THE LATEST NEWS and advice on fly fishing, fly fishing gear, fly fishing trips, and fly fishing books and media.Firefighters Risk Lives to Save California Hatchery
California fire fighters made a special effort to protect the facilities at the Mt. Whitney Hatchery on Saturday, and although valuable rainbow trout brood stock were lost, the facility itself survived. "Nine firefighters, after evacuating an elderly woman from a residence just above the hatchery, were over-taken by the fire and survived by jumping in nearby ponds. 'There was 20 minutes where they were surrounded by fire and hollering on the radio,' [fire information officer Jim] Wilkins said. Water drops were made around them. They suffered minor burns, and six were hospitalized with respiratory problems." Dave Strege in the Orange County Register.
