Below, in the Orvis video narrated by Dave Jensen, is a great story. And it’s a familiar one. Almost exactly two years ago, I was fishing what the locals had described to me as a great little grayling stream in eastern Alaska. This deep, slow channel that connected a network of ponds and lakes just
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Big migratory Bonneville cutthroat trout are among the fishiest resources of the Wyoming Range. This spring, a landslide created a new lake in the Wyoming Range’s Willow Creek drainage. From the “How Cool is This?” department comes the news of a new lake in western Wyoming. This last winter’s record-setting snowfall caused an entire mountainside
It’s still a bit blustery here in the West. The only thing predictable about the weather is that it will be perfectly unpredictable. Yesterday in Idaho Falls, we endured an early spring snow squall followed by a quick downpour of rain and then enjoyed sunny skies the rest of the day. But we had to
By Chris Hunt The first time I visited a blackwater swamp, I was probably about 12. My dad rented a little jon boat from the marina near Uncertain, Texas, and he manned the tiller as we glided over the glassy waters of Caddo Lake. I was instantly enchanted. At the time, 35 years ago, East
It often takes years for the results of conservation work to be recognized, but sometimes it happens during the process. Such was the case on a recent project Trout Unlimited was working on with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in northeastern Utah.
We recently chatted with Zoë Mihalas, a former TU Teen Leader, recipient of TU’s Distinguished Service Award for Youth Education, and current president of the Sewanee 5 Rivers club.
What a thrilling prospect to catch native fish in a spectacular wilderness setting like in the picture above. That is what anglers’ dreams are made of. Years of hard work, planning and enduring partnerships strove towards this goal, but it’s still not quite a realized dream. In 2005, Fred Bunch, chief of resource management at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, hatched a plan
Jan. 8, 2015 Contact: Rich Hohne, Simms (406) 922-1243 Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Simms turns t-shirt inventory into cash for Yellowstone Cutthroat trout BOZEMAN, Mont.When a shipment of new apparel arrived at Simms headquarters last spring bearing long-sleeved shirts that didnt match any of the colors in the companys catalog,
We’ve all done some questionable things for fish. We’ve toted float-tubes into the backcountry on the word of a Google maps photo, only the find the “lake” choked with lily pads and all of three feet deep. We’ve wandered up blue line in the Gazeteer only to realize, after too many miles to turn back,
Tim Romano photo. Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) Species status and summary: In Alaska, Arctic char are often confused with a closely related species, Salvelinus malma (Dolly Varden), since Dolly Varden have similar coloration and inhabit the same locations as Arctic char. In many cases, definitively distinguishing Arctic char from a Dolly Varden requires close examination
Measuring the passing of time during a week in Canada
Two great American landscapes face unprecedented threats from very different sources, but both have a bright future if the right decisions are made at the right time
Done right, and fished often, that’ll keep ‘em fired up for a few years. At least until they start thinking about the next big deal and wanting the car keys.
On Friday, July 20, 2018, FVTU took a group of veterans fishing on the lower Flathead River as part of the FVTU Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) program. TU chapters around the country use the VSP as a means of connecting with their local vets to show their support and appreciation for our service men and
One of the best experiences a fly angler can have is a stay at a remote fishing lodge, be it somewhere in the Rockies or the Adirondaks, or even as far-flung as Alaska or the Canadian north woods. I’ve had the pleasure of staying at lodges in the far north while chasing pike, walleye, lake
From August 13th to 16th we will host 12 veteran or active-duty members of our armed forces on a trip with Denali Fly Fishing Guides, a TU-endorsed business, in Cantwell, Alaska, to chase Arctic grayling and all their iridescent beauty.
Articulated streamers are quickly becoming some of my favorite patterns to tie at the vise
May 6, 2014 Contact: Jack Williams, (541) 261-3960, jwilliams@tu.org Dave Hallac, (307) 344-2203, Dave_Hallac@nps.gov Chris Hunt, TU national director of communications, (208) 406-9106, chunt@tu.org For Immediate Release: Yellowstone National Park Turning the Corner on Native Cutthroat Trout Recovery National Park Service, Trout Unlimited report significant progress in recovery of iconic native species (Yellowstone)The National Park
