Trout Weekly

  • The True Cast

    The True Cast – Thanks to the great Chris Santella 

    In this True Cast, Kirk Deeter, reflects on his late friend, Chris Santella, one of the very best to ever write about fly fishing. His spirit will always live in the fly-fishing world and well beyond. 

    50 places to fly fish before you die book by Chris Santella

    I recently sat at my desk, to work on a presentation I made at Ladybird Books in Charleston, S.C., in support of my new book (written with Matt Supinksi) called A Fishable Feast; Fly Fishing and Eating Your Way Around the World. Exciting times and I am happy.  In times like these, an author thinks about the many… many… people who support a book project…

  • Conservation Towns Conservation

    Trout Unlimited names inaugural “Conservation Towns” list

    philipsburg, mt conservation town winner 2026

    Five rural communities from across the country are staking their futures on conservation In America’s “Conservation Towns,” rural communities that survived the past century’s boom-and-bust cycles are building new blueprints for economic success by tapping into their most important assets: the rivers and streams, public lands and wild landscapes that have always sustained them. At Trout…

  • Places worth Protecting Conservation Fishing Public Lands

    Places worth protecting: George Washington/Jefferson National Forest

    The George Washington/Jefferson National Forest is 1.8 million acres of outdoor mecca in Western Virginia, and a Brook trout fishing heaven.

    Headwater stream-fishing in GW Jeff-National Forest

    Gnats! Of course there would be gnats. It wasn’t even April, yet here they were; swarming around my head as I sat on my truck’s tailgate lacing up my wading boots before a hike into one of my go-to native brook trout streams. Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good, and fortunately…

  • Photo of the Week

    Photo of the week – Pyramid Lake 

    Our Photo of the Week showcases the beauty of fishing Pyramid Lake in Nevada, where ladder fishing for large Lahontan cutthroat trout awaits.

    Pyramid Lake photo of the week

    If you’ve never caught a Lahontan cutthroat trout, you might want to add them to your bucket list. And, now is a great time to head to Pyramid Lake in Nevada.   This lake grows them huge, but bring your ladder as that’s the preferred method of fishing for them.  

  • Science

    Driftless Area Science: WiseH2O program summary  

    Field season preparations are well underway in the Driftless Area and we wanted to reach out with an update on our WiseH2O water sampling program.    More than 2,600 observations have been recorded through WiseH2O since the program began in 2019. We appreciate all the volunteer time and effort that has gone into this data collection.  We plan to continue collecting data…