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The True Cast – Just knowing they’re in there
My friend David’s house was right on the river. He was kind enough to let me park there and fish the big bend out back. And often times, he’d come out on his porch to chat with me as I made some casts. I remember one evening in particular, when a burst of hatching mayflies…
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Watch Now: Resilience
The Rise of Apache Trout | A film by Trout Unlimited
The Rise of Apache Trout A film by Trout Unlimited We are here to understand how this gold-splashed trout has bounced from nearly disappearing entirely to being a candidate to be removed from the Endangered Species list, the first-ever sport fish taken off the fabled (or infamous, depending upon one’s viewpoint) list. This week, as…
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Resilience.
On Apache Trout, and the people who ensured their survival
On Apache Trout, and the people who ensured their survival July in Arizona and the heat lies out there like some hulking great beast, a monster with an appetite that seems always unsated. It swallows all when it can, but we humans move behind glass, the bake held at bay in containers of refrigeration. A…
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2023 photo essay
2023 Recap - Photo Essay Colors like a painter's palette. Apache trout sure are awe-inspiring Casting in the Grand Canyon Cuttie colors The dams on the Klamath are finally coming down. Full steam ahead….just like TU reaching for its goals. Fun at CX3 High fives all around for getting new anglers into the sport. Hold…
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‘Always remember to say thank you.’
Volunteers are an inspiration to the work Trout Unlimited is doing My first exposure to Trout Unlimited’s volunteers occurred perhaps 25 years ago. I was helping to lead an effort by the U.S. Forest Service to protect more than 58 million acres of wilderness quality public lands and was invited to speak to the Rapidan…
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5 questions for TU’s fisheries science pro
Dan Dauwalter, director of fisheries science, has answers on native trout and cutting-edge fisheries technology Over the past few years, groups of scientists hiked into the White Mountains of Arizona with heavy sampling gear to search remote streams for the threatened Apache trout. It was arduous work, but back in the office, Dan Dauwalter may…
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The second coming of the Apache trout
In a first, a salmonid is on track for delisting from the list of threatened and endangered species The promise of gold and opportunity has long been a driving force of settlement across the American West, much to the detriment of native populations and the iconic landscapes now in need of prolonged restoration and conservation…
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