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Skating flies for summer steelhead
If “the tug is the drug” for anglers swinging a fly for wild steelhead, then bringing a surface-snarfing summer steelhead to a skated fly is crack cocaine. There is no bigger adrenaline dump than seeing the glass-smooth surface of a tailout explode as a 10-pound native summer steelhead pounces on your hapless little skater. “Skaters”…
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Alaska: Get your cast on
Welcome casting champion, Maxine McCormick to the 49th state this summer.
By the Southcentral Alaska Chapter Get your cast on with teen fly casting prodigy Maxine McCormick this weekend. Maxine and her casting coach, Chris Korich, are making the trip to Alaska and are participating in a whole host of events for Anchorage area anglers. With book signings, brunches, a happy hour, picnic and more on the calendar, there…
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Gila Trout Burning
The following is an excerpt from Fishing Through the Apocalypse, by Matthew L. Miller and published by Lyons Press. The book is available online and in retailers. The last time I’d set foot in Gila National Forest, my quest had proved futile. My dad and I had joined my cousin David and Uncle Bill to hunt…
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TU hosts 2019 Northern Nevada Youth Flyfishing Camp
by Makenzie O’Connor A core component of Trout Unlimited's mission is building a broad community of river-stewards to help implement and sustain our coldwater conservation work. A primary focus of this effort involves youth outreach and education. Trout Unlimited's California Program and our California Council and chapters support this initiative by hosting youth engagement programs…
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Alaska service members can apply for fly-fishing trip
Last fall, the Trout Unlimited Alaska Program was pleased to host the first annual Alaska Armed Services Fishing Trip in partnership with Kinross Gold Corporation. Last year’s trip was a great opportunity to give back to members of the armed forces by sharing a truly Alaskan experience we all love: fly fishing. Our inaugural Alaska Armed…
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Restoring trout, protecting the future
Editor's note: this is part two of a series on recovering native brook trout. You can read part one here. “What is the name of that tree?” Brandon Keplinger, the district fisheries biologist for West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, asked the 20 or so fifth graders from Slanesville Elementary School in West Virginia. The…
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June
June is not a large horse. Really, she may be only a few inches over a large pony. In honesty I don’t claim to understand horse dimensions, but it’s fair to say that a very tall man could probably touch the ground with tip toes. A body traveling from her back to the ground would…
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