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  • Community Fishing Fly tying

    One fly to rule them all

    Hatch Outdoors is offering three great prize packs in the #OneFlyFitsAll contest.

    Hatch Outdoors is running a contest through the end of the week (July 31) featuring the venerable Clouser Minnow and photos of all the fish it catches. The idea is simple: go fishing, use a chartreuse-and-white Clouser, post the photos of the fish the fly helps you catch on either Facebook or Instagram (#oneflyfitsall), and…

  • Community Gear reviews TU Business

    Douglas Outdoors: Born on the Salmon River

    The Salmon River in upstate New York offers anglers world class multi-species fly fishing opportunities, and Pulaski, N.Y., is the epicenter of this legendary fishing destination.  The Barclay family has lived on this river since 1806, and they have a special connection to their home water. For Douglas Outdoors founder David Barclay, growing up on the Salmon River instilled a deep…

  • Fly tying Featured Trout Tips

    Building a better ‘Bugger

    Tim Flagler ties up his version of a 'better 'bugger' using weighted wire and a tougher construction

    The Woolly Bugger might be the most-tied fly on the planet — for many of us, it was the first fly we ever tied. There's a reason for that, of course. It's among the easiest patterns to master, and, no matter how many times some creative vise-wizard comes up with the next great streamer pattern,…

  • Gear reviews Fishing

    TroutRoutes

    Until now, no phone or tablet app was particularly useful in locating trout streams and finding public access to them.  Enter “TroutRoutes,” an app that maps trout streams in Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Nebraska and North Dakota.  Montana, Wyoming and Michigan are on the way.   The app claims that there are over 4,000 streams shown…

  • Community Conservation Featured Fishing Travel

    Win a Luxury Alaska Fishing Trip & Support Trout Unlimited

    Trout Unlimited has teamed up with Omaze, a company that organizes giveaways that give back, to offer one lucky winner and a friend a getaway fly-fishing adventure in Bristol Bay.

    Angling for an adventure? Catch this: We’ve teamed up with our friends at Omaze to give you the chance to win a 5-day fishing trip to Alaska! The best part? Every donation will support Trout Unlimited and our work keeping America's rivers and streams clean, healthy and fishable. Enter now at omaze.com/alaska for your chance to win! …

  • Trout Tips Featured Fishing Fly tying

    Hopper season

    Fly fishing with grasshopper patterns can bring big trout to the top, even on small, backcountry streams

    grasshopper fly patterns

    Every year about this time, grasshoppers start to show up on the banks of my favorite backcountry trout streams. By mid-July, a few warm days have managed to string themselves together, and, although not terribly big, the hoppers are now officially prolific.  They’ll get bigger and bigger as summer progresses, but right now might be…