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Legacy Contracting: Building bridges for fish and communities on the Salmon SuperHwy
On Oregon’s beautiful North Coast rivers, the Salmon SuperHwy is working hard to reconnect over 180 miles of high-priority, historic salmon, steelhead, lamprey and cutthroat trout habitat in the Tillamook, Nestucca and Sand Lake watersheds. As of January 2026, the partnership has already accomplished 75 percent of their goal. Over the course of the last decade, the partnership has restored access to 137 miles…
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What is Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration?
Acronyms such as LTPBR (Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration), PBR (Process-Based Restoration), BDA (Beaver Dam Analog), PALS (Post-Assisted Log Structure), LWD (Large Woody Debris), and ELJ (Engineered Log Jam) are used all over the stream restoration community. Whether referring to the design manual published by Wheaton et al. through Utah State University or just referring to the…
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The True Cast – Thanks to the great Chris Santella
In this True Cast, Kirk Deeter, reflects on his late friend, Chris Santella, one of the very best to ever write about fly fishing. His spirit will always live in the fly-fishing world and well beyond.
I recently sat at my desk, to work on a presentation I made at Ladybird Books in Charleston, S.C., in support of my new book (written with Matt Supinksi) called A Fishable Feast; Fly Fishing and Eating Your Way Around the World. Exciting times and I am happy. In times like these, an author thinks about the many… many… people who support a book project…
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Trout Unlimited names inaugural “Conservation Towns” list
Five rural communities from across the country are staking their futures on conservation In America’s “Conservation Towns,” rural communities that survived the past century’s boom-and-bust cycles are building new blueprints for economic success by tapping into their most important assets: the rivers and streams, public lands and wild landscapes that have always sustained them. At Trout…
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Places worth protecting: George Washington/Jefferson National Forest
The George Washington/Jefferson National Forest is 1.8 million acres of outdoor mecca in Western Virginia, and a Brook trout fishing heaven.
Gnats! Of course there would be gnats. It wasn’t even April, yet here they were; swarming around my head as I sat on my truck’s tailgate lacing up my wading boots before a hike into one of my go-to native brook trout streams. Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good, and fortunately…
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TROUT Tip – Nymphing in deep pockets
Chances are good that a trout or two is living in a deep pool below plunge pools or other similar lies. It can be difficult to fish for these trout and know when a take has happened, so watch this Orvis video for some tips and give them a try next time you find yourself…
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Photo of the week – Pyramid Lake
Our Photo of the Week showcases the beauty of fishing Pyramid Lake in Nevada, where ladder fishing for large Lahontan cutthroat trout awaits.
If you’ve never caught a Lahontan cutthroat trout, you might want to add them to your bucket list. And, now is a great time to head to Pyramid Lake in Nevada. This lake grows them huge, but bring your ladder as that’s the preferred method of fishing for them.
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