Trout Magazine

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    Win for Washington waters: What it took

    Steelheaders, anglers and river-lovers of all types in Washington state have new water quality improvements and greater protections for critical wild fish populations to celebrate this month. Washington is currently the only state in the Pacific Northwest that allows suction dredge mining* in fish habitat listed as critical in the Endangered Species Act, meaning it allows an activity known to…

  • Advocacy Conservation Fishing

    Want more Gunnison River? Pass the CORE Act

    [et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.4"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.3.4"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.3.4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.3.4"]Curecanti provision offers overdue access to top Colorado trout fishery [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" fullwidth="on" _builder_version="4.3.4"][et_pb_fullwidth_image src="https://www.tu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gunnison-Blue-Mesa-Reservoir-Inlet.jpg" _builder_version="4.0.5" hover_enabled="0"][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.4"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.3.4"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.3.4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.0.5" hover_enabled="0"]Photos by Connie Rudd. How does 12 miles of new public fishing access on one of the West’s best trout fisheries sound to you? I know,…

  • Fly tying Fishing TROUT Magazine

    Tying with bucktail

    When I first started tying flies, I would avoid tying with bucktail altogether—it was unwieldy and my flies never seemed to come out the way I liked them. But, when I started fishing bigger water, and when I started chasing fish in saltwater, I had to get my head around tying with bucktail, and now,…

  • TU Business

    TroutRoutes takes you to great fishing

    Anyone who has tried to explore new fishing spots knows that it can be difficult and time-consuming to find and access high-quality trout streams.  A free mobile app called TroutRoutes may be the way to change that. Zach Pope, founder of TroutRoutes, has made it his life’s mission to map out every trout stream in…