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NOV/DEC 2008
November 12, 2008—Fly Fishing Movie Night -Enjoy a fly fishing video double feature including Craig Matthews’ tour de force on Fly Fishing
the Madison River, along with a surprise selection.
PR ES ID EN T’ S CO L UM N ROBE RT BE RNARD
Every Dollar Counts you donate to this Chapter goes directly to supporting local pro-
jects and our other valuable activities.
In the course of the last year this Chapter has undertaken many
very successful activities that reflect the interests of our large
As a Chapter we decided a long time ago to be self supporting .
and diverse membership. By doing this we assure that your annual Trout Unlimited dues go
directly to the national organization and to the Oregon Council of
We have been successful in numerous conservation projects, Trout Unlimited. You may ask why we chose this course. With-
including this Chapter‟s work with the North Coast Land Con- out the support of the national organization and the Oregon Coun-
servancy. This project has included grants exceeding $50,000 to cil we would never have been able to participate in a project as
recover coldwater fisheries in the Necanicum watershed. (See large as the one on the Necanicum. I think you would agree with
the picture on page 2.) the value of that project.
We have hosted monthly meetings with interesting guest speak- I am sure that you are interested in knowing what we are doing to
ers and enjoyed fishing outings that have taught skills and test- assure that any dollars that you donate are used wisely. To reduce
ing abilities of Chapter members. We are involved in the work- operating costs in 2009 we are moving to an electronic version of
ings of TU National, the Oregon Council of TU and activities of this newsletter. Since printing and mailing constitute 50% of our
other Chapters and clubs in our area. budget we will save significantly with this change. There is im-
portant information regarding this change on page 6. We are
This year we entered into an agreement to sponsor the local ef- constantly looking for opportunities to turn your donations into the
forts of Project Healing Waters, a program to teach flyfishing to good works you support.
veterans and members of the military. There will be a feature
article in the next issue of this newsletter on that program. We The members of the board of this Chapter are working together to
have also continued our support for Reel Recovery and Casting continue our successes in the future. We constantly look for your
for Recovery, two very successful programs for persons who input, feedback, ideas and constructive critique of the activities
have dealt with cancer. and direction of the Chapter. I, along with all other board mem-
bers thank you for your generous support in the past and hope that
Logistical processes to support the activities that interest you you can find it in your heart and
include renewed efforts to grow our Chapter web site. More wallet to donate, again this year,
mundane requirements include room rental for monthly meet- to TVTU. We are enclosing a
ings, speaker fees, newsletter publication, and more. donation slip and pre-addressed
return envelope to assist you in
As a member of the Chapter you are a part of a powerful block supporting our mission.
of interest. This influence allows us to continue to work toward
your interests in furthering TU‟s mission to conserve, protect, I want to close my column in this
restore and sustain coldwater fisheries. Of course, the Chapter issue with a wish to all of you for
offers more than this in terms of education, fun and fellowship, a fantastic Holiday Season and a
accomplishment feelings; even fishing. We continue our goal of wonderful New Year. As always,
making this a better Chapter. Our 541 members make us the I encourage you to fish and enjoy
largest in the Northwest! the incredible resources that we
all value so highly.
As we have done in years past we are sending out a request for
donations from our membership in this issue. Every dollar that Please Donate.
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Digging holes in the rocky soil permitted us to restore nine diverse plant types. We planted everything from ground cover, to bushes
to flowers.
Working together were our Clackamas River TU chapter, Deschutes Land Trust, Wilderness International, local residents, Deschutes
Watershed Council and us.
We all experienced the restoration effort as being emotionally, visually and physically rewarding. I hope our chapter members help
with future conservation, reconnecting restoration and sustaining efforts at the Deschutes Land Trust property. We‟ll do more con-
servation here about this same time next year. Members will receive notice in advance of each event.
Pictures of the crew hard at work on the restoration project on Lake Creek.
