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Trail workshops building a pathway forward
By Jamie Vaughan and Nick Sanchez With much of the world on hold, many of us may be looking to find new footing. Now is a good time to appreciate places where that path in front of us is a little bit better than it was before, like a newly built section of trail. This…
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Brookings Anglers is where trout and happiness collide
If you want to be in the same boat with someone, I’d suggest Matt Canter from Brookings Anglers.
In the same boat What we do as fly anglers — what Trout Unlimited does as an organization — affects millions of others around the world. In a very real and very immediate sense, it affects our TU Business members like Brookings Anglers. These members have supported us at every level of our organization from…
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Trout waters gain added protections in New Jersey
More than 600 miles of streams in New Jersey have gained additional protections On April 7, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) solidified a yearlong effort by Trout Unlimited and our partners to formally upgrade more than 600 miles of rivers and streams to Category One (C-1) protections, one of the strongest clean water protection standards offered in the Garden State. …
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Blue lines and social distancing
Learning solid fishing skills on small water helps you with all angling situations
A lot of anglers look at small water and turn up their noses. The fish aren't as big, they might opine. It's just too easy, others might say, opting instead for the "challenges" posed by big rivers. Truth is, fishing small water makes anglers better, more accurate casters who have developed innate tools to work…
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Rose is at the ready for Wyoming anglers, hunters
People and places change lives. This maxim is evident in Liz Rose’s new position as Wyoming field organizer with Trout Unlimited's Sportsmen’s Conservation Project. Rose spent a lot of her childhood at a family cabin along the Sacramento River near Lake Shasta in California. Her time there fostered an interest in natural science and love…
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Patience to outlast Pebble
Patience is a virtue that humans have collectively had to learn over the course of the last three months. Patience looks different for us all. For some, it comes easy. For others, patience is our biggest daily challenge. But as anglers, it’s a concept that we know well. After all, many of us will wait…
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Sponsor a Trout for the Race up Rock Creek
“Supporting the research and projects that TU is doing was an easy choice,” Tim Panek said. “Knowing the travels and travails of these wild fish and protecting their habitat will not only enhance fishery, but more importantly, enhance Rock Creek for all the inhabitants and visitors to the valley including our family and friends.”
By Tess Scanlon While Americans are home and restless for adventure, fish are still following their annual routines. Ever year at this time in Montana, when the rivers swell from snow melt and the water temperatures reach 42-50 degrees, rainbow and cutthroat trout embark on rigorous spring migrations to spawning grounds. Inland trout species will…