Contact: Ben Taylor, Patagonia Sur, (212) 888-0215 Dietmar Grimm, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, TU, (303) 881-6884 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trout Unlimited forges partnership with Patagonia Sur Conservation group, private company have shared mission of protecting irreplaceable ecosystems and high-quality fishing habitat WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited announced today a new partnership with Patagonia Sur,…
Contact:Chris Hunt, Director of Communications, Trout Unlimited (208) 406-9106Jim Stenson, Publisher, Contemporary Sportsman (251) 463-3875 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contemporary Sportsman Donates 1% to Trout Unlimited WASHINGTON, D.C. Integrated Digital Publishing publishers of The Contemporary Sportsman and The Contemporary Wingshooter online fly fishing and wing shootings magazines, announced today that it will donate 1 percent of…
Contact:Chris Wood, President and CEO, (703) 284-9403, cwood@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited: David Hayes will be missed at DOI Washington D.C. Outgoing Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes’ experience and institutional knowledge will be missed when he leaves the Department of Interior at the end of June, said Chris Wood, president and CEO…
June 22, 2015 Contact: Chris Hunt, National Communications Director, Trout Unlimited, chunt@tu.org, (208) 406-9106 MEDIA ADVISORY: TU to unveil definitive report titled, 'State of the Trout' On Tuesday, June 23, at 11 a.m. ET, Trout Unlimited will unveil its new report titled, State of the Trout, the most comprehensive look at the health and viability…
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…
Fly casting is an inexact science for most folks—we all have our little quirks and bad habits that tend to eke into our fishing, particularly during times of fatigue, or when action is fast and getting flies on the water is important. One bad habit I’m guilty of possessing is the one that my buddy…
We’ve all been there. The fish are rising on the far bank, and you can reach them … if only you had enough room behind you for a backcast. But you don’t. What to do? In the video above, TU’s Kirk Deeter demonstrates a simple technique borrowed from spey casters that simply helps you get…
As I sit here in Idaho Falls watching two feet of snow melt into a slushy pond at the foot of my driveway, my buddy Kirk Deeter is likely stringing up a 5-weight with members of one of my favorite TU chapters in the country and preparing to chase some fat, tailwater trout. In Texas.…
I stood there, thigh-deep in the green waters of Long Island in the Bahamas, staring intently through polarized lenses at the pod of bonefish working way happily my way. I’d never caught a bonefish, and this was clearly my best chance. Standing beside me was Rod Hamilton of DIY Bonefishing fame—he’d taken pity on the…
Steve MacMillian spends countless hours traveling to fish for native cutthroat trout in Nevada. Outside Online picture. Is Steve MacMillan the ultimate citizen scientist? We think he is a leading candidate at the very least, but we might be a little biased. Watch this video of Steve exploring the remote corners of Nevada to find…
A new film about reconnecting a river is a story of resilience, persistence, community, and thriving cutthroat trout. Watch it now.
Editor’s note: The following is exerpted from TU’s book, “Trout Tips,” available online for overnight delivery. When I was learning to read books, I learned by having someone read to me. Soon, I was able to pick out a word or two, then sentences, paragraphs, etc. Eventually, I was able to read an entire book…
Local volunteers help move fish stuck in irrigation ditches Volunteers from the local chapter in Hailey, Idaho helped relocate fish trapped in irrigation ditches to the Big Wood River. As irrigation season comes to an end, headgates are closed so that water no longer flows into ditches. Those irrigation ditches become disconnected puddles and trout…
By Kirk Deeter I’ve been receiving a lot of pitches lately, which is great. I love to mix things up, am always looking for new talent, and enjoy giving people a shot (because it doesn’t seem all that long ago when a few editors gave me my first story assignments). That said, there are hints…
By Dave Atcheson Most Alaskans are painfully aware of the recent downturn in king salmon runs on many of our streams. The numbers of returning Chinook salmon have remained alarmingly low for the last several years, prompting fishing closures in many areas, including the previous season’s closure of the entire Southeast region. It was with…
Editor’s note: The following is exerpted from TU’s book, “Trout Tips,” available online for overnight delivery. As somebody who has covered fishing for more than 25 years, I have realized, hopefully not too late, that I relied too heavily on the people I was writing about. Too often, I let them tie the knots, pick…
In the Rio San Antonio, TU is working to restore a vital and vulnerable watershed.
On Tuesday, the President signed this year’s massive $1.5 trillion funding bill into law … Here are four reasons why Trout Unlimited is excited about the passage of the federal government funding omnibus bill.
Congress’ lame-duck session offers opportunities for trout and salmon
TU volunteer Steve Zakur found the right place for his adventure a couple years ago. I’m always a bit apprehensive about dropping big money on a far-flung fishing adventure to some distant lodge in the middle of nowhere. There are just so many things to consider, and the price and location are just a couple…
