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Native Odyssey: Touchdown in Anchorage
Editor's note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay…
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Attribution for science
My father was a statistician. After I took introductory statistics my fourth semester in college, I remember him saying he was glad that I could now appreciate that what he did for a living was more complicated than compiling the statistics I read each day in the sports pages. While I did not follow his…
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New gear: Vedavoo Inversion sling pack
Scott Hunter shows off the company's new Inversion sling pack made with raft vinyl that might have otherwise ended up in a dump. When I first met Scott Hunter at the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in New Orleans in 2011, I was impressed with his entrepreneurial spirit. A young man from Wyoming, Hunter essentially…
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Voices from the River: Connecting with brook trout on PA odyssey
The PA Brook Trout Odyssey Team: Charlie Charlesworth (left to right), Hunter Klobucar, Chris Piccione, Matteo Moretti, Sara Mueller, Tyler Waltenbaugh. By Matteo Morretti Not very often does a college kid get told that they’ve been selected for an all-expenses paid, three-week long adventure. So, you know that when four passionate, engaged, and, frankly, pretty…
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Zero Limit Adventures, the New York ‘Dream Team’
What do you call a team of great and passionate guides who love to do nothing but fly fish? In western New York, we call them Zero Limit Adventures. Zero Limit Adventures is a uniquely staffed guide service with expertise in various skills as well as diverse interests, backgrounds and personalities. ZLA provides guests with…
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TU descends on ICAST and IFTD
TU is sending a full team of staffers to the annual ICAST and IFTD trade show in Orlando, Fla., and we'll be on the lookout for the best in new gear, stories from our conservation partners and updates from the show as the week rolls on. This is the show were manufacturers unveil new products,…
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Scientist Dave Kazyak discusses fascinating brook trout genetics work
Innovation is a central theme for many of the stories in the current issue of Trout magazine. We’re expanding on that share at TU.org news of innovative work from TU and our many partners. TU’s Keith Curley recently connected with USGS scientist Than Hitt for a fascinating Q&A session on Hitt’s important brook trout research.…