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Sportsmen Public Lands Letter to Congress 01-24-2017
Sportsmen Community Public Lands Letter 115 Congress 1_24_17.pdf Jan 24, 2017 115th Congress United States Capitol Washington, DC 20004 Dear Members of Congress: The undersigned hunting, fishing, conservation, and outdoor-industry organizations and businesses represent millions of American sportsmen and women who oppose the recently passed House rules package that profoundly undervalues our national public lands.…
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Video spotlight: Headwaters Haven
My driveway looks like a high-mountain pass this morning. I pushed and tossed fresh powder for about an hour, and was grateful when a neighbor showed up to help clear the last quarter of the pavement with his snowblower. But I'm dug out, and my head is anywhere there isn't snow. I'm good and ready…
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Helping a partner weather the storm
(Photo credit: Pat Newell) For those of us who live here, it’s an inconvenient truth: Wyoming’s economy is prone to boom and bust cycles. It’s a great place to live, a perfect place to raise a family and an awesome place to fish. But the fact is that Wyoming rides the energy wave. Most recently,…
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Short casts: Flies for vets, winter and escaping to Mexico
Photo courtesy of Tony Martino, The Missoulian How's this for awesome? Members of the West Slope Chapter of Trout Unlimited got together over the weekend and tied more than 1,000 flies to used by veterans who have been recently introduced to fly fishing. This is just one example of how TU volunteers make fishing better…
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Rivers and roads: Connecting people … and fish
By Laura MacFarland A majority of Wisconsin’s 115 fish species, including trout, need to move throughout a watershed seasonally or at varying stages in their lifecycle to feed, find cooler water, avoid predators, and reach spawning habitat. Rivers, long and linear in nature, are vulnerable to habitat fragmentation thanks in part to our immense network…
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Trout Tips: Don’t drop the rod tip
Fly casting is an inexact science for most folks—we all have our little quirks and bad habits that tend to eke into our fishing, particularly during times of fatigue, or when action is fast and getting flies on the water is important. One bad habit I'm guilty of possessing is the one that my buddy…
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West Slope TU Tie-a-thon for Veterans!
Over 1000 flies tied for Warriors and Quiet Waters. Way to go West Slope TU! http://missoulian.com/news/local/tiny-bits-of-help-trout-unlimited-members-tie-flies-for/article_0fc8bd3c-28a7-5241-a422-1b7b56afcc21.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share