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Environmental Protection and the Brain: (continued from page 3) By Dr. David Illig
logic and rational thinking. We may have very nice logic strings that the future of our success in protecting the environment. Since
support some idea or belief or value. But at the deeper brain structure “development” for many brains has been associated with progress, abun-
level we either have a massive brain construction of connections that is dance, economic and financial success, jobs, opportunity, “anti-
either in support of the logical string or it could be the exact opposite. development,” “against-development,” for many people accesses damag-
ing neural webs. “Against jobs” is a large important neural network
Madison Avenue and Conservative/Pro Development think tanks have associated with the environmental movement which causes serious prob-
lead the way into this model of persuasion more so than formal psychol- lems.
ogy, and certainly more than the environmental movement.
If networks associated with no job, less jobs, losing jobs, poor paying
Another extreme and scary example, that is actually non-political, is the jobs, going hungry, not being able to support the family, being poor, etc.,
phrase; “Support our Troops.” I assure you that phrases like this have are in connection with environmental positions, then it‟s no wonder that
been used by every government throughout history to support their wars. there is extensive opposition to environmental positions and proposals.
This was true of Stalin, Hitler, Sadaam, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, the The network conflict of “development-jobs” and “environmental-no
British, the Romans, the Egyptians, Roosevelt and Churchill, the Catho- jobs” is a critical area that will have to change a great deal more. And
lic Church and Osama bin Laden. The neural webs, symbol webs, brain remember that the “belief” or “truth” of losing jobs may be false and
structures connecting to “Support our troops” actually have nothing to irrational and illogical at the conscious level. However, the connections
do with whether a war is wise or stupid, needed or not, illegal or legal, to the webs about job loss will drive the behavior and the lack of sup-
just or murderous, saving humanity or destroying it. This plays a great port.
role in why humans through history have engaged in so much warfare
even though logically, rationally, cognitively it might be unwise. It‟s “Environmental” has come to be connected to neural webs against jobs,
hard to resist when these other neural webs are activated and attached to against making a living in tough times. Environmental connects to not
symbols of war. People are put in binds they don‟t know how to untan- having family responsibilities or being so well off as to not have to
gle, the webs they don‟t know exist. They end up “supporting” the worry. Environmental means city, liberal, democrat, and doesn‟t
bombing of Poland when they really only “supported the troops” which “mean” country or living off the land. Environmental “means” rich
are mostly 18 year old children. enough to have time to play, not work in nature. A bunch of kids. Not
working men. Remember, these meanings may all be unconscious.
We therefore have to ask what brain structure of associations and net-
works are most likely connected to environmental protection, save the Anti-environmental is connected to caring about family jobs. And there-
rivers, save the salmon, protect the fish, save the wilderness, help the fore connecting to caring about families. It means living off the land and
cause, etc. And which HELP? We need to assess what negative webs resources like real men, not just using the land for recreation and play
have become connected to environmental action that harm it. like children who never grew up. It means supporting ranches and
farms.
Conversely, we also need to ask what brain structures and neural net-
works have been connected to things which are DAMAGING AND A hopeful example of appropriately addressing these brain issues was
LIMITING AND UNHELPFUL to the environment. What brain struc- the extensive presentation by the primary supporters for removing the
tures are associated, connected to excess development, excess popula- four dams on the Snake River. They presented extensive economic
tion, corporate expansion, polluting industries, anti-environmental posi- analysis which concluded that the areas involved would have a net eco-
tions, movements, proposals, organizations? What supports those posi- nomic improvement from the dams being opened and a net economic
tions and what weakens those positions? loss by keeping them up. This was a very wise approach given the past
associations which have been built and become connected to environ-
It is not an accident that “tree hugger” has lasted so long as a pejorative mental movements and certainly those previously connected with dams.
describer of an “environmental” man. Men are generally “fearful” or at
least concerned about their manhood and masculinity at deeper levels. This approach should be continued concerning the Snake River dams. It
That brain structure has been well developed. “Tree hugger” accesses will also be necessary to build further positive associations with dam
brain structures and fears many men and potential mates are uncomfort- removal as well as weakening long standing connections which have
able with. It does not access webs associated with manliness, strength, “protected” the dams. It will also be necessary to build more positive
virility, potency. At least not yet. I‟m an “environmental hero,” or associations connected to the people and groups who support the re-
“environmental warrior,” or “environmental soldier,” “environmental moval. If “wacko, left wing, liberal, socialist, anti industrial, anarchist,
stud,” “environmental husband,” might access other structures or de- anti-job extremists” propose a plan that supposedly brings economic
velop different structures. The Environmental movement has been asso- gains to an area, its no big surprise that its not trusted, believed, or fol-
ciated with unmanliness, wimpy, not sexy in the past. lowed. We could call these credibility networks which need to be ac-
cessed.
