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From endangered to delisted: How TU’s science team won national recognition for Apache trout recovery
American Fisheries Society and US Fish and Wildlife Service bestow TU staff and partners with conservation awards Last month, members of TU’s science team and the Apache Trout Implementation Team (ATIG) travelled to Hawaii to receive the Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award from the American Fisheries Society. This award is “presented to an individual…
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The True Cast – Respect
“Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.”
How does one begin to explain “respect” in the context of a leisure pursuit—fly fishing—that largely revolves around sticking a sharp hook in an animal’s mouth, and then pulling it around by the face, only to release it and let it go, maybe having snapped a photo or two for posterity… or to make a…
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Tip – how to fish nymphs
As the weather cools and bug hatches decrease, it’s time to switch to fishing more nymphs. As that is a trout’s primary diet, learning how to fish them most effectively is certain to boost your success rate. Watch this video to learn more about the flies and gear as well as tips and techniques. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIQJXo3VULs&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=80
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Driftless area ignites teen’s passion for fishing and conservation
Lauren Genske’s earliest forays into trout fishing didn’t go exactly as planned. Consider her first outing in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area when she was about 11 or 12. “My dad was supposed to be taking me to go morel mushroom hunting,” recalled Genske, who lives a couple hours north of the Driftless region in Antigo, Wisc.…
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Asking for your help protecting more of our public lands on this National Public Lands Day
Some of the best fishing and hunting opportunities in the United States are found in our national monuments. National monuments — sites and landscapes with unique historic, cultural, scientific, geologic and ecological values — can be created either by Congress or by the President through the Antiquities Act of 1906. Hunters and anglers, outdoor recreation…
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The True Cast – Just knowing they’re in there
My friend David’s house was right on the river. He was kind enough to let me park there and fish the big bend out back. And often times, he’d come out on his porch to chat with me as I made some casts. I remember one evening in particular, when a burst of hatching mayflies…
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By the numbers on the Snake
Understanding the metrics used to evaluate and represent recovery of wild salmon and steelhead in the Snake River basin is an exercise worthy of a Ph.D. From annual abundance numbers, to understanding Endangered Species Act delisting criteria, to smolt-to-adult return ratios (SARs) to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) survival statistics, the numbers can…