Trout Magazine

  • Trout Tips Featured

    The Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph

    The venerable Pheasant Tail Nymph turns up in most fly boxes, as it should. It's a buggy pattern, and the iridescence of the peacock herl tied in as the bug's abdomen always seems to draw trout to this classic fly. Over the years, the patterns has evolved somewhat, thanks largely to the introduction of synthetic…

  • Community

    Our fishing and conservation bookshelf

    a few of our staff favorite reads in the fishing or conservation realm

    By now, it's clear that we’re all dealing with COVID-19 together, but very much within our own realities. Some of us have never been more crunched for time — expected to work normal hours, teach the kids, entertain the kids, carry on existing projects and get dinner on the table. Others of us are, well,…

  • Community Conservation Featured Featured Science

    Take the TU climate change survey

    Take TU's climate change survey and help us direct our future work in this important arena.

    Anglers and conservationists across America, regardless of their affiliation with Trout Unlimited, are invited to participate in TU's new climate change survey. The purpose of the survey, crafted by TU's National Leadership Council workgroup on climate change awareness, is to gather information from America's anglers and conservationists that might help TU better direct its efforts…

  • Conservation

    Why do we care about native trout?

    "Because native trout have adapted over centuries and millennia in specific environments, they are, in many cases, more likely to survive the extremes of those places. Having passed through the crucible of a specific system’s cycles of drought, flood, and wildfire a native trout species may be more hardy than non-native fish."

    Removal of Rattlesnake Dam will allow westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout full passage to historic range By David Brooks Spring is the most common creek name west of the 100th Meridian. East of that line, it’s Mill. Chances are, most of us have crossed, fished or floated by a Spring Creek or a Mill…

  • Community

    Instagram live with Terry Jepsen from The Fly Shop

    We’ll be on Instagram live with Terry @troutunlimited on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 1 PM PDT to talk about fishing, travel and everything else!

    If you fish in northern California, you certainly know about The Fly Shop in Redding. If you do some international travel to fly fish, you probably know about The Fly Shop as well. And if you know the owner  Mike Michalak, you know he has been a fixture in the fly fishing community for over…

  • Community

    Instagram live with Alice Owsley from Riverside Anglers

    Join us when we talk fishing with Alice Owsley on Wednesday May 20, 2020 at 2 PM MDT on Instagram live @troutunlimited.

    Riverside Anglers was born on the banks of the Madison River in Montana. Owner Alice Owsley is one of the hardest-working professional fishing guides anywhere. In over three decades of fishing experience, she’s learned what it takes to make a great day on the water. Alice knows how to make great fly-fishing memories in the…