Trout Magazine

  • Dam Removal

    Klamath reconnected: The four dams are gone

    Blasting at Copco 1 Dam. Photo: Swiftwater Films Big things happen when committed people decide that failure is not an option Between my roles at Trout Unlimited and on the board of directors at the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), I’ve visited Iron Gate Dam countless times over the years. But this time, it was…

  • Healing our ecosystem

    Flood prone Lake Superior communities receive major NOAA investment 

    A coalition of partners in the Lake Superior basin have been awarded $1.45 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to increase climate resilience in communities hit hard by catastrophic, repetitive flooding.  Earlier this month, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended the funding of…

  • Fishing Trout Talk

    Tip – aerial mends

    At times it’s necessary to put a mend in your line before it hits the water. Watch as Far Bank’s Simon Gawesworth walks us through how to do just that with aerial mends, and then go give it a try. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJIg8NpXbVk&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=77

  • From the President

    Not a fisherman but a fisher of men

    Father Pedro Arrupe was the leader of the Jesuit Order who instructed that the purpose of a Jesuit education was to form people who would live for, and with, others. Fifty years ago, it was revolutionary thinking. “To be just,” he said, “it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and…

  • Restoration

    Precious Mettle

    California’s golden trout persist with project help from TU. Golden Trout Creek An angler since she was four years old, even after a long day working in the backcountry, Trout Unlimited’s Jessica Strickland couldn’t resist the opportunity to fish an iconic stream winding its way through a mountain meadow. In September, during the last weeks…