TROUT Tip – casting in dense cover
The crew at Orvis gives us tips on how to deal with this situation.
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Watch Now: The Golden Trout Project
Our new film celebrates the incredible work being done to restore this iconic species and their home waters.
TROUT Tip – small stream gear
If you haven’t checked out small stream fishing yet, now is the time.
TROUT Tip – hopper dropper alternative
It’s terrestrial time, so leading your rig with a hopper (aka grasshopper) is a great idea.
TROUT Tip – balanced bugs for lakes
We don’t know about you, but we’re having a blast figuring out the puzzle pieces to lake fishing.
TROUT Tips – more streamer tips
Give this Orvis tip video a watch to get some ideas to use while fishing streamers.
TROUT Tip – mastering the reach cast
The reach cast is a critical piece to add to your quiver of casting tools to smoothly deliver a fly and help ensure a drag-free drift.
TROUT Tip – parachute and pile casts
It’s always nice to have more tools in your casting arsenal to present a fly effectively. That is certainly true when fishing the tails of pools, where you’ll often find big trout holding and feeding.
The Trout and I Both Need a Break
I get a pretty serious case of the blues after the end of the Wisconsin trout season. The past few years warm weather has lasted well into October, and late season terrestrial fishing has been epic. So, I end the season in a kind of manic flurry because the fishing is great and the sand is falling through the hourglass. When the end comes, it comes hard,…
Critical Minerals Report: Special Places
Below are some of the country’s most unique landscapes that encompass, or exist near, known critical mineral deposits. As you read, please consider our tenets to see how they can avoid and mitigate impacts to irreplaceable natural resources while supporting responsible critical minerals mining. Boundary Waters, Minnesota Straddling the border between northern Minnesota and Canada,…
Critical Minerals Report: Mapping
Below are some of the country’s most unique landscapes that encompass, or exist near, known critical mineral deposits. As you read, please consider our tenets to see how they can avoid and mitigate impacts to irreplaceable natural resources while supporting responsible critical minerals mining. Boundary Waters, Minnesota Straddling the border between northern Minnesota and Canada,…
TU in Action: Better dam sites in Colorado; TIC students releasing trout; saving Sammamish kokanee, and more
A settlement that could move a dam to a better location than beneath the Maroon Bells might be reached in Colorado. Wikipedia photo. Editor’s note: Every day, all across America, TU volunteers are working in their local watersheds to improve habitat, water quality and angler opportunity. We’re starting a new weekly feature here on the…
Reel ‘Em In Guide Service
We are the only Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide Service in Georgia’s Historic High Country Region. Since 2001, we have been teaching and guiding clients “fly fishing” in the mountains of North Georgia. We float the Toccoa River with drift boats and wade by foot hundreds of other streams and private trophy waters. We operate…
Short casts: WA shuts down salmon farm; fly fishing industry going after women; nymphing with tiny flies, and more
Photo courtesy of Steve Ringman, Seattle Times The same company that allowed the accidental release of hundreds of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon into the waters of Puget Sound has been ordered to shut down another of its salmon farm net pens, this one off the coast of Port Angeles, Wash. We’ve known for a…
TU attends Sportsmen’s Summit with Secretary Zinke
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke address attendees at the Sportsmen Access Ramp-Up Summit in Washington, D.C. Courtesy @SecretaryZinke on Twitter By Keith Curley Trout Unlimited recently accepted an invitation from the Department of Interior and attended the Sportsmen Access Ramp-Up Summit in Washington, D.C. While the title of the meeting emphasized access, Greg Sheehan—the…
TU Jackson Hole Chapter Receives $10,000 to restore Spread Creek
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Dave Sweet, Wyoming Council Chair, (307) 899-9959 Phil Cameron, Jackson Hole TU, (307) 413-1971 TU Jackson Hole Chapter Receives $10,000 to restore Spread Creek JACKSONTrout Unlimited, (TU) the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $10,000 Embrace-A-Stream grant to…
TU advocacy is grounded in science
“In lobbying advocacy, you have just a minute or two to make a point. If you can’t do it effectively in that time you are done and out,” said Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs for Trout Unlimited. “The TU Science team gives us the opportunity to make that first meeting count by providing credible, accurate and effective messaging. I’ve seen it over and over, particularly with Waters of the United States.”
TU Family Field Trip: Take a Headwaters Hike
We all live downstream — and what happens in the headwaters of our watersheds impacts the quality of our drinking water supply, the health of the local ecosystems, and the quality of life we enjoy. One of the best ways to bring the concept of a watershed to life for youth is by literally tracing…
Conservation Funding: TU Letter to US House re: Agriculture Appropriations
Conservation Funding: Trout Unlimited Letter to U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee for Agricultue and related – urging strong support for Farm Bill programs in FY18 Appropriations process. 170627_TU_FY18_Ag_Approps_House_FNL.docx.pdf June 27, 2017 RE: Trout Unlimited strongly supports Farm Bill conservation program funding in your FY18 Appropriations bill. Dear Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Bishop, and Members of the…
Merrimack River Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter Merrimack River Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant to Study Dam Removal on the Souhegan River
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Lindberg, Merrimack River Valley TU President (603)-305-0029Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408 Merrimack River Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter Merrimack River Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter Receives Grant to Study Dam Removal on the Souhegan River Arlington, Va.– Trout Unlimited, (TU) the nations oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization,…