Trout Magazine

  • Climate Change

    Hurricane Helene—how you can help

    Hurricane Helene cut a path of immeasurable destruction—500 miles wide, more than the distance between Boston and Washington, D.C.—from the Great Bend region of Florida, through Georgia, into the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee, Virginia and beyond.  While we are still trying to grasp the tragic human toll and total scope of damage, it’s fair to assume…

  • From the President

    Blue Lines

    When I was first introduced to fly fishing by my friend, Bill Sargent, in Vermont, I fell in love with a whisper of a stream that flowed off the Green Mountain National Forest. The brookies were rarely longer than six inches, but the scenery and solitude made up for the lack of fish girth. It…

  • Science

    From endangered to delisted: How TU’s science team won national recognition for Apache trout recovery

    American Fisheries Society and US Fish and Wildlife Service bestow TU staff and partners with conservation awards Last month, members of TU’s science team and the Apache Trout Implementation Team (ATIG) travelled to Hawaii to receive the Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award from the American Fisheries Society. This award is “presented to an individual…

  • Fishing The True Cast Trout Talk

    The True Cast – Respect

    “Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.”

    How does one begin to explain “respect” in the context of a leisure pursuit—fly fishing—that largely revolves around sticking a sharp hook in an animal’s mouth, and then pulling it around by the face, only to release it and let it go, maybe having snapped a photo or two for posterity… or to make a…

  • Fishing Trout Talk

    Tip – how to fish nymphs

    As the weather cools and bug hatches decrease, it’s time to switch to fishing more nymphs. As that is a trout’s primary diet, learning how to fish them most effectively is certain to boost your success rate. Watch this video to learn more about the flies and gear as well as tips and techniques. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIQJXo3VULs&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=80

  • Conservation

    Asking for your help protecting more of our public lands on this National Public Lands Day

    Some of the best fishing and hunting opportunities in the United States are found in our national monuments. National monuments — sites and landscapes with unique historic, cultural, scientific, geologic and ecological values — can be created either by Congress or by the President through the Antiquities Act of 1906. Hunters and anglers, outdoor recreation…