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Fly tying: Rusher’s Steelhead Nymph
Tim Flagler has steelhead on the brain. It is that time of year, though, so all is forgiven. On Western rivers that run to the sea, these far-traveling, ambitious rainbows have come home, and they're in the tailouts and the deep pools, waiting winter out just like the rest of us. In the upper Midwest,…
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Short casts: Losing a friend, geeking out, hope for Gilas
Pat Oglesby Several years ago, my friend Pat Oglesby, a long-time TU volunteer and a leader within the Grand Valley Anglers chapter of Trout Unlimited in Grand Junction, asked me to come and speak to the chapter's ann ual banquet that takes place in conjunction with its annual fly tying expo. I'd known Pat and…
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Tradition | Trout Camp Essay Contest | Natalie
Each fall, 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 Natalie's essay is the first in this series as the third runner-up. Natalie is from Georgia and is pictured above on one of her favorite…
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Salmon Superhwy program gets boost from Joint Chiefs
Russ Schnitzer photos By Warren Colyer The ambitious Salmon Superhwy (yes, that is the correct spelling) fish passage program in Oregon is among the programs that will benefit from a recently announced funding boost from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Trout Unlimited is one of a host of partners in the Salmon Superhwy project, the…
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Trojan males and the genetics of non-native control
A non-native brook trout in full spawning colors, Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Chris Hunt. by Helen Neville Many of us have struggled over the years with various efforts to eradicate non-native trout and restore native trout to their historical range. Often we work years either removing non-native trout by hand (electrofishing) or using chemicals…
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TU welcomes final rule protecting trout water near coal mines
Wikimedia Commons photo By Steve Moyer It’s never too late to make a policy that will better protect streams and communities. After a 30-year hiatus, and nearing the conclusion of the Obama Administration, the Department of the Interior announced yesterday that it has finalized a new rule – the stream protection rule -- that will…
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Short casts: Turnpike trout, Tampa fly fishing, braving winter
The Henry's Fork in eastern Idaho. Local TU members in Chester County, Penn., won a small court victory recently in their effort to protect Valley and Trou t creeks from highway stormwater runoff pollution when a judge ruled that public meeting requirements weren't met when county and township officials crafted a stormwater discharge plan for…