Every entry in our sweepstakes powers our work keeping rivers cold and fish thriving.
Every entry in our sweepstakes powers our work keeping rivers cold and fish thriving.
Photo by Rachel Andona By Chris Hunt A year ago, I was well into the British Columbian interior, motoring north toward my eventual destination at Deadhorse on the Arctic Ocean, a new camper in tow, many miles to go and about six weeks to get there and back. It was a marathon pocked by dozens…
Good Samaritan legislation and mining reform recommendations released this week to spur abandoned mine cleanup.
It’s almost summer, which means it’s almost time to get out on the small waters here in the West and prospect for wild and native trout. There may be no better “attractor” pattern for trout than the venerable Adams. First tied in 1922 by Leonard Halladay to imitate a basic mayfly, and first fished on…
For Immediate Release Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary 703-284-9408Trout Unlimited’s National Stream Clean-up Day is April 17 TU chapters join together to remove trash from rivers and streams. Arlington, Va.On Saturday, April 17, volunteers around the country will join together to clean local streams and rivers on Trout Unlimited’s (TU) National Stream Clean-up Day.…
Unfortunately, not every large mining company has the ethical backbone to truly be called a “steward” of the resources they pull from the earth, especially when it comes to what’s left over when they’re done. To wit, the West is pocked by abandoned mines, SuperFund sites and permanent scars that, even many decades after mining…
‘Tis the season for baitfish patterns. See Matt Callies of Loon Outdoors tie a simple baitfish pattern
The Pecos River, its tributaries and surrounding wilderness area, is where much of northern New Mexico comes to fish. In fact, many of us learned how to fish on the Pecos.
By Jake Lemon The Allegheny National Forest spans more than 500,000 acres in the headwaters of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania. With over 1,000 miles of trout water, excellent hunting opportunities and an extensive trail network, including the North Country Trail, in the ANF and surrounding area draws recreationists from throughout the region. The area…
It got so cold so early this year that our aspens and cottonwoods didn’t really turn. Their leaves simply froze in place when the mercury dipped below zero in early October, and they’ve spent the last few months drying into sickly, gray, paper-thin ghosts and falling without ceremony to the ground. Season theft. We were…
One of the things I like most about fly fishing is its strong literary tradition. I truly cannot think of another outdoor sport that’s had as many books and stories written about it.
I often think of my life in decade intervals. The first ten years was the goofball phase; 11-20 years old involved anything with a ball; 21-30 was consumed by conservation—you get the idea. If we are lucky, we will get eight or nine of these opportunities to think about the new decade in front of…
Because of their propensity to flood, riverside communities in the Catskills have maintained a complicated co-existence with their rivers and streams.
Sitting atop the Colorado River Basin in southwest Wyoming, the Green River boasts incredible fisheries, red desert buttes, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge and Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
Soda Creek, tributary to the upper Eel River. Large wood structure project directed by TU’s North Coast Coho Project. The Eel River is the beating heart of California’s “Lost Coast,” a swath of rugged country famous for its steelhead a nd salmon streams. Historically, the Eel was the third largest producer of salmon and steelhead…
Trout Unlimited Youth Essay Contest Winner FIRST PLACE Campbelle Redding, Reno, Nevada, 11th Grade I started fishing when I was 4-years-old. My dad took me on my first quest to Cascade Lake in Yellowstone National Park. Traipsing across the stiff banks in my little purple waders, waiting for the freezing winds and torrential downpour to…
More than 1 million acres of public lands in California would be better protected under a trio of bills introduced on April 10. Trout Unlimited has worked for years to better protect the habitat values and sporting opportunities found on some of these lands. The legislative package would strengthen protections for upland and aquatic habitat…
Our founders were anglers. By history and by nature, we are optimists. Founded in 1959 on the banks of the Au Sable River near Grayling, Mich., by a handful of anglers united by their love of wild trout and their growing disenchantment with the state’s practice of stocking its waters with cookie-cutter hatchery trout. Convinced…
Swan’s Fly Fishing is a Montana-based outfitting company owned and operated by Matt Swan(MT Outfitter #26324) in Livingston, Montana. We specialize in professionally guided fly fishing experiences rooted in conservation, river ethics, and a deep respect for the waters of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. As a licensed Montana outfitter, our focus is on small-group, high-quality…
Formed out of concern over Newton Lakes, the new local chapter rallied stakeholders to improve habitat, and funded the continued health of these trophy fishing waters. In 1987 the chapter changed its name to East Yellowstone, as projects expanded to include Yellowstone Park fisheries. A history of cooperation with landowners, agencies and local people inspires…