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Drifthook Fly Fishing

Drifthook Fly Fishing was born in Colorado in 2014, the brainchild of a group of professional guides and avid anglers with decades of fly-fishing experience. From the headwaters of the upper Colorado River to the tailwaters of the Uncompahgre River, Drifthook’s comprehensive fly-fishing program and fly kits have been thoroughly tested, and we’re thrilled to…

TU and partners improve fish passage for spawning cutthroat on Bar BC Spring Creek

December 23, 2019 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org JACKSON, Wyoming –Trout Unlimited (TU) announced today that on-the-ground implementation for the Bar BC Spring Creek Fish Passage & Channel Restoration Project is currently underway. The project is a collaboration between agency partners and private landowners to improve fish migration into…

EPA announces process to rescind Clean Water Rule

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EPA announces process to rescind Clean Water Rule Repealing the rule puts thousands of miles of stream at risk CONTACT:Shauna Stephenson / Trout Unlimitedssherard@tu.org / (307) 757-7861 (June 27, 2017) WASHINGTON D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would begin the process of repealing and replacing the Clean Water Rule in accordance…

Tribasin Fish Passage and Watershed Restoration Project begins in Upper Greys River Watershed in Wyoming

Friday, October 4, 2019 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Kelly Owens, Forest Hydrologist, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307-739-5598, kelly.owens@usda.gov Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) announced today that Phase 2 of the Tribasin Fish Passage and Watersehd Restoration Project is scheduled to begin during the fall…

TRCP and TU release video on Klondike property

Published in Conservation

Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership have teamed up on a series of videos to celebrate just a few of the conservation success stories made possible by the Keystone Fund and that make us all proud to be able to hunt and fish in Pennsylvania.

Clean Water Rule Rollback – Executive Order Text and Sportsmen Response

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title=”application/pdf” />170228_Executive Order_CWRule.pdf title=”application/pdf” />170228_Sportsmen Statement on CWR Rollback.pdf February 28, 2017 Statement of sportsmen and women who support an effective Clean Water Act regarding today’s Trump Administration Executive Order on the Clean Water Rule The Trump Administration is undermining the Clean Water Act. American sportsmen and sportswomen call on the Administration to protect headwater…

Sportsmen stand behind land protection bill

01/12/2009 Sportsmen stand behind land protection bill Jan. 9, 2009 Contact: Charles Gauvin, (703) 284-9401 Tom Reed, (307) 349-8266 Mike Beagle, (541) 772-7720 Sam Davidson, (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen stand behind land protection bill Wyoming Range, Copper-Salmon among places in need of safeguarding WASHINGTON, D.C.Hunters and anglers throughout the country support an omnibus…

2026 Southeast Regional Rendezvous

Full weekend tickets with lodging are still available. We are sold out of day passes. TU Regional Rendezvous are exciting weekends filled with conservation, fly fishing, and camaraderie. This is your chance to connect with TU leaders, fishing enthusiasts, and conservationists while enjoying dynamic sessions, inspiring discussions, and hands-on activities. Trout Unlimited Southeastern Regional Rendezvous…

Make your voice heard

Published in Conservation, Fishing, TROUT Magazine

Brian Wimmer, the fly fishing ambassador at Sundance Mountain Resort, says it all when it comes to the proposed Pebble Mine in the headwaters of the world’s most important salmon rivers. “I can’t believe we’re having to do this again,” he says in the Orvis video above. “It just pisses me off. I thought we…

It’s almost Summer! Did someone say “Camp Essay Contest?”

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It’s almost summer and that means TU’s Youth Conservation and Fly Fishing Academies are gearing up across the country! Please encourage your campers to enter the Camp Essay Contest for a chance to tell their story and win a fly rod! Click here for details about the Camp Essay Contest. This is one of the…

The future offers hope

Published in Conservation

By Chris Wood Jake Marshall, whose Dad helped to organize TroutFest, a huge TU event in Texas that raises a lot of money for youth education through the Tomorrow Fund, said he was there “to help conserve our water s.” Laurel Smith, a graduate of the amazing Georgia Trout Camp, said she was there “to…

In Virginia, TU making a difference for native brook trout

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By Seth Coffman For many Virginians, the Eastern brook trout (above) is the iconic symbol of pristine streams and wild places. Brook trout go hand in hand with clean, cold water, and seeing one rise to your well-presented fly never gets old. That is just one of the many reasons TU has been working to…