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Voices from the River: A slam good time

Published in Travel, Voices from the river

Heidi Lewis, far left, took her friends Heather Hodson, Jen Ripple and Geri Meyer (left to right) on a Utah Cutthroat Slam adventure this summer. Brian Harris photo. By Heidi Lewis When Heather Hodson calls I know things are about to get good. I don’t see her often, but when I do it typically means…

Meet the Park Service

Published in Uncategorized

Trout Unlimited is devoting the month of September to celebrating public lands and the agencies dedicated to upholding America’s public land heritage. It’s no coincidence that National Hunting and Fishing Day and National Public Lands Day are both during September — the month is tailor-made for hunters and anglers to enjoy all that public lands…

Fly tying: Folding hackle

Published in Fishing, Fly tying

Tying collars for streamers and salmon or steelhead flies can be a bit tricky, largely becuase saddle hackle is sometimes hard to work with. Video of Folding Hackle Above, Tim Flagler from Tightline Media demonstrates a great way to fold hackle back so when you go to tie in the collar, it’s perfect every time.…

Charlie Russell’s cutthroat

Published in Conservation, Fishing, Travel, TROUT Magazine

Water for Camp, watercolor, Charlie Russell. Source: Wikipedia By Tom Reed It is wide open terrain, a landscape that leaves no question as to where Montana got its nickname: Big Sky Country. This is the land of Charlie Russell. He was the quintessential artist of the Old West, a talent who told stories in watercolor…

Madison Gallatin TU Banquet February 25th!

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The Madison Gallatin TU Banquet is coming up on February 25th. MGTU will be running the outstanding mobile bidding platform from GiveSmart which will allow you to bid on and buy some GREAT fishing gear and fishing trips through your smartphone! We’ll post the link to the MGTU banquet microsite soon! Keep an eye out…

TU Teens of Gallipolis Spring Blog

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The TU Teens of Gallipolis is a middle school fishing and conservation club led by Shannon Mayes, a volunteer leader from the Mad Men Chapter of Trout Unlimited. They take seasonal camping and fishing trips and are an active part of their community in Ohio. This blog highlights some of their activities from spring 2017.…

Use an indicator fly to help you see your midge

Published in Trout Talk

The Griffith’s Gnat. LakeLand Fishing photo. I popped into TroutHunter up in Island Park last weekend — the sun was shining and I just couldn’t stand the sight of the four walls of the home office anymore. I grabbed a half-dozen midge cluster patterns, some size 20 BWOs and wandered down to the lower Henry’s…

Idaho’s bull trout persevere as search for other precious resources continues

Published in Fishing

Unable to see my fly, I was worried I wouldn’t pick up on a take. I shouldn’t have been concerned. My line ripped taut as something far under the surface inhaled my imitation and began to run with it like it had stolen something. I watched my line travel back and forth in the deep pool. Overwhelmed with emotion, I literally slid down the awkward rock outcropping of the outlet channel and brought a 16- to 18-inch brightly spotted and beautiful olive bull trout to the net.”

Millions of stream miles risk losing protection

EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers aim to cut protections for millions of stream miles across the United States  Final “repeal” rule leaves important drinking water sources and habitat at dire risk of being unprotected from pollution, and opens the door for the expected “replacement” rule later this year which will be even worse for streams…

Hiking the CDT: Learning to dislike roller coasters

Published in Youth, Featured, TROUT Magazine

“From the very first day of this section, we could see all the way to where we would be in three days. Across a wide, high desert valley we could see a pass that we would eventually cross over to stay on the divide. To our right and in front of us there was a mountain range that the CDT climbs up into twice.”

Spiral Creative Graphic Design Services

For more years than we care to count, Spiral Creative has been creating eye-popping graphic design, marketing and advertising projects—big and small, complex and simple, print or digital—for a variety of clients. Officially headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona, we all work from home offices so that we are accessible 24/7 (which is great for our clients…

Rocky MTN Tenkara

At Rocky Mountain Tenkara, we are a family-owned small business located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, passionately dedicated to providing our customers with exceptional tenkara-style (fixed-line) fishing rods that elevate your outdoor adventures. Our commitment is to simplify the art of fly fishing, so you can immerse yourself in the great outdoors with ease. “Fly Fishing…