terrestrial season,” Chocklett said. “A lot of ants.”
The unusual weather has changed fishing patterns. With lower water, the fish are less protected and are even more skittish of their surroundings.
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