A Native Odyssey – Apache trout in Arizona

Editor’s Note: Five students from the TU Costa 5 Rivers Outreach Program have embarked on a once-in a-lifetime journey in pursuit of 16 native trout species, all on public lands. With support from the U.S. Forest Service, Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, Fishpond and Post Fly Box, these students will tell the stories of our

What do we have to lose?

Native fish like the Gila trout pictured here can use support in political circles as much as in their rivers. Greg McReynolds/Trout Unlimited By Randy Scholfield Why don’t people care more about conservation and trout? And what can we do to change it? That was the pressing topic that kept coming up recently at the

'Citizen scientists' enlisted to support SW native trout

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2017 Contact: Randy Scholfield, TU communications, rscholfield@tu.org, 720-375-3961 Citizen scientists enlisted to support Southwest native trout Stream monitoring will help biologists understand the impacts of climate change (Phoenix)Biologists from Trout Unlimited, the University of Arizona and state and federal agencies this week announced expanded citizen science stream monitoring projects that

Voices from the River: Celebrating Texas trout

As I sit here in Idaho Falls watching two feet of snow melt into a slushy pond at the foot of my driveway, my buddy Kirk Deeter is likely stringing up a 5-weight with members of one of my favorite TU chapters in the country and preparing to chase some fat, tailwater trout. In Texas.

Short casts: Losing a friend, geeking out, hope for Gilas

Pat Oglesby Several years ago, my friend Pat Oglesby, a long-time TU volunteer and a leader within the Grand Valley Anglers chapter of Trout Unlimited in Grand Junction, asked me to come and speak to the chapter’s ann ual banquet that takes place in conjunction with its annual fly tying expo. I’d known Pat and

Arizona Trout Unlimited receives award for conservation work

AZTU Council Award Group.jpg Joe Miller (fourth from right) accepts award on behalf of AZ TU Council. Arizona Trout Unlimited receives award for conservation work AZ Council lauded as best that TU has to offer at annual meeting (Bozeman, Mont.)At the annual national meeting of Trout Unlimited on Sept. 30, the Arizona Council of Trout