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Hiking the CDT: Cirque de Towers, trout and the desert
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…
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Tying the Repeat Offender
Trout spey fishing is all the rage these days, particularly in rivers that boast runs of anadromous fish that are swimming home and reacquainting themselves with fresh water and the food they used to eat before they took the salt to dine on the ocean's bounty. Below, Matt Callies with Loon Outdoors ties a great…
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How to practice a straight cast
One of the biggest challenges for new anglers is casting accuracy. With all the perceived nuances to casting among new fly fishers, it can sometimes seem daunting to place a fly generally where they want it. Truth be told — and those who have fly fished for a time can attest — those nuances aren't…
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‘Emerging’ podcast crew talks with anglers from Montana, South Carolina
Tired of the same river or road playlist? Trying to learn more about fly fishing and aquatic invertebrates? Or maybe you would like some insight on how to get a job in the fly fishing or conservation world? Tune in to the new Trout Unlimited Costa 5 Rivers podcast, “Emerging,” presented by Simms Fishing. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Takn5ypCwJ983q6Ok8V6v…
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TU’s Headwaters program fights screen fatigue
By now we are all familiar with coronavirus symptoms: fever, cough, fatigue, headache, loss of smell. We have all gone to school on pandemics and contagious diseases. Alas, what trying times the last seven months have been for our communities. There are other side effects of the pandemic as well, ones that don’t come with infection and are not as easy to detect. Known as “Zoom fatigue” or “screen…
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A Day in the life of the Hudson … and the trout tank
Join us to check-in on our little alevin housed in our Trailside Museum virtual Trout in the Classroom tank.
Earlier this week, we joined the New York DEP and DEC in celebrating "A Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor." In a typical year, New York Trout in the Classroom students gather along the Hudson and its tributaries to collect water quality data. This important citizen-science project generates thousands of data points…
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The TU Service Partnership: Great Beginnings and Future Opportunities
The Trout Unlimited Service Partnership is off and running. Since we began transitioning in April of this year to a more inclusive model of engagement and outreach incorporating both the first responder and military communities, new memberships for these groups have jumped by nearly 250 percent from the same period last year. These new members…