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  • Dam Removal Featured Restoration

    Faces of Restoration: M. Jolma, Inc. reconnects habitat in Wisconsin

    Intro to Faces of Restoration series: TU works with some extremely talented characters while developing and completing projects in the field that help make fishing better. We are excited to bring you a series highlighting these Contractors. We hire equipment operators, truck drivers, laborers, material suppliers, engineers, technicians, and water testing labs. They are unique, talented, humble and some are downright…

  • Trout Tips Featured

    Tension is the key to every cast

    Fly casting is an art grounded in physics. Line tension is, indeed, the key to every successful cast

    As a longtime fly angler, the basics of casting are now almost completely intuitive. But I remember those early days of fly casting, and can recall how fraught with worry I was when I started fishing with anglers who possessed more experience. Back then, I was less concerned with the opportunity to learn from better…

  • Voices from the river Featured Fishing

    Fishing in the abyss

    California’s Owens River offers prettier sections. There are certainly reaches of this stream where an angler can find larger trout. There are many places on this river where you will not hear and feel electric diodes buzzing like murder wasps in the background. In fact, fishing the deep, dark-walled gorge this river carved over millennia…

  • Fishing Featured

    Bone-cold fishing in the face of winter

    Cold fingers sting back to life, pressed firmly against the vent as warm air, fresh from the engine block, puffs on pink digits. The heat reawakens icy toes, and what was numb is now just painful. I gobble a sandwich. Cameron is lost in his phone. We don't speak. Not because there’s nothing to say.…

  • Gear reviews

    Douglas SKY G a solid fast-action fly rod

    I. Like. This. Rod. A Lot. Douglas does not sell direct to customers, so we suggest you check one of their rods out at your local TU Business member fly shop.

    Looking for something special for someone special this Chistmas? Let me suggest this awesome fly rod from our friends at Douglas Outdoors. The first thing I noticed about this rod was the weight. It’s light, coming in at 2.7 oz. in a 5-weight. That’s not a lot different than plenty of other 5-weights, but you…

  • Trout Tips Featured

    Lesson from the guide: cover the water

    I’m a “freelance” fly fisher by trade. Even on new water, I tend to look for what appears to be familiar. Long, deep runs. Structure. Riffles. Tailouts.  Rising fish. And when I see the latter, I become somewhat laser-focused. Rising fish are feeding fish, and feeding fish are eminently catchable.  In the absence of rising…