Trout Magazine

  • Volunteers have big day on Stony Clove in New York

    The Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District recently joined forces to plant trees, shrubs and willows along the Stony Clove, a major Esopus Creek tributary. Stony Clove was traditionally was a source of natural turbidity until s ome recent, major stream restoration projects. Thirty folks of all…

  • Skills: Knot on my watch

    As is the case with just about anyone who's been fly fishing for more than a few years, I've gotten fairly adept at a handful of knots that I need to get through the average day on the water. Knots are always the weakest point in a fly-fishing rig, from the loop-to-loop knot that connects…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: The People We Met: Lars Munk

    The Hooke film series focusing on the people who fish is pretty darned cool. Not only do these short films feature some wonderful scenery from Scandanavia and other destinations, but they focus on the people who fish and find ways to incorporate fishing into their lives. Lars Munk is no exception. A Dane now living,…

  • Gear test: Chaco Waypoint Cloud flip-flops

    I was never a flip-flop guy. I chose instead to don strapped sandals—flip-flops seemed too... unstable. But, in the last three of four years, I've converted. I love flip-flops. I'm the guy you see at every department store or sporting goods store mulling over the cheap flip-flops hanging on the impulse-buy display racks, trying to…