It would be helpful to start associating protecting the environment with
terms that connect with manly, fatherly, protecting the children, fighting The environmental movement needs to develop connections to brain
against enemies of the family. Real men, potent men, virile me do sup- networks about employment, jobs, making money, supporting your self
port the environment and fight for environment, the fish. Potent sexy and family which are connected with environmental positions and the
men do fight the large uncaring companies who threaten the women and movement. The connections need to not just be with environmental
the children and the family. Or potent sexy men do get the companies to jobs. It would be impactful for environmental groups to propose plans
do the right things. Companies have sexy potent men and fertile sexy and programs which would “maximize” logging in Oregon within envi-
woman who do care about and protect the environment. Sexy compa- ronmental values and boundaries. It would be wise for environmental
nies DO protect and support the Earth. organizations to propose programs that would hugely increase the num-
ber of board feet of lumber harvested from Oregon. Putting loggers to
Networks associated with jobs and finances are critically important to work in Oregon should be a goal of TU and other environmental groups.
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Environmental Protection and the Brain: (continued from page 4) By Dr. David Illig
“We want to maximize the timber that can be safely and environmentally liefs, policies, programs, actions, plans, goals, etc., and the neural net-
soundly harvested.” (which means the same as:) “We want to maximize works that are valuable and powerful and extensive and influential and
the amount of timber that can be harvested.” (which means the same that already exist in people‟s brains. These connections develop be-
as:) “We want to maximize the lumber jobs and mill jobs.” Just with cause of large numbers of repetitions and also because of the amount of
environmentally sound levels and methods. It‟s our meanings but we contact points. Key words and phrases need to be developed and used
claim the words. that are effective for accessing powerful influential unconscious neural
webs.
There is limited reward and great cost if environmental groups are only
associated with NO JOBS and or NO CUT and development groups, anti New webs and new structures and connections to them also need to be
-environmental groups, big business are the only ones associated with developed in programs, policies and concepts. This is a combination of
JOBS. “Lumberjacks for a Sustainable and Environmental Oregon” both the triggers and the webs they connect to. An example would be
or “TU Lumberjacks” would be a really useful creation. It would be that up until recently, product development, product creation, product
wise for environmental groups to support middle class lumber jobs, and manufacturing was seen as generally disconnected from environmental
organizational structures that increase middle class lumber jobs with impact. Certain people and their brains dealt with the production side of
significant adjustments in corporate policies which harm middle class things and a totally different group of brains dealt with the clean ups of
workers but help corporate interests. It would be wise to associate many the messes caused by either the production or the disposal of the product
corporate timber policies with harming middle class lumber or mill at the end of its life. By requiring both clean production processes and
workers. As you may already be thinking, the corporate powers already clean disposal of used products to be the responsibility of manufacturers
know this psychological technology and it would be common for them to of products from the start, environmental responsibility webs are forced
name their plan to clear cut every tree in Oregon something like: to connect with production neural webs. For example, in the future you
“Environmental Recycling to Save Oregon‟s Children.” won‟t have beverage companies creating billions of plastic water bottles
from toxic materials and processes and releasing billions of empties into
The jobs neural network is related to another very strongly “hard wired” the environment. “Manufacturing” will be connected to the neural webs
neural network we could call the “protect the children” network. Al- related to environment.
though possibly even genetically established, it is built upon and ex-
panded throughout life in all cultures to some extent. The network is Another part of the program has to be to DISCONNECT some connec-
large and powerful. It is also one of the most abused and misused ma- tions that already exist. Some do relate to improper connections associ-
nipulations of persuasion. It is scary how many persuasive strategies tap ated with environmental issues. More relate to destructive connections
into the neural network of “protect the children” but actually have that already exist to anti-environmental groups, policies, programs, or-
NOTHING to do with really protecting the children or actually put chil- ganizations and which have given them great power, control and influ-
dren at risk or result in literally killing them. It‟s been used to promote ence, even while they harm us.
