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MothBear Outfitters
One of the best parts of my job at Trout Unlimited is working with young, emerging companies. Typically start-ups owned and managed by young people, these companies are making the fly-fishing business exciting. Often, they see conservation as an integral part of the business from the outset. Making good is part of the business plan,…
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A passion, a hobby, an art, a sport
At TU's Costa 5 Rivers Meetup in Wisconsin, students learn why fishing and conservation go hand in hand Editor’s note: Student anglers recently converged on Wisconsin’s Driftless region for a weekend of fly fishing, camaraderie, and volunteerism at the Trout Unlimited Costa 5 Rivers Midwest Meet-Up. The following article was written by Linnea Turner for…
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FishSki Provisions
FishSki is dedicated to producing great food for the great outdoors.
On a fishing trip long ago, we were halfway to our destination on the backroads of the sagebrush sea in southwest Wyoming when I asked my best friend Joe what he had brought in the way of food. He gave me a sharp look and said, “Beer. What else do we need?” That answer seemed…
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A sweep for TU Businesses
The Orvis Guide Rendezvous returned after a two-year hiatus, and TU Business members dominated the prestigious Orvis Endorsed awards.
The partnership between Trout Unlimited and the Orvis Company goes back a long way. The birth of the company predates the birth of TU by a century, but the spirit of the two organizations has long been intertwined. The owners of the company, the Perkins family, have a long and proud history of supporting conservation…
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Three questions for the Chairman of the Board
Longtime leader Terry Hyman talks about why he’s bullish on Trout Unlimited Terry Hyman worked for two decades in investment banking before transitioning to the private equity business, where he served as partner of a leading firm before founding his own. But if pressed, he would tell you that, beyond his family and good friends,…
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TU Business profile: Land of Enchantment Guides
Land of Enchantment Guides has opened a fly shop called the Fly Fishing Outpost in Santa Fe.
Noah Parker and his son Shane Parker-Kast. Really good guys, and really great guides. If you don’t know them, you should. You should fish New Mexico with them. Coming from three generations of fly fishermen, Shane Parker-Kast was probably destined to be a fishing guide. He first went out on his father’s lobster boat when…
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Honoring a lost angling mentor
Inspired by a fly fishing camp for kids that Jackson Hole guide Spencer Morton ran for years, Beckett Maher founded a local stream cleanup crew for teenagers.
In memory of the beloved founder of the Jackson Hole Fly Fishing School, local teenagers are cleaning up waters he cherished Last May, we lost John Spencer “Spence” Morton, founder of the Jackson Hole Fly Fishing School. He was only 38, but he left many indelible moments with so many in the community, not to…
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