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Do you lend your boat to friends?
This was a multi-day affair and a bachelor party at that, so I should have known better, but I stupidly let my boat go. Luckily for them the carnage happened after they had taken off.
"Can I borrow your boat?"It's a question those of us who own our own watercraft have probably all heard. Loaning boats to friends is a topic as old as time and one on which everyone seems to have an opinion. I personally don't do it anymore, save a very precious few people I trust. I've…
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An Alaska Flyfisher’s Odyssey
TU life member pens stories of Alaska with a big gift back to conservation Dan Hoffman knows fishing and knows Alaska. Put the two together, and Hoffman has a lifetime of stories that take him from Katmai National Park in Bristol Bay, to the Kenai Peninsula, and north in to the Interior. He’s compiled some…
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Congress needs to act on public lands oil and gas reform
Last week the Department of the Interior released a long-awaited report on the Federal oil and gas leasing system (TU statement). The report details shortcomings of the antiquated oil and gas program and recommends policy options to better balance energy development with other uses on public lands, such as hunting and fishing. The Roan Plateau in western Colorado. Trout Unlimited has spent more than a decade advocating for responsible oil and…
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The offseason: Time to check your medical kit
No matter how mellow or intense your river trips are it’s not a matter of if you’ll need a full medical kit but when. Our family of four and many of our river friends begin planning our overnight river trips in the early spring and we don’t conclude the fun until well after Labor Day.…
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Umpqua Feather Merchants Signature Tyer Series, Season 3
Winter is slowly approaching and time at the vise will soon be more readily available. Why not learn from some of the pros while you're at it this winter? Umpqua Feather Merchants is back with season three of the popular live tying sessions. Join them at the desk of some of the most innovative fly…
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Snake River salmon: “One of the defining issues for this generation of anglers”
Why we turned over an entire magazine to the removal of the lower Snake River dams The fall issue of TROUT magazine drills down on an issue that is gaining fresh momentum across the Northwest: the effort to remove four dams on the lower Snake River, which would re-open the last best cold, clean habitat…
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Get out and enjoy our national wildlife refuges
This lesser-known public land system is a hidden gem of conservation work and hunting and fishing access
Trumpeter swans in flight at Lower Red Rock Lake in Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. Erin Clark/USFWS Chances are you are familiar with national parks, Bureau of Land Management lands, and national forests, but have you ever heard of, or been to, a wildlife refuge? If you answered no, you are not alone. This lesser-known public land system is…