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Six great winter fishing destinations

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Most of trout country is in the grips of winter, but that doesn’t mean trout fishing has to stop. Fly fishing for winter trout can be just as productive as spring, summer or fall fishing if anglers take care to adjust to the changes in trout behavior, habitat and, of course, cold temperatures that might…

Methow Valley Irrigation System Upgrade

Goals Trout Unlimited is constructing a complete irrigation system upgrade with the goal of increasing anadromous and resident fish populations in the Twisp and Methow Rivers of central Washington State. TU’s Methow Valley Irrigation District Project seeks to protect as much as 11 cfs instream flows by changing the point of diversion from the Twisp…

What role does climate change play in the debate over removing the four Lower Snake dams?

The data show conclusively that the Pacific Northwest’s climate is warming. The Snake River basin will experience hotter temperatures in the summer, which will make water conditions in the lower Snake River more problematic than they are at present.  High water temperatures in the Snake under current conditions can take a devastating toll. In 2015,…

TU Business Spotlight: Four Rivers Fishing Company

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Twin Bridges, Mont.– it’s not your average fishing town. And Four Rivers Fishing Company is not your average fly shop. It’s a 50-year-old institution that has been the headquarters for phenomenal trout fishing. This is an authentic Montana-style fly shop. That means that the people who work here fish here. They know and love the…

Breakthrough for the Eel

Published in Conservation

A new agreement promises to resolve decades of conflict over water use on California’s third largest watershed––and a legendary salmon and steelhead river 

Dam’s down, shad return to New Jersey’s Musconetcong

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An excavator begins work on removing the Hughesville Dam on the Musconecetcong River in New Jersey By Cole Baldino The American shad has been a staple of the eastern United States, especially the Delaware River, since early colonization. Some say those fish are part of the reason America is the way it is today, as…

Tip – fishing big rivers

Published in Fishing, Trout Talk

Big rivers equal big fish, right? That is certainly true in Chile, where this video is shot, but that is also true in many rivers across the U.S.

Statement on Edwards Dam by Charles Gauvin, President and CEO of Trout Unlimited

7/1/1999 Statement on Edwards Dam by Charles Gauvin, President and CEO of Trout Unlimited Statement on Edwards Dam by Charles Gauvin, President and CEO of Trout Unlimited On the Occasion of the Breaching of Edwards Dam and the Freeing of the Kennebec River, July 1, 1999 Contact: 7/1/1999 — — Today’s breaching of Edwards Dam…

Montana Angling Company

Custom Outfitting | Expert Guides | Authentic Montana. The Montana Angling Company is a Bozeman, MT based fly fishing outfitting and guide service that offers personal service and custom outfitting on Montana’s finest trout streams. Fly fishing in Montana is what we know. Conservation and resource protection is our commitment. Let us host your next…

SWIFT launches A Practitioners Guide to Instream Flow Transactions in California

SWIFT logos.png March 29, 2016 Contact: Carson Cox, American Rivers/River Right, (415) 383-1788, ccox@americanrivers.org Chris Alford, Alford Environmental, (530) 848-6211, alfordenvironmental@gmail.com Lisa Park, The Nature Conservancy, (408) 821-9255, lpark@tnc.org Mary Ann King, Trout Unlimited, (510) 649-9987, mking@tu.org Sari Sommarstrom, Scott River Water Trust, (530) 467-5783, sari@sisqtel.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SWIFT launches A Practitioners Guide to…

Murray-Inslee report forges brighter future for Pacific Northwest 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contacts:   Greg McReynolds, Intermountain West ACP Director, Trout Unlimited, greg.mcreynolds@tu.org Chris Wood, CEO and president, Trout Unlimited, chris.wood@tu.org  Zoe Bommarito, Mountain West Communications Director, Trout Unlimited, zoe.bommarito@tu.org, 406-437-3832 Taking a bold step toward recovering the most important run of salmon and steelhead in the Lower 48, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Washington…

Great Lakes Stream Restoration

Goals: With more than 20 percent of the Earth’s available freshwater flowing through its rivers, streams and lakes, the Great Lakes basin is an unparalleled natural resource. An immense network of coldwater rivers and streams exists, among many other important aquatic ecosystems, providing anglers with a variety of unique opportunities. Whether it is fishing for…