war and genocide. You could see a ballot measure directed to allowing
fully automatic land mines in every home and it wouldn‟t be surprising DISCONNECTION involves withdrawing repetitions. This means not
to have it be entitled something about protecting the children, or more using the language and words that anti-environmentalists use. DISCON-
subtle ways of accessing this important network. Fear appeals DO work. NECTION also means that people and organizations need to learn about
Unconscious hidden fear appeals work even more. That said, it will be the brain, the unconscious, and also talk about how these connections
important to build connections between both “save our children,” can occur and when such methods are being used and used against them.
“create and save jobs,” and the environmental movements. And also We actually have to interact with our own inner brain in order to protect
begin reducing the connections between those and the opposition. ourselves from being manipulated. Manipulations need to be pointed out
and made conscious. For example, if improper connections are being
One of the problems with the environmental movement is that many drawn between “save the children” and environmental poisoning, we
networks associated with what some see as negative aspects of human need to point it out, explain it, and protest its use, and rename it.
behavior have become connected to the environmental symbols. What
are some of the damaging networks that have become associated? You Part of the program needs to be to teach people and organizations about
know many. Extremist, radical, liberal, excessive, communist, socialist, our brains and how they are being manipulated. Until we recognize that
elite, democrat, anti-money, anti-business, anti-work, fish and owls are these efforts work and influence us, we can‟t defend against them. Pre-
more important than people, anti-money, urban, impractical, un- tending we are only conscious and logical doesn‟t protect us. We have
American and so on. These connections need to be weakened. to learn to counter improper connections. We have to learn to spot the
attempts to make improper connections. Improper connections are ma-
This explains why environmental programs where ranchers, farmers, nipulations. Warning lights need to go off anytime anybody, anywhere
lumberjacks and cowboys are heavily involved traditionally do better uses such words that are similar to those like “protect the children,” or
than those that don‟t have that kind of involvement. Projects that seem “support our troops.” If we want to deal with reality and the truth we
more connected to neural networks associated with “wimps, girly men, have to deal with the reality of the human brain and how it operates and
weak men, city slickers, professor types, anti development types,” don‟t how it is influenced. We can take into account the nature of our own
do as well, . brain. We can make adjustments and corrections to what our brain and
other brains are doing. We can turn the hidden capacities of our brains
What needs to be done now and in the future? You into assets. This is true of individual brains as well as organizational
can already figure some of it out from what you‟ve learned. The envi- brains. Wow, this does feel almost like fishing or sex, or sex and fish-
ronmental groups need to start building connections between their be- ing. Catch it and keep it. D.
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Fly of the Month found in the rising waters. Breaks in the wet-fly swing when possible, some-
fall rains allow the coastal rivers to drop times the salmon demand a semi-
This time of the year brings thoughts and clear enough for the salmon to see dead drift presentation. Keep chang-
of fall freshets causing rivers to swell and take a well-presented fly. ing presentation methods until you
with water stained a “tea” color by the Depending on the river clarity and level, find one that works.
tannic acid in the leaves falling from this is a fly that I use during the season.
the alders leaning over the river banks. It was originally tied by Mike Gorman Materials:
It also brings a hope, an optimism that (Scarlet Ibis Fly Shop).
healthy runs of salmon will also be Hook: Tiemco 7999 or equivalent
I use this fly in higher # 1/0 - 4
off-colored water. The
Thread: Florescent Red
florescent green/pink
combination is highly Tail: Florescent Pink or Cerise
visible and seems to be a
favorite with those that Butt: One wrap of florescent green
count – the salmon. It is med. chenille
also an excellent pattern
Body: Florescent Pink med. Chenille
for winter steelhead in
hook sizes 2 and 4. Hackle: Florescent Pink or Cerise
I fish salmon with either
a mini-shooting head of Wing: White Bucktail or Arctic Fox
high-density line or with
a Teeny sink tip line. Overwing: Few strands of Pearlescent
Flash-a-bou
While I prefer to use a
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