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The New Year’s resolution: appreciate the small stuff
2024 saw some great highs and deep lows for the TROUT magazine family. Consider the miracle that happened (and is happening) on the Klamath, where salmon are already returning after the removal of the dams. Or how about the landmark Good Samaritan law, which now paves the way to clean up thousands of stream miles…
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Tips – More from Kids teaching Kids
While you’re hanging out with family during the holidays, take a few minutes and watch these films created by kids for kids. Who knows, you might even learn a thing or two. "Basic Casting" https://youtu.be/saRuzHId-l8 "Reading Water" https://youtu.be/5Ih-kze0Sqw "Safe and Responsible Angling" https://youtu.be/x8IlytmTxS8 "Gear and Environmental Care" https://youtu.be/qoTK7nAHk9c
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Ordinary people doing extraordinary work
What makes them so remarkable is how typical they are of others in Trout Unlimited. They are simply two ordinary people doing extraordinary work.
The other day, I met Bob Blankenship and Karen Barnett of the South Coast Chapter of Trout Unlimited in California. I listened as they described their work to recover a more natural Los Angeles River, and an alarming vision of recovering steelhead in the river. You must see the LA River to appreciate the audacity…
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Striving to learn more about steelhead
Alaska TU chapters expand knowledge of steelhead on Kenai Peninsula There are many reasons steelhead, that coveted and often illusive quarry, have captured the imaginations of anglers for so long. Perhaps it’s their large size and the almost inconceivable power they exhibit as they bolt upstream, melting line from your reel in unimagined fury. Perhaps…
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Last-minute gifts
For the angler in your life, check out these gift ideas...though you might have to pay for rush shipping to get some of them there by Christmas. Winston Pure 2 If you like Winston rods, you’ll like this one. If you liked PURE, you’ll like the PURE 2 more, and you’ll feel a difference, starting…
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Another barrier down: Opens miles of habitat on Maryland’s Wolf Den Run
A barrier on Wolf Den Run in the Potomac Highlands of Maryland––a TU Priority Waters area––was among the many AOP projects TU tackled in 2024.
Imagine it’s a blistering hot summer day and your house has only one room that’s air-conditioned. But there’s a problem: The door operates only one way. You can leave the cool room, but you can’t go back in. That’s what happens when a dam or a perched culvert creates a blockage on a stream, and…
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Carry a piece of fly fishing history
There is no greater tradition in fly fishing than the House of Hardy. For over 150 years Hardy has put unparalleled passion into its craft. In partnership with Trout Unlimited and to honor its milestone 65th anniversary, Hardy created a special reel to highlight the work TU does in the States. Removing unnecessary dams and…