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    Learning to fly fish via art 

    Weinberg in his studio

    Art, not words, is what dominates this book. And for good reason.   Steven Weinberg is a dedicated angler who put his art skills to use in The Fly Fishing Book: An Artful Guide to Angling. Through illustration and painting, he brings fly fishing to life guiding readers through the basics, through history, to lifestyle and beyond.   In part…

  • The True Cast Fishing

    The True Cast – It’s all about the bread.

    casting is the angler's bread

    I just drove with my son, Paul, from Johns Island, South Carolina, to Baldwin, Michigan, so we could be at our family cabin for the opening of Michigan’s trout season.  That’s kind of a family tradition I have sorely neglected over the past 20 years or so, but I’m now rekindling with Paul. I’m doing so because I fondly remember how important it was for me when I…

  • Video spotlight Barrier removal Conservation

    Video of the Week – Flowing Free

    replaced culverts wisconsin stream

    Culverts and road crossings often create barriers to fish passage while also causing problems during floods for local communities.   So, in Wisconsin, Trout Unlimited is doing something about it.   By updating and upgrading these barriers, native trout like brook trout in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest can move freely amongst this spectacular habitat.   Watch Flowing Free to learn more and…

  • Public Lands Conservation

    Public lands are worth defending… and that’s just what Idaho did

    fishing on idaho's public lands

    In Idaho, support for keeping public lands in public hands isn’t just strong—it’s overwhelming.   Recent polling shows roughly 96 percent of Idahoans back the idea that these lands should remain accessible to all of us. That makes sense in a state where more than 60 percent of the landscape—over 32 million acres—is public land.   These places are where generations of Idahoans have learned…

  • TU Costa 5 Rivers Women

    Cast for a Cause: 5 Rivers Clubs are racing to support women on and off the water 

    Trout Unlimited Costa 5 Rivers college fly fishing clubs are competing in a nationwide fundraising challenge over Mother's Day, supporting Casting for Recovery and microgrants for women.

    5 rivers mother's fundraising challenge

    During each Casting for Recovery fly fishing retreat, there is a moment that naturally replicates itself. Sometimes it's during a shared laugh, sometimes after a fish is landed, sometimes it happens while listening to the sound of the river. But each time, a woman who arrived carrying the weight of a breast cancer diagnosis sets it down, at least for a little while. That moment is what the 2026 Mother's Day…

  • Alaska's Women on the Water Community Women

    Keeping Alaskan women on the water

    A WOW participant shows off this beautiful Dolly Varden in 2023

    Trout Unlimited Alaska’s Women on the Water (WoW) brings together women for free, hands-on fishing trips and fly tying events. WoW launched in 2023 to create opportunities to build and share fly fishing skills in a supportive environment and connect like-minded women with a passion for the outdoors.   These trips have been incredibly popular and filled up quickly. To expand our…