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Spring Fly Showdown: The Prince Nymph vs. the RS2
The Prince Nymph vs. the RS2
The TU-Loon Spring Fly Showdown is down to the final eight flies, including the two classics featured in this matchup. Today, one of the best attractor nymph patterns ever tied goes up against the a tricky emerger that's especially adept at fooling picky trout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfAFJvbgWTk Tying the Prince Nymph. The Prince Nymph might be a…
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Spring Fly Showdown: Royal Wulff vs. Elk-hair Caddis
The Royal Wulff squares off against the Elk-hair caddis.
The final eight in the TU-Loon Spring Fly Showdown is upon us, and the first matchup is an intriguing contest between one of the great attractor dry flies ever tied and perhaps the most widely used imitation of a mature aquatic insect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWB3BIiKOD4 Tying the Royal Wulff. There are a lot of great fly patterns…
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We are TU: Meet Kim McDonald
TU has magic when it comes to attracting great people
We care about clean water, healthy fisheries and vibrant communities. We roll up our sleeves to volunteer, we sit on our boards, and we strategize as members and leaders of staff. We want you to join us. Thanks to initiatives such as TU’s decades-old Women’s Initiative – now Diversity and Inclusion Initiative – and those of our partners, new…
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Living Waters Fly Fishing is Texas’ fly shop
These are difficult times. COVID-19 has all of us on edge. Millions of us are under lockdown. Millions more are isolating themselves and practicing social distancing, limiting their personal contact with others. It’s a global pandemic, and it’s serious business. In communities across the US and around the world, we’re all experiencing it. We’re all…
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Blackfoot River Outfitters, Flint Creek Outdoors battling through the outbreak
If I’ve learned anything in 42 years as a conservation professional, it is that all of us need one another.
These are difficult times. COVID-19 has all of us on edge. Millions of us are under lockdown. Millions more are isolating themselves and practicing social distancing, limiting their personal contact with others. It’s a global pandemic, and it’s serious business. In communities across the US and around the world, we’re all experiencing it. We’re all…
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Spring Fly Showdown: Pheasant-tail Nymph vs. San Juan Worm
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This a matchup between two proven subsurface patterns that trout really seem to love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr-sHHtgJiE Tying the San Juan Worm. No, it's not cheating or even unethical to tie a San Juan Worm to your tippet— worms are an important part of a trout's diet, and if you're not fishing because you think it's on…
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Spring Fly Showdown: Chernobyl Ant vs. the RS2
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This matchup in the Spring Fly Showdown pits one of the best big-fly attractors against maybe the best emerger pattern ever tied for picky trout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GaOWLOM9rE Tying the Chernobyl. Honestly, this fly pattern might be the only good thing to come out of the disastrous nuclear meltdown in the former Soviet Union in 1986 (too…
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