Trout Magazine

  • Featured

    The question we should all be asking ourselves

    How can we ensure a brighter future for our public lands? We have spent much of the past month reflecting on the role public lands play in our lives. But now is the time to make a plan. Safeguarding our outdoor traditions takes more than one month of celebrating public lands. The challenges are many: from habitat threats, to transfer of…

  • Featured

    Plan and then plan again

    The year 2020 has been a year of wrecked plans

    The year 2020 has been a year of wrecked plans. Any sort of travel – cancelled. Celebrations with friends and family – done through Zoom. Even the regular trip to the grocery store or out to eat – reimagined with a mask and attempts at social distancing. This is even truer for me dealing with the ravages…

  • Voices from the river Featured

    These hips don’t lie

    Crawling around small creeks was an exercise in bad yoga, as I dragged myself to standing by grabbing branches and logs. When I finally had the hip examined, I was told what I already knew

    The John Muir Wilderness in California.

    Two summers ago, I agreed to join a backpacking trek with some friends I hadn’t seen since college.  Our mission -- honoring the life of a mutual friend who’d passed away -- took us deep into the Sierra Nevada range, a 54-mile journey filled with golden trout and jaw-dropping views of ice-etched peaks and verdant hanging valleys. As…

  • Community

    Fishing Big Sky Country with Garrett Munson from Montana Fishing Outfitters

    The folks at Montana Fishing Outfitters are the real deal. They’re committed to bringing you a great Montana fishing experience. What’s more, they’re committed to conservation. These guys are long-time members of the TU Team, and absolutely committed to protecting, reconnecting, restoring and sustaining fish and fishing on their home waters.

    It’s Montana. You want to fish there. Of course you do — who doesn’t? The only real questions have to do with the details: How? When? Where? The good news is that neither of us has to know the answers to any of those questions because Garrett Munson already knows them. Garrett runs Montana Fishing…

  • Community

    Instagram Live with Garrett Munson from Montana Fishing Outfitters

    Join me tomorrow at 2 PM MDT @troutunlimited when we talk with Garrett Munson @montanafishingoutfitters.

    It’s Montana. You want to fish there. Of course you do -- who doesn’t? The only real questions have to do with the details: How? When? Where? The good news is that neither of us has to know the answers to any of those questions because Garrett Munson already knows them. Garrett runs Montana Fishing…

  • Youth Featured Featured Fishing Travel TROUT Magazine

    Hiking the CDT: Aunt Luchrysta, a bull moose in the river and West Yellowstone

    Editor’s Note: The Strawbridge family from Lakeland, Fla., is hiking the length of the Continental Divide Trail – all 3,100 miles of it – from Canada to Mexico. Henry Strawbridge, 14, will be providing updates of their journey to Trout Unlimited as they pass through the historic range of seven native trout species. You can track the…