Trout Magazine

  • 2.5 million comments for national monuments

    If our support for public lands wasn’t apparent before, it should be now. More than 2.5 million American commented in favor of national monuments and the Antiquities Act over the past 90 days. In that mix were Trout Unlimited leaders from 30 states across the country who submitted comments for the official record yesterday. If…

  • Voices from the river

    Voices from the River: Flossing

    by Eric Booton The midnight sun came and went. We are so accustomed to the unending daylight that we neglected to pack headlamps. We were already run out a fishing hole earlier in the evening by black bear and passing anglers were warning us of a momma brown bear with cubs. It wasn’t the most…

  • TU Councils on national monuments

    Want to know what 30 of Trout Unlimited's state councils had to say about national monuments? Here's the full text of their official comments, submitted July 10. July 10, 2017 Monument Review, MS-1530 U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 Comments of Trout Unlimited on DOI-2017-0002, Review of Certain National…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: The Line

    Good short films tell good stories. Below, the North Face film featuring professional skier Tatum Monod and her father does just that. Video of The LineAn extreme athlete, to be sure, Tatum notes that she was fly fishing with her dad before she was skiing. It's a sport that has the potential to bring us…

  • Off the deep end

    Photo by Al Quatrochhi What does the editor of TROUT magazine do for kicks on a free weekend?Chases 400- to 800-pound mako sharks with fly rods off the coast of California with his buddies. Naturally.Makos eat flies.They run fast. They jump high. They pull really hard. And they can eat you.Best gear test in the…