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Trout as bait?

Published in Trout Talk, Trout Tips

I dusted off the old baitcaster, and rigged up some crankbaits, swimbaits, poppers and such, and am waiting patiently for ice-out. Where I live, pike love to eat trout, pretty much to a fault

School of Trout

The School of Trout is a unique school for people looking to completely immerse themselves in fly fishing for trout. We only host two classes annually — one 7 day basic class and one 5 day advanced class — designed for anglers who share a passion for learning, and for the outdoors. We limit our

Trout Unlimited

Fishing. Conservation. Community. We bring together diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams, so our children can experience the joy of wild and native trout and salmon. Please join us. Priority Waters are rivers and streams across America where Trout Unlimited is focusing our energies to care for and recover wild and

Trout in the Suburbs

Published in Conservation
Group of people wearing waders stands in a stream

Michigan habitat work transforms stream in southeast corner of the state into a trout haven for a big population center.

For the love of the Animas

Published in Conservation, Fishing, Trout Tips

By Ty Churchwell No one in Durango nor Silverton, Colo., will ever forget Aug. 5, 2015 — the day of the Gold King mine spill that sent 3 million gallons of ugly, toxic mine water down the Animas River in southwest part of the state. To say the accident was highly visible is an understatement. In today’s digital world, photos of the orange

Trout campers in NH and VT get hands-on conservation experience

Published in Uncategorized

By Joe Norton Recently, TU’s Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Initiative held our annual conservation days with the New Hampshire and Vermont TU Youth Trout Camps. Eliza Perreault led the camps’ Conservation Days. She is the Home Rivers Conservation Assistant, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Riparian Invasives Specialist, Grip-Hoist Gal, and, as is clear, the program’s Jill

Massanutten Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant for Beaver Creek Restoration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408William Conlin, President, Massanuten TU Chapter (540) 438-0149 Massanutten Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant for Beaver Creek Restoration Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $9,496 Embrace-A-Stream grant to its Massanutten chapter in Virginia

Voices from the River: Silent Forest

Published in Voices from the river

Photo by Chris Hunt By Dave Ammons The size of the ponderosa pines in Silent Forest is testament to the vigor of mother nature. These are clearly not discontented trees, rising a hundred feet with red-barked girth that my outstretched arms cannot encircle. The entire forest is rooted in satisfaction as it climbs the steeply

Grassroots partnerships key trout wins in Wisconsin

Published in Conservation, Community

By Chris Collier I think it’s fair to say that every person who gets involved with Trout Unlimited quickly learns that the organization has become what it is today because of its commitment to being a grassroots organization. This local-level focus leads to strong partnerships and a connection to projects important to communities and native

Voices from the River: Blaze orange season

Published in Voices from the river

By Mark Taylor Sam looked at the hat and raised an eyebrow. “That’s not a bad idea,” he said. “Got an extra?” Of course I did. It’s November in the Virginia mountains. The backseat of my truck is always stocked with my fishing AND hunting gear, including a few blaze orange hats and vests. I

Trout Tips: Now is the time for lake trout

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

A lake trout from Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Chris Hunt. I live within a two-hour drive of Yellowstone Lake, the site of one of the greatest environmental tragedies involving native trout in recent memory. In 1994, a non-native lake trout was caught and documented in Yellowstone Lake. Just over a decade later,

Trout Tips: The ABCs of winter trout fishing

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

Not all trout water is created equally—particularly in winter.  As Umpqua’s Russ Miller points out below, there are different holding lies for trout in the dead of winter. Trout aren’t likely to spend as much time moving about and chasing food as they are in secure, deeper waters where food is essentially delivered to them by

Climate change research

Trout and salmon living in coldwater habitats are naturally vulnerable to a warming climate and related impacts such as increased wildfires and floods. Trout Unlimited scientists have studied how climate changes may influence native salmonid distributions, which trout and salmon populations are most vulnerable, and how we can help them adapt to a warmer and

Our ‘green lands’

Published in Community, Conservation, From the field, From the President, TROUT Magazine

“To protect and restore trout and salmon and the watersheds on which they depend.” The mission of Trout Unlimited cannot be accomplished without the help of partners. One of our most important partners is the United States Forest Service. The Forest Service manages over 191 million acres of public land that are jointly owned by

Trout Unlimited Supports the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act

For Immediate Release Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs (703) 284-9406; smoyer@tu.org Trout Unlimited Supports the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act Bill provides tools, targets for restoration efforts ARLINGTON, VA.–Trout Unlimited applauds senators Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) for introducing the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration