If you’ve spent much time fishing in Montana, you’re probably familiar with Rock Creek just outside of Missoula. While it’s importance to fly anglers has been long known, it’s key role in trout recruitment for the Clark Fork River is starting to come to light. With that in mind, Trout Unlimited brought in Tess Scanlon,
TU is working with conservation parnters in Tennesee to reintroduce native brook trout in Little Stony Creek. Editor’s note: TU volunteers are in the news every single day. Here are just a few examples of how TU’s volunteers are making fishing better this week. The Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Pennsylvania is about
For Immediate Release June 13, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, smoyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593 Laura Ziemer, lziemer@tu.org, (406) 599-2606 Corey Fisher, cfisher@tu.org, (406) 546-2979 Trout Unlimited lauds conservation elements in Senate Farm Bill (Washington, D.C.)Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow led the way in developing a very promising, bipartisan Farm Bill which
This past August, nine military families gathered for an adventure filled week at Camp American Legion near Minocqua, WI. Wisconsin TU volunteers (representing 4 different TU Chapters) provided the expertise on “fly fishing day”, held August 17. The Camp offered active troops, National Guard, Reservists, and Veterans the opportunity to reconnect with reintegrate with their
Volunteers plant trees along a small stream in the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. Healthy riparian buffers are important for streams. By Steve Moyer Healthy trees, in addition to Trout Unlimited members and mayflies, has to be high on a trout’s best friends list. That is why TU is applauding Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) for
Transporting fly rods and other gear and tackle on long trips involving air travel or even overland trips across sketchy mountain roads has long been a challenge for anglers. There are lots of options for containing rods and reels, from double-compartment duffles, to heavy and bomb-proof “vaults” that essentially put your fly rods at the
Sometimes, flies just work, and there’s no real explanation as to why. Take the Royal Coachman, for instance. It doesn’t imitate any one hatching insect, yet with its peacock herl body broken by red floss, it seems to work often enough that trout recognize it as food. I think the same thing can be said
