What do you call a team of great and passionate guides who love to do nothing but fly fish? In western New York, we call them Zero Limit Adventures. Zero Limit Adventures is a uniquely staffed guide service with expertise in various skills as well as diverse interests, backgrounds and personalities. ZLA provides guests with
Scientist Dave Kazyak discusses fascinating brook trout genetics work
Innovation is a central theme for many of the stories in the current issue of Trout magazine. We’re expanding on that share at TU.org news of innovative work from TU and our many partners. TU’s Keith Curley recently connected with USGS scientist Than Hitt for a fascinating Q&A session on Hitt’s important brook trout research.
New Jersey Trout Unlimited teams up to improve public lands
By Cole Baldino On June 18, 2018, a large excavator entered the quiet banks of the Musconetcong River in Bloomsbury, a restoration plan now under way and an arsenal of native limestone boulders at the ready. Five days later the machine was gone and this 1,300-foot section of state-owned Wildlife Management Area had been restored,
Thanks Joe
By Chris Wood “I was the first person Charles Gauvin hired at Trout Unlimited when he became CEO in 1992. He wanted to hire Steve Moyer, but Steve and Michelle just had their first child, and Steve thought the organization’s finances were too unstable. At the time Trout Unlimited had a budget of $2 million
Conservation Portfolio Analysis aids brook trout efforts in NE
By Keith Curley Brook trout are often looked at through the lens of decline, and with good reason – brook trout have been lost from many of their historical habitats. The Northeast, however, continues to be blessed with an abundance of brook trout habitat. According to TU’s Conservation Portfolio, Range-wide Assessment, and Focal Area assessment
Odyssey profile: Kylie Hogan
Editor’s note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. Starting July 5, these students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay
Fly tying: SBR Light Cahill Nymph
Fly fishers on the East Coast are likely familiar with Cahill nymph patterns. From the Housatonic to the Delaware, the Cahill patterns, both nymph and dry, are go-to flies in the late spring and summer. Video of SBR Light Cahill Nymph Above, Tim Flagler ties his version of the SBR (South Branch Raritan) Light Cahill