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Dave Brandt, fly fishing legend, dies in New York
By Mark Taylor Trout Unlimited has lost one of its legends. Dave Brandt of Oneonta, N.Y., died on March 26. He was 75. Brandt was well was a longtime TU volunteer leader, his dedication so above and beyond that he had a chapter named in his honor. He’s one of just a few TU members to…
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Taos Fly Shop family still supporting TU during the outbreak
The Streit family is TU royalty in New Mexico
In the same boat Rio Grande del Norte — the big river of the north. It cleaves New Mexico from north to south, a band of green in a hard, gray-brown country. The Norteños of northern New Mexico have fished this river and its tributaries — the Red, the Chama and the others — for…
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Help TU help our TU Business Members
Keeping our partners in business matters to us. After all, we’re all in the same boat. Editor’s note: In the coming weeks, we’ll be asking you, our TU members, supporters and followers, to do some online business with some of our best TU Business members. These businesses give back to conservation again and again, and…
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Unicoi Outfitters still going during the outbreak
These members have supported us. Now, it’s time for us to support them because we’re all in the same boat.
In the same boat These are difficult times. COVID-19 has all of us on edge. Millions of us are under lockdown. Millions more are isolating themselves and practicing social distancing, limiting their personal contact with others. It’s a global pandemic, and it’s serious business. In communities across the US and around the world, we’re all…
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Spring Fly Showdown: All hail the Elk-hair Caddis
The king of all flies? Voters choose the Elk-hair Caddis
The votes are in, and I must admit, I'm a bit surprised. In a fantasy "tournament" of fishing flies, the Elk-hair Caddis reins supreme. In the recently completed TU-Loon Outdoors Spring Fly Showdown, the venerable bug outlasted the stately Adams in the final matchup. And, honestly, I voted for the Adams. Not that I don't…
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Mossy Creek Fly Fishing
Let’s support each other. After all, we’re all in the same boat
ITSB "in the same boat" INFORMAL be in the same unfortunate circumstances as others. 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. These members have supported us…
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Spring Fly Showdown: The finals
The Elk-hair Caddis and the Adams face off for dry-fly bragging rights
Two classic dry flies square off for all the marbles Twenty flies, two weeks and some intriguing matchups all come to a head today as the Elk-hair Caddis and the Adams face off in the championship match of the TU-Loon Outdoors Spring Fly Showdown. And it's a big day for interested anglers, fly tiers and…