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Video spotlight: Fighting Big Fish with a Fly Rod
Now, most of us will never stand on the bow of a boat in the waters off of San Diego and battle a 200-pound mako shark. But, if you fish long enough, you will get the opportunity to battle big fish, whether it's a big smallmouth bass, a fat rainbow in a spring creek, a…
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Trout Tips: Arrow tube? Or rod tube?
Years ago, I was fishing the Cardiac Canyon stretch of the Henry's Fork over Father's Day weekend, thanks to the able boatmanship of well-known guide Rod Patch. I'd never fished this stretch before, but rod put me and my fishing partner on fat and happy Henry's Fork rainbows all day. It was epic. Rod set…
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Local communities improve streamside habitat on the Willowemoc
By Tracy Brown In celebration of the stunning Catskill fall, volunteers from the communities of Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Walton, N.Y., along with members of Trout Unlimited, recently gathered on the banks of the Willowemoc River to plant trees. “Fall is the perfect time of year for planting,” explained Jeff Foster, president of the local…
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Voices from the River: Deadbeat dams
Photo by Eric Booton By Eric Booton In the summer of 2015, I spent a week with my family on the Olympic Peninsula. We hiked in Olympic National Park, fished for humpies in the salt, and took a field trip to check out the recently liberated Elwha River whose dam had been re moved and…
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Voices from the River: Tell me a story
Hillary and youngest daughter, Susie, fishing on the Green River. Photo courtesy of Hillary Walrath. By Hillary Walrath “Mommy, tell me a real story from when you were a kid.” Recently, my oldest daughter became obsessed with me telling stories before bed. I started with fairy tales of make-believe but one night I was tired…
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2018 State of Trout Unlimited
State of Trout Unlimited 2018 from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. Watch as TU President and CEO Chris Wood delivers the 2018 State of Trout Unlimited presentation to volunteers at the organization's annual meeting in Redding, Calif.
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Video spotlight: Save Bristol Bay
Orvis has teamed up the TU's Alaska Program to craft a very simple, very powerful short film about the need to protect Bristol Bay and its headwater rivers and streams from the potentially disastrous Pebble Mine. Video of ORVIS Presents: Save Bristol BayNo matter how you feel about mining, there ought to be one constant…
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