SweetWater Brewing Company in Atlanta, GA has made fly fishing and fly anglers the focus of their business. They’ve been a great TU Business member and a great partner in events across the southeast and beyond.
Beer and fishing. They go together like lines and leaders. As every beer drinker knows, not all beers are the same. And not all brewers are the same. SweetWater Brewing Company in Atlanta, GA has made fly fishing and fly anglers the focus of their business. They’ve been a great TU Business member and a
I use non-slip knots almost exclusively when fishing streamers—I think they give flies more action in the water, and they’re very dependable. But, as age and … evoloving… eyesight are kicking in, tying the knot sometimes takes a while. Video of Super Easy Non Slip Loop Knot Above, Tim Flager shows a great way to
By Bill Thorne In this day and age of smart phones boasting limitless data capabilities, you may not think you need a set of walkie talkies. In the rural parts of the Ozarks, where I fish and hunt, I have found the Midland X-tra Talk, GXT Walkie Talkies to come in handy. These “Mossy Oak”
8/18/2004 TU and Forest Service Form Partnership for Clean Up of Abandoned Mines TU and Forest Service Form Partnership for Clean Up of Abandoned Mines Contact: Tim Zink Manager, Media Relations Trout Unlimited 703.284.9427 8/18/2004 — Salt Lake City — The USDA Forest Service and Trout Unlimited announced today they have entered into a partnership
A Bear River cutthroat landed at Bear Lake in Utah. Courtesy Paul Thompson/Utah DWR. By Brett Prettyman As a kid my boundaries were marked by street names. Pinehill Drive. Arrowhead Lane. Vine Street. State Street. The borders eventually expanded to counties, forests, states and countries. While driving over a mountain pass recently I realized at
Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team spent the summer traveling across America in search of native trout. This installment: Idaho. Public Land: Sawtooth National Forest The Sawtooth National Forest encompasses 2,110,408 acres largely in Idaho, but also partially in Utah. It is comprised of multiple terrain types including sagebrush steppe, spruce-fir
04/15/2008 Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest 04/15/2008 Contacts: Clint Sestrich: (406) 823-6985, Travis Morris: (406) 599-3356 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Work on Restoration Project in the Gallatin National Forest The Madison Gallatin Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU), Orvis and volunteers from the
Editor’s note: This is the second in an ongoing series meant to give those who are interested in learning to fly fish the perspective and advice needed to get started. More installments will follow. If you have specific questions about fly fishing, feel free to add a comment below, and we’ll do our best to
Each fall, TU Camp and Academy graduates are invited to enter the TU Teen Essay Contest in which they share their camp experiences. This year we had four finalists, and Natalie’s essay is the first in this series as the third runner-up. Natalie is from Georgia and is pictured above on one of her favorite
By Chris Hunt Every move I made seemed amplified in the little jon boat—every time I set my fishing sling down on the aluminum deck or shifted my flip-flopped feet or repositioned a fly rod, it sounded as if I was ringing an off-key church bell. The little boat was new to me, as was
By Ben Tayloe A spoiled, seven year-old yellow lab named Chester and a six-week stay in Germany for my wife’s job made the drive across the country a necessity. The only family member who volunteered to watch our dog happened to live on the central coast of California, a great place to visit but nearly
Thoughts of recreation and even fishing now feel indulgent
By Rob Shane For those in the Mid-Atlantic, or for anyone who’s been trout fishing long enough to have a bucket list of rivers, you’re certainly familiar with the Delaware River. Aside from being the source of drinking water for more than 15 million people in two of the largest cities in the United States (New York and Philadelphia), it
“This was a very complex landscape given it was spread over 15 million acres across three states. The RCPP exceeded my expectations with all the projects and practices that were implemented. Nicole Sullivan did a great job coordinating this work,” said Curtis Elke, Idaho NRCS State Conservationists.
This year, TU and Orvis asked teens to write about their special connection with nature. Read what the next generation of conservationists have to say.
For those of us born of water, sky, forest and meadow, for whom nature and the natural experience is not only a desired condition, but a necessary one, good writing about this world fuels our souls.
This cherished river is one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters, and I’m here to tell you more about it and our work there.
The TU Volunteer Printshop The TU Volunteer Printshop provides you with an easy-to-use and affordable way to print high-quality, beautifully designed business card, posters, flyers, postcards, tickets and more. These print products are easy for you to personalize with your chapter’s event information. Whether you are promoting your upcoming chapter fundraiser, hosting a family fishing
By Don Duff An effort to protect fragile aquatic wetland ecosystems and the wildlife that uses them has been under way in northeast Nevada for 15 years. The Southern Nevada Water Authority is proposing a 300-mile pipeline, 7-feet in diameter, to move pumped groundwater from the Snake Valley near Baker on the Nevada/Utah border and
