1.0Orvis Newshttps://news.orvis.comPhil Monahanhttps://news.orvis.com/author/monahanprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WtC12czsWf"><a href="https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/Fly-Fishing-Profile-of-Dave-Kumlien">“What will you do if whirling disease kills all the trout in your rivers?”: A Profile of Dave Kumlien</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/Fly-Fishing-Profile-of-Dave-Kumlien/embed#?secret=WtC12czsWf" width="600" height="338" title="““What will you do if whirling disease kills all the trout in your rivers?”: A Profile of Dave Kumlien” — Orvis News" data-secret="WtC12czsWf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> A chance phone call caused Dave Kumlien—a guide, shop owner, and conservationist—to become one of the sport's main crusaders, as executive director of the Whirling Disease Foundation and board member of Warriors and Quiet Waters. photo by Brian Grossenbacher In December 1994, Dave Kumlien had just opened his Bozeman, Montana, fly shop for the day when the phone rang. On the line was a reporter for the Washington Post, who wanted to discuss a press release he’d received from Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; it seemed that something called “whirling disease” had been discovered in the Madison River, causing a 90 percent decline in the rainbow trout population. Kumlien had a vague understanding of whirling disease, but this was the first time he’d heard such dire predictions for. . .https://americanangler.com/images/stories/what-will-you-do-if-whirling-disease-kills-all-the-trout-in-your-rivers/Guide-Dave-Kumlien.jpg