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Voices from the River: Call me an angler
By Jenny Weis “My boyfriend didn’t teach me that!” was the way I indecorously retorted when a guide complimented my cast, saying, “Dang, your boyfriend must have been giving you some tips.” He meant no harm. But I’d known how to cast long before I met my boyfriend. My friend Nanci taught me years prior,…
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Voices from the River: How it starts
By Sam Davidson A few years back I saw a post on one of my social media feeds from a guy I know named Gabe. It was an image of a letter he had written to his mother from Salmon, Idaho, when he was a kid. This short note to a distant mom—with affection appended…
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Responsible energy development: Reflecting back on a better path forward
By Corey Fisher Over a decade ago, plans for drilling on the Roan Plateau in western Colorado ranked fifth in the top 10 Colorado news stories of 2007, noting that the Roan Plateau had become a “national battleground over energy independence as the state fights the federal government over gas drilling.” That year, the Bush…
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Mid Hudson TU Hosts West Point Fly Fishing Club
The Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) is a TU initiative with a mission to serve and engage our nation’s military family, all veterans, able and those with disabilities, active duty military, their spouses, and their families in Trout Unlimited. Through fishing and related acti vities, the VSP seeks to engage our nation’s military family with TU…
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Fly tying: Brace yourself
When finishing tied flies to get rid of any stray materials or to simply make the fly look better, it's important that you don't just "free hand" it. Not all of us are Cool Hand Luke—we need a little help to be precise when we go after small fibers with a pair of tying scissors…
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Video spotlight: How to fish riffles for trout
One of the best days I ever had on my local river—the South Fork of the Snake—was spent almost exclusively fishing riffles with big stonefly nymphs, maybe a week or so before the river's fabled salmonfly hatch that generally happens sometime around the Fourth of July. The upper South Fork is a braided, fishy wonderland…
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Veterans Suicide Prevention Training
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Veteran suicide is a serious issue for our nation's military family. Through TU's Veterans Service Partnership, many TU volunteers work with veterans. As VA Secretary Wilkie points out in this message Secretary Wilkie Message, there are many things the public can do to help prevent veteran suicide that don't…