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EPA funding to boost habitat work in the East
$3 million in grants will help TU continue restoration work in the Chesapeake Bay watershed The best way to talk about future plans is to show stellar results from similar, previous plans. That was the agenda for a recent gathering in the shadow of West Virginia’s iconic Seneca Rocks and a tour of restored trout…
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TU teams with Wisconsin DOT to improve fish passage and flood resilience
The Bois Brule River is among the best-known of Wisconsin’s trout streams. While the big river teems with big rainbow and brown trout, its tributaries are good trout waters in their own right. One of those will soon be even better after completion of a road-stream crossing structure. Sandy Run Creek is a Class 1…
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Tip – how to fish streamers
This time of year, many fish are looking to bulk up for winter, so fishing streamers can be thrilling. Give this video from Far Bank Fly Fishing School’s Simon Gawesworth a watch to learn more about how to fish with streamers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obiSR60BSS0&list=PLf2jMTk22hA104BZdrAQUZSCHsz_P_3pN&index=2
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The True Cast – Poise
Even now, If I could earn any one word, it would still be “poise.”
The tallest one-word compliment I ever got in my life came from a high school English teacher, Bill Schoff, who was tasked with providing one word to describe a student upon their graduation from Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Mr. Schoff was a magnificent writer who contributed to The New Yorker and many other…
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A Love Letter to Trout Town
There’s a knock on the door at 3:00 a.m., barely loud enough to register. I turn back in bed and begin to drift, but a subtle rap-rap-rap follows. Cody gets up from the other queen bed and walks across the room to check the motel room peep hole. He cocks his head and turns to…
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Meet Anna, TU Alaska’s new education coordinator
Anna Petersen is Trout Unlimited Alaska’s new education coordinator. She will work across southcentral Alaska to educate kids in all the things fish need for healthy habitat. If you’re interested in connecting with Anna on a youth education opportunity, you can reach her here. Without further ado, meet Anna: What is your hometown/current town? Anchorage,…
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Tip – euro nymphing
There’s a handful of names for this technique of using weighted flies, a long tippet and a colored leader instead of an indicator; Euro, Czech, Polish, French, tightline nymphing, etc. Whatever you’d like to call it, there is no argument that it is effective for catching trout, so if you’re looking to try a new…