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Daughters of Trout Unlimited: Tim Romano
Daughters of Trout Unlimited:Tim Romano Photographer, TROUT contributor (daughters Mabel and Blair) While technically not a TU employee I have worked for the organization for many years as a contractor at both an ad sales position for TROUT media, as well as a contributing photographer/content creator to the magazine and online. I do believe my…
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Daughters of Trout Unlimited: Ode to a fish loving father
Photo by Jenny Nichols Glennon Ode to a Fish Loving Father by Jenny Nichols Glennon It started perched on your hip.Watching as the fish would rise and dip.You’d point them outAnd then you’d say We’ll fish together, we will, someday. I tried to learn, I really didbut I just wasn’t that kid.It was less about catching…
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Daughters of Trout Unlimited: Samantha Carmichael
Daughters of Trout Unlimited:Samantha Carmichael Deputy Editor of TROUT Magazine (daughters Penelope and Daphne) Daughters. I have watched my husband happily announce that I was expecting a girl twice in our marriage. Mouths smile, but eyes squint, and brows furrow, and comments range from “Another one?” to “Well, maybe number 3 will be a boy”…
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A letter to my daughter
When the world feels on the brink, can a child bring us back?
By Christine Peterson Our feet fall a little to the right on the smooth, gray stones. We sit where glaciers once pulsated slowly over thousands of years. They grew and shrank, grew and shrank, slicing into the rock and earth with each movement, creating this valley and leaving behind a clear, rocky river. All I…
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A beautiful mess
Loading streams with wood may make the fishing tougher, but it’s great for trout. “Why do they keep putting trees in our stream!?” In the Northeast, where I work, this is a question we have been hearing a lot over the past couple of years, often with a sense of sadness or irritation in the…
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An angler’s bucket list
Later in life, a new credo beckons: Get out, before you can't.
Later in life, a new credo beckons: Get out early and often When I ran a fly shop long ago, I fell into the habit of buying flies on the store discount instead of tying my own. Perhaps not a bad move for someone with my ham-handed tying skills, but since my favorite patterns don’t…
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10 Ways to Enjoy Your National Wildlife Refuge
Check out some of our favorite ways to explore wildlife refuges, and then get out there and experience them yourself.
Did you know that there is at least one wildlife refuge in every state? If you aren’t familiar with our wildlife refuges, they provide both vital habitat for beloved fish and wildlife and they provide incredible opportunities to get outside with your family, friends, or even solo. Check out some of our favorite ways to…