We bring people together to protect and restore rivers, sustain and recover trout and salmon, and in the process, make communities healthier.
We bring people together to protect and restore rivers, sustain and recover trout and salmon, and in the process, make communities healthier.
Alaska’s rainbow trout populations are still largely intact and robust, largely because of remote locations with limited accessibility, abundant and pristine habitat, and conservative management.
Established in 2024, CastBack is a premier digital marketplace to buy and sell quality used fly fishing rods, reels, and gear. As a 100% veteran-owned small business, CastBack donates 5% of their annual revenue to support Project Healing Waters, a fly fishing-focused charity for military veterans.
Kamil Miłkowski photo via Pixabay. Editor’s note: With more and more people heading to the outdoors in pursuit of safe and healthy recreation, reports of bad behavior are becoming more common. From abandoned campfires to litter, we’re seeing impacts on public lands that stem largely from ignorance rather than malice. We asked several long-time Trout…
About us We are your catch and release guiding outfitter for Southwestern Colorado; specializing in the Rio Grande, San Juan River, private and other surrounding waters. Our local guides are experts of the fishing in the area and have combined over 40 years of guiding experience here and other waters across the globe! Wolf Creek…
Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood is being honored as a 2022 inductee into the national Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. Wood, who started at TU two decades ago and took the reins of the national nonprofit in 2009, has grown…
SalmonForestFinalSm.jpg NEW TU Logo.jpg November 20, 2015 Contact: Austin Williams, Alaska Director of Law and Policy, Trout Unlimited, awilliams@tu.org, 907-227-1590 Mark Kaelke, Southeast Alaska Project Director, Trout Unlimited, mkaelke@tu.org, 907-321-4464 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited commends the Forest Service for releasing proposed plan that includes protections for high-value salmon rivers Sportsmen and business owners encourage…
2/27/2003 Trout Unlimited Applauds Introduction of Clean Water Bill Trout Unlimited Applauds Introduction of Clean Water Bill Contact: Leon Szeptycki General Counsel Trout Unlimited 434-984-4919 2/27/2003 — Arlington, VA — Trout Unlimited, the nation’s largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today announced its support of the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act. The bill was introduced today…
I was in a gloomy mood. Changing seasons, earlier sunsets and, of course, the inevitable prediction of that first high-country dusting of snow had me in a funk. Couple this with the constant challenges life throws in for seasoning, and it’s a recipe for the blues
In August 2020, TU worked with our partners in northeast Wisconsin to remove a remnant logging dam in the North Branch Oconto River near Wabeno
The Bucknell University Club has over 100 proud members and is one of our newest clubs. It is located in Lewisburg, PA.
The summer of 2024 was our second year having field technicians working across the Driftless Area to assess the condition, fish passage status and flood vulnerability of bridges and culverts on our coldwater streams. This work is often termed “Aquatic Organism Passage” or AOP due to the broad ecosystem benefits that are achieved when…
Some years back, I got a gift package in the mail right around Christmas time. It was from my uncle John, my mom’s brother. Long and slender, the package was a complete mystery to me–we’d long since stopped receiving gift packages from aunts and uncles, so I was really curious. Come Christmas morning, I watched…
For years and years, fly fishing for trout, for me, was a three-period game, not a four-quarter contest. It was hockey, not football (even though I’m not much of a hockey guy). Depending on the season, the time of day or the weather, I’d go to my fly boxes and choose a fly from one…
A nearly decades-long partnership for watershed restoration in Newaygo County is getting a boost.
The “upstream and dry” approach is a commonly accepted method—and on some European waters, it’s required—for fly fishing. Here in the U.S., we’re blessed with a lot of trout water, and, thankfully, a lot of public lands on which we can fish at our leisure rather than being forced to pay rod fee, walk a…
Dave Sweet, left, and Joe McGurrin—two of TU’s finest. Long-time Trout Unl imited Director of Resources Joe McGurrin and David Sweet, a volunteer leader with TU’s East Yellowstone Chapter were awarded the two most prestigious awards at the Wild Trout Symposium in West Yellowstone, Mont., this week. The Aldo Starker Leopold Wild Trout Award is…
10/4/1999 Jarbidge ‘Road Work’ Spells Disaster For Bull Trout Jarbidge ‘Road Work’ Spells Disaster For Bull Trout Trout Unlimited Calls on Rep. Carpenter for Cooler Heads Contact: 10/4/1999 — — Trout Unlimited (TU) today urged Nevada State Assemblyman John C. Carpenter (R-Elko) to reconsider his plans to lead a ‘work group’ to conduct illegal construction…
10/7/1999 Trout Unlimited Launches New Website for TUTV Fans! Trout Unlimited Launches New Website for TUTV Fans! www.TUTV.org Provides Schedules, Fishing Tips, Shopping, and more Contact: 10/7/1999 — — Trout Unlimited today unveiled a new website — http://www.tutv.org — dedicated to providing up-to-the-minute program details to viewers of its hit ESPN2 television series, Trout Unlimited…
Trout Unlimited Applauds House Passage of SB 156 Trout Unlimited Applauds House Passage Of SB 156 Bill will strengthen programs for protecting and enhancing rivers Contact: David Nickum Executive Director Colorado Council, TU 303/440-2937 x. 12 4/26/2002 — Denver, Colo. — By a 38-25 vote, the Colorado House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 156, a…
7/29/2004 Trout Unlimited Lauds Columbia-Snake Spill Decision Trout Unlimited Lauds Columbia-Snake Spill Decision District Court rules in favor of fish over profits in federal dam operations Contact: Alan Moore Western Communications Director Trout Unlimited 503.827.5700 x. 10 7/29/2004 — Portland, Ore. — National salmon and trout conservation group Trout Unlimited today applauded the decision by…