Trout Magazine

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: The wind

    The wind is the perceived enemy of many a fly fisher, but, as Kirk Deeter points out in this week's video, it needn't be. The key, as Deeter puts it, is to "make friends with the wind." Or, as he demonstrates, use the wind to your advantage, even when it's in your face. The key?…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: Chinook Salmon Fly Fishing

    Todd Moen makes some really beautiful fly fishing films, and the video below is no exception. But what I appreciate about Todd's work is the emphasis he puts on the pursuit of fish—the actual ins and outs of chasing piscene prey.Video of British Columbia Spring Tour - Chinook Salmon Fly FishingThe cinematography, the colors, then…

  • Reforming mining in Montana

    Above: Sheep Creek is an important tributary to Montana's Smith River. It is also the place a foreign mining company has their copper mine. There is a systemic problem with the hard rock mining industry in Montana. Too many times have we seen out of state and international hard rock mining companies come into Montana,…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: Off-the-hook Sucker Spawn

    Several years ago, I was on an early-season prospecting trip into the headwaters of the Rio Grande in south-central Colorado, on the prowl for migrating cutthroats. I found a great little meadow-stretch of water and carefully crept to the edge of the river—really just a small stream at this elevation. Peering carefully over the edge…

  • Deming Creek restoration benefits Klamath bull trout, redband

    The new confluence of Deming Creek and the South Fork Sprague River. By Chrysten Lambert Trout Unlimited, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Parnter’s Program completed a substantial habitat reconnection project on the South Fork Sprague River, the headwaters of the iconic Klamath River. The project involved restoring the Deming Creek tributary…