Trout Magazine

  • What Trump’s budget means for anglers

    "The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value."-- President Teddy Roosevelt [STAND UP FOR CONSE RVATION FUNDING HERE] Land and water conservation are taking a direct hit in President Trumps proposed budget. In his message to…

  • A week with TU: Adele’s winning TU Camp essay

    Each year, TU Camp and Academy graduates are invited to enter the TU Teen Essay Contest in which they share their camp experiences. This year we had four finalists, and Adele's essay is the third in this series as the second runner-up. Adele is from Pennsylvania and attended our oldest Trout camp, the PA Rivers…

  • Short casts: Smith River mining, albies off shore, coho coming home

    Photo by Thom Bridge, Helena Independent Record There are a handful of happy boaters and anglers this week in Montana, and a whole lot of disappointed folks, too, as Smith River float permits were announced. You win some, you lose some. The Smith, perhaps Montana's best-known backcountry float-fishing excursion, is a great early season float,…

  • A River’s Last Chance

    The first time I saw the Eel River flowing under the remote redwood forest along Humboldt County's Avenue of the Giants, I saw a dirty, blown-out river that the locals swore to me was home to massive steelhead. I lived in the small city of Eureka for a couple of years in the late 90s,…

  • Travel

    Completing the Utah Cutthroat Slam

    Tom Doxey caught this Yellowstone cutthroat in northwestern Utah to complete his Utah Cutthroat Slam. Courtesy photo. By Tom Doxey My quest for the Utah Cutthroat Slam began in April 2016 when the program was introduced at the Wasatch Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo. I was lucky enough to be the high bidder on…