I just want to throw in a word from the 'front'.
Didymo is here.
Right in our back yard.
The Rubicon has had it for years, as have a number of other streams within an hour and a half of Sacramento.
To each and every one of you who think it's a "little" deal, I'll be happy to take you up for a personal look see next summer.
Didymo, or,Didymosphenesis Geminada,rock snot, is actually native to our region, but in the last 15 years or so it has morphed and become a rampant algea. It completley covers the stream bottom, all insects and the fish feeding on them are affected. No one really knows why this has happened, but in New Zealand they take this threat very seriously.
If this was something that only occured far away I'd just let you clowns cry about having to change your wading boots,(yeah, boo hoo) but this is right here, right now. It's our problem, and it's up to us to find a way to stop it.
We got NZMS from anglers visiting New Zealand, and New Zealand got Didymo from anglers visiting from the U.S.
This has really got to stop. We have met the enemy, and he is us.
Rubber soles may or may not be the answer but we sure as hell have to do something to keep it from spreading any further.
Ed
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
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