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Chris Hunt

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: Wait for it…

    A bonus for waiting and watching. Photo by Chris Hunt. I spent the weekend in Yellowstone National Park, catching the tail end of the fishing season and enjoying some glorious fall weather that, by late October, is usually only a memory for die-hard anglers who visit the park this time of year. And most of…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: Amazon River Fly Fishing

    My friend Mark Melnyk travels the world hosting episodes of The New Fly Fisher, an old-school fly-fishing program that's adapting to its web-only format quite nicely. Every time I watch an episode, I'm transported back to those lazy Saturday mornings in the 1990s and early 2000s, when hosts like Jose Wejebe and Flip Pallot would…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: The RS2

    I was in Denver a couple of weeks for a family thing, and I got to spend some time with my aunt and uncle in the city's suburbs. My uncle is an avid fly fisher—he and I went to northern Saskatchewan this past summer and spent four days on a boat together chasing pike. We…

  • BTT and TU create the Lefty Kreh Memorial Conservation Fund

    Photo Courtesy of WYPR. The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, in partnership with Trout Unlimited, is pleased to announce the establishment of the Lefty Kreh Memorial Conservation Fund in memory of legendary angler and instructor Bernard "Lefty" Kreh. "Lefty made us all better fly casters and did so while keeping a smile on our faces," said…

  • TU assists with successful TAPS retreat

    For the past five years, Trout Unlimited has had the honor of partnering with TAPS , Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, to support the TAPS  Montana Men's Retreat. Held at Parade Rest Ranch , located on Grayling Creek near West Yellowstone, Mont., the event brought together nearly 40 men, many Gold Star dads, who have lost loved…

  • Voices from the river

    Voices from the River: A reincarnated trout?

    Photo courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife. By Garrett Hanks Extinction, as the saying goes, is forever. Reincarnation? Let’s just say the jury is still out. But the case for rebirth grew significantly stronger over the summer when Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the rediscovery of a native trout species long considered extinct. Thanks to a…