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Voices from the River: Book connects kids with fly fishing
By Brett Prettyman The reasons we fish are as numerous as bugs on the water during a Mother’s Day caddis hatch. Chances are the vast majority of us got started flinging flies, dunking worms or throwing hardware with the help of parents or grandparents - and, for those lucky ones, both. Fishing isn’t only important…
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Rowing Tip: Set Your Oars So You Can Touch Thumbs
By Kirk Deeter Believe it or not, I’ve been asked this question several times, so I’ll throw out my answer and then invite others to chime in with their own. “If you’re rowing a raft, how close—or how far apart—should your oars be? Where should you set them in the oarlocks?” If I grip the…
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Voices from the River: Memories of lost Idaho steelhead and salmon
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TU applauds initiatives recognizing importance of fish and wildlife migration
A native Bonneville cutthroat trout in Utah's Weber River is released after being caught as part of an effort to track fish in the drainage. Paul Burnett/Trout Unlimited By Paul Burnett The Utah Division of Wildlife Res ources recently rolled out a Wildlife Migration Initiative, focused on the migration needs of wildlife and native fish…
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Voices from the River: Teaming up for conservation
Christina Barrineau of Wyoming Game and Fish talks to students from Encampment Elementary School as part of efforts of the ongoing project to foster river stewardship on the North Platte and Encampment rivers in Wyoming. Jeff Streeter/Trout Unlimited By Brett Prettyman There is nothing better than being able to cross something off a long to-do…
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TU releases “Not Mine, Ours” movie on the Smith River
Ask a child to choose between a river and a mine and they will choose the river without hesitation. You need not explain the river belongs to all of us. You need not explain the mining company is owned by a foreign conglomerate whose only interest is to wring every short-term dollar from the landscape.…
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Voices from the River: Give the gift of fishing
Planning a fishing trip may be the best gift you can give this Christmas, or any other time of the year. Brett Prettyman/Trout Unlimited By Brett Prettyman Each year about this time a deluge of emails hit my personal inbox. The majority of them come with the subject line “Last Minute Gift Ideas”. Like many…
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