Trout Magazine

  • Save the Date – Tie One On Banquet – Saturday, May 19th!

    Please mark your calendars for Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited's 5th "Tie One On" Banquet to benefit our cold water fisheries and their watersheds! Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Hotel Terra in Teton Village, WY Tickets will go on sale soon! Music by PTOLive auctionsSilent auctions Raffles We will be selling a limited amount of sponsor…

  • Getting the kids involved

    Tenkara at work: the author's daughter with a nice native cutthroat trout. I was "that parent" a while back. I tried to foist fly fishing on my kids when they were just too young. I had converted from spin fishing to fly fishing by the time I was in my late teens and early 20s,…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: Improved BWO Sparkle Dun

    Blue-winged Olives might be the fly fisher's best friend in the mayfly world. No, they're not big. They're not terribly enticing to tie a the vise. But, damn, on any blustery day, they could show up and quickly move up the menu for feeding trout. I love to fish the South Fork of the Snake…

  • Quest for Kittatinny trout

    By Rob Shane As an angler, discovering a new stream with healthy populations of wild trout is a reward that does not come without hours of exploration and research. Truth be told, this exploration can be quite difficult with a rod and reel. Thanks to the Kittatinny Ridge Coalition, Audubon Pennsylvania, and a few electro-shocking…

  • Skills: The Davy Knot

    Small flies can be tough to tie on to tippet streamside using some of the more traditional knots, like the improved clinch knot, simply because, when completed, the knot is too big. I started using the Davy knot as a substitute for small flies a few years back, and I've never had one fail in…

  • Conservation

    What does the SCOTUS decision mean for clean water?

    Yesterday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that district courts across the country -- not the circuit courts--should be the first to hear the merits of cases regarding the 2015 Clean Water Rule. In 2015, the Sixth Circuit stayed the Clean Water Rule nationwide. Pending the outcome of litigation in the district courts, yesterday’s decision potentially…