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Bumping fists with trout
So I finally shook off the COVID blues and decided to go fishing one day last week. Yampa River, northern Colorado, and admittedly it might have been a better day to ski, but I just couldn’t take it anymore. I needed to fish. So I trudged through the snowpack to a prime spot, and the sun…
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Welcome to TROUT Digital, the online companion to TROUT Magazine
Well, well, well… what do we have here? A digital complement to TROUT magazine? In a word… exactly. But I think the best way to describe the rationale and vision is to anticipate and preemptively answer a handful of questions (I’ve always found it easiest to answer questions I ask myself, but of course I will welcome and…
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For 15 years, the Tie-a-thon has helped those who help people through fishing
It started 15 years ago with a conversation in a car. Terry Wittorp and Tim Scott were on their way to a chapter meeting of the Kalamazoo Chapter of Trout Unlimited. "Man, I am worried that we aren’t going to have enough flies for our youth camp in Michigan this year," Terry said. Tim, who…
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For crayfish flies, keep it simple
I have a friend who is an extremely talented fly tier. His creations are intricate and gorgeous. And they would certainly catch fish, too, if he ever actually fished with them. But he doesn’t. Because, you know, who wants to risk losing a fly that it took an hour to tie? While creating fancy flies can…
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Behind the cover of the Winter 2021 edition
Editor's note: Every quarter, shortly after the delivery of the print version of TROUT Magazine, the photographer who crafted the cover photo will share the story of how that photo came to be. Some days are harder than others and this day had been particularly hard. The wind had pushed us to exhaustion. So by…
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Teenager explores home water as a TU volunteer
“I walked up and there was a lady sitting there and this boy, like 9 or 10, riding a boogie board in the culvert,” said Browne. “It was pretty crazy.”
Local student surveyed culverts on Gallatin River tributaries to determine possible fish barriers Nathan Browne expected to see high drop offs, steep inclines and maybe a beaver dam or two when he volunteered to survey road culverts on Gallatin River tributaries in the summer of 2020. He saw those things, and other issues, but one of…
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The beauty of close
Sheer granite cliffs rose out of Lost Lake where I pulled my first small brook trout out of the water, an elk hair caddis in its mouth. Scarlet Indian paintbrush, yellow glacier lilies and purple elephant head padded the banks of the next lake like a cheery grandmother’s doormat. White and blue columbines clung to…