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TU members get discount on onX app
At TU, we’re strong believers in public lands. We see these lands as a legacy for future generations and a keystone in our efforts to protect, reconnect, restore and sustain coldwater fisheries across America. These are your lands and waters, to hunt and fish and hike and enjoy within the limits and the laws of…
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Evolution of a restoration project – remote stream incubators
Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Photo by USFWS By: Dave Kyle When I interviewed for my position with TU in 2016, I was asked if I was familiar with remote stream incubators (RSI). RSI’s are systems typically installed in remote spring fed streams allowing salmon eggs to be reared and released with minimal handing. With a hatchery…
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Voices from the River: Count on the sandwiches
By Jenny Weis A good peanut butter and jelly sandwich should ooze a little when you squish it. It needs quality ingredients and, this part is often overlooked, equal parts PB to J that both go all the way to the edge of the bread, goshdarnit. I am not personally opposed to the addition of other…
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Voices from the River: An autumn break
By Mark Taylor As the sun dipped toward the western horizon on a relatively mild early January evening, I sat in what had become a pretty familiar position over the previous few weeks. In a tree. These were the waning days of deer season and I was doing my best to tag a whitetail. Here…
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Connecting people to policy
TU's government and policy staff. By Chris Wood Several of the bright lights in the Trout Unlimited policy world came into the intergalactic headquarters last week. Their recent accomplishments are pretty amazing. Dave Kinney of New Jersey helped organize efforts to pass and then fund legislation for restoration in the Delaware Basin; Taylor Ridderbusch of…
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Trout Tips: Winter can offer hot fishing
One of the best days I ever experienced on Idaho's fabled Henry's Fork was also one of the coldest days I've every experienced on the water. It was one of those bitterly cold January days, but thanks to consistent water temperatures from an inflowing spring creek, the river was open and the fish were on…
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Fly tying: Last Chance Cripple Hendrickson
As I watched Tim Flagler tie the Last Chance Cripple Hendrickson, I inadvertantly cringed at the language used in the video below. Fly tying may the last refuge for the antiquated term, "cripple." Meant to imitate a mayfly that, for some reason or another, is struggling to break loose of the water's surface film while…