Trout Magazine

  • Trout Tips Featured

    Tension is the key to every cast

    Fly casting is an art grounded in physics. Line tension is, indeed, the key to every successful cast

    As a longtime fly angler, the basics of casting are now almost completely intuitive. But I remember those early days of fly casting, and can recall how fraught with worry I was when I started fishing with anglers who possessed more experience. Back then, I was less concerned with the opportunity to learn from better…

  • Voices from the river Featured

    Old trout don’t need a mirror

    Unlike humans, trout only grow more beautiful with age. I know, I know, beauty’s on the inside, but come on. We are all aware of growing older and should be able to admit to being bothered by it sometimes.

    There are billions of reasons to love trout, their fickleness bordering on intelligence, their powerful reluctance to surrender in battle, and their impeccable taste in house and lot. The way trout look is enough by itself.  This latter attribute expresses itself throughout a trout’s life. Baby trout are like jewels, their scales and inquisitive eyes shooting sunshine in every direction. The…

  • Community

    Protect that valuable gear with Karmik Outdoors

    Aaron Akins and Robert Gillingham hit upon a simple idea: Create an online lost and found service for outdoor enthusiasts. Simple, right? And pretty darn cool.

    People lose stuff in the outdoors. It just happens. The rod tube cradling my beloved Winston 5-weight somehow took wing and soared out of my backpack and landed on a county road. Knives evaporate from my pockets and never reappear. Sunglasses vanish like Jimmy Hoffa, never to be seen again. All this is mostly just…

  • TU Costa 5 Rivers Community Featured Responsible Recreation Youth

    Finding a deeper story in the Vermont woods

    Editor's Note: During Public Lands Month in September Trout Unlimited's Costa 5 Rivers program director reached out to four student leaders and asked them to capture their experience recreating on public lands, what lessons they learned during the month, and what they did to practice #ResponsibleRecreation during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are their stories and…