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Funds pour into the Colorado River Basin thanks to corporate partners
In the Colorado River, not far from Rocky Mountain National Park, wild trout are returning to a once-degraded stretch of water. It’s a story that demonstrates the resilience of ecosystems and the power of all-hands-on-deck collaboration to solve intractable water issues. In 1985, completion of the Windy Gap Reservoir—built to supply water to Front Range…
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Blue Lines & Brook Trout – Mapping Critical Spawning Habitat in Connecticut’s Priority Waters
Trout Unlimited and Connecticut DEEP band together for wild trout data collection and improved regulations. Here’s how YOU can help today! Brook trout in Connecticut have certainly not had it easy these last few centuries due to logging, agriculture and development, and yet these resilient and resourceful native fish still hold on – even thrive…
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A future with fish
It’s almost odd to look back at milestones and what they meant to me at the time. First fish on a fly rod. First fish on a dry fly I tied. First twenty-fish day. First 20-inch fish on a No. 20 fly I tied myself.
Once upon a time there was a dude who drove a blue, manual transmission Ford Focus into California’s Sierra Nevada by himself to catch rainbow and brook trout on caddis flies he tied himself. He thought highly of himself. He had persevered through the days of catching branches and bushes more than fish and graduated…
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Federal infrastructure funding unleashes potential of Upper Clark Fork River in Montana
Millions pour into western Montana to reconnect the watershed and restore endangered bull trout populations This is a story about a river running through the largest superfund site in America. Butte, America, that is. Once known as “the richest hill on earth,” Butte, Montana, once produced so much copper that the Anaconda Company––which extracted and…
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Tip – casting sinking lines
Now that fish are moving deeper, it’s time to cast sinking lines. Watch these tips from Orvis on how to cast these lines for the most effective presentations to deeper trout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9MGTxRomc&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=86
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Oak Brook TU hosts genetic sampling day in Driftless
In May of 2024, the Oak Brook Trout Unlimited chapter traveled to the Driftless Area for their annual fishing visit. But in addition to the chapter’s usual fishing and stewarding their section of highway near Viroqua, magnanimous chapter member Dave Carlson also offered to give TUDARE a preview of the eDNA sampling methods the chapter has…
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From Bristol Bay to the Hill: Trout Unlimited’s trip to Washington D.C.
Our Alaska team traded waders for suits to advocate for permanent safeguards of Bristol Bay’s prolific salmon fishery. A fly angler, a commercial fisherman and a subsistence harvester walk into the halls of Congress... Their goal? To advocate for a common cause: Bristol Bay salmon. Notorious for squabbling amongst themselves, these salmon supporters are on…