Sustaining the Susitna River in Alaska
What an industrial access road means for a remote region with some of the best hunting and fishing in southcentral Alaska.
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New River Fly Fishing
New River Fly Fishing is run by veteran fishing guide Mike Smith, who has over 20 years of experience guiding on the New. Mike is also the author of Fishing the New River Valley: An Angler’s Guide and a fly designer for Flymen Fishing Company.
Colorado River Cutthroat restoration in the Green River watershed getting a boost from BLM
TU, BLM ink $8.867 million partnership for watershed restoration across the West.
Holiday Gifts for River Rats
This guide to last-minute gift ideas was compiled by TU’s resident filmmaker and boat driver Josh Duplechian and our at-large photographer/oarsman Tim Romano. While it’s short on fishing gear, it’s long on accessories that make any boat lover happy.
PSA: Please pee in the river
In the event you do not have a loo with a view, please do the surrounding landscape a favor and pee in the river. Why you ask? Well, dilution is the solution to the pollution! Say that three times fast.
River reading: The Packraft Handbook
There are a couple of books that live on the nightstand by my bed. Most are the type of books that I can pick up just about anywhere and mindlessly skim whenever I feel like it. My most recent go-to book recently is The Packraft Handbook by Luc Mehl and Sarah K. Glaser. The title
Muscle memory on the Green River
My previous canoeing experience had consisted of gliding across the glassy lakes of the Sierra Nevada. And while Lake Tahoe and Lake Lahontan could become treacherous in a storm, they did not represent the intrinsic peril of the swift, boney river onto which I was about to embark
A new river every year
A new river is always humbling. To diversify the waters on your list will force even the most experienced to plan, prepare, pack and row differently.
This is how you become a better rower and angler.
This might be the best breakfast on the river
My three-year-old son has a gut like a garbage-eating street dog. Being one that was raised on lightly buttered russet potatoes and rarely seasoned cuts of chicken, I’m not quite sure how he missed the memo that kids are supposed hate spicy food
Pere Marquette River Lodge
The Pere Marquette River Lodge is a fly fishing outfitter and lodge nestled on the banks of the world famous Pere Marquette River. Our full service fly shop is a Platinum Level Orvis Dealer that is staffed to meet your every need while ensuring anglers’ best destination fishing experience. Our guide staff is well versed
Swift River Fly Fishing
Swift River Fly Fishing was established over 25 years ago as a builder and restorer of bamboo fly rods. That remains the core of the business along with custom designed and built fiberglass fly rods. The retail shop is located in a post and beam barn and carries new and vintage rods, classic fly reels,
Uncompahgre River RV Park
We are a 50 and over adult RV park with 1/3 mile frontage on the Uncompahgre River. In addition to paved RV spaces, surrounded by grass, we offer two cabins and a luxury 5th wheel with a deck and hot tub overlooking the river. We are located near the central access point to the Gunnison
A river turned inside out
By Ivory Williams Have you ever seen a river turned inside out? I have and it is a pretty shocking sight. For the past six summers I worked as an intern for Nez Perce Fisheries. Trout Unlimited and the Nez Perce Tribe are partnering on some projects throughout Idaho and I was excited to get
Rainscaping to help the Rogue River
By Jamie Vaughan Michigan has no shortage of freshwater lakes, rivers and streams, and local environmental groups are always collaborating to come up with creative ways to protect the precious water resources. In western Michigan, partners joined together to create the Grand River Rainscaping Program, which is helping homeowners, landscapers and contractors learn about and incorporate green infrastructure practices
Alaska’s Koktuli River on display
Simply put, the rivers you will see in Koktuli Wild are ground zero for impacts from the Pebble mine if it were to go through.
Making the Blue River blue
Helping the Wood River to breathe
The room is full for the banquet. I first came across the Narragansett chapter of Trout Unlimited seven or eight years ago, when a few frustrated members contacted me and complained that the chapter was assisting the state in stocking over native fish in violation of TU policy. After a time, the chapter stopped, but
Voices from the River: Nuts
/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-1.11.06-PM.png A nice Dolly Varden caught thanks to energy provided by peanuts. Photo by Eric Booton. By Eric Booton For better or worse, my wife and I are trying a diet. We aren’t the “diet type,” in that we don’t jump around from diet to diet or generally adhere to a strict diet. Currently though,
Voices from the River: Resolved
Resolutions in January are dumb. I really can’t get into making any sort of rule for myself when there’s only seven hours of daylight and simply getting the newspaper feels like an expedition across the arctic tundra. Leniency. Naps. Snacks. S weat pants. These are things I can get on board with in January. But
Metolius River Stewardship Project
Goals TU is working to restore habitat and water quality for native redband, bull trout, salmon and steelhead habitat on central Oregon’s Metolius River, one of the state’s most popular fishing destinations. The Metolius supports one of the healthiest populations of bull trout in the lower 48 states. This popularity, unfortunately, has led to heavy trail and