What a thrilling prospect to catch native fish in a spectacular wilderness setting like in the picture above. That is what anglers’ dreams are made of. Years of hard work, planning and enduring partnerships strove towards this goal, but it’s still not quite a realized dream. In 2005, Fred Bunch, chief of resource management at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, hatched a plan…
Pond stocked.
Trout Unlimited ‘Special Places’ report features Lake Erie watershed Dec. 10, 2014 Contact: Katy Dunlap, Eastern Water Project Director, 607-742-3331, kdunlap@tu.org Mark Taylor, Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556, mtaylor@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lake Erie watershed recognized in 10 special places report Great lake and its tributaries offer legendary fishing opportunities. WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited is featuring the…
One of the best experiences a fly angler can have is a stay at a remote fishing lodge, be it somewhere in the Rockies or the Adirondaks, or even as far-flung as Alaska or the Canadian north woods. I’ve had the pleasure of staying at lodges in the far north while chasing pike, walleye, lake…
Coalition members celebrate the removal of Veazie Dam on the Penobscot in 2013. A year ago, ocean-going fish in Maine’s Penobscot River regained access to some 2,000 miles of spawning and rearing habitat thanks to the final step in a restoration project designed to bring the Penobscot drainage back to it’s former glory. With the…
Diana Miller with a Yellowstone cutthroat trout caught in a tributary to Yellowstone Lake in the summer of 2018. Dave Sweet photo. Trout Unlimited is devoting the month of September to celebrating public lands and the agencies dedicated to upholding America’s public land heritage. It’s no coincidence that National Hunting and Fishing Day and National…
2023 Recap – Photo Essay
A couple summers ago, I was fishing Eagle Rock Lake near Questa with a bubble and fly rig on a spinning rod, and was doing well enough to attract the attention of several nearby children who were having a tough go. Eventually they asked me what I was doing, and I showed them. We took turns with my rod for…
Join us on August 19, 2020 at 1 PM PDT on Instagram Live @troutunlimited when we talk fishing the Sierras with Matt Heron @mattheronflyfishing!
Two great American landscapes face unprecedented threats from very different sources, but both have a bright future if the right decisions are made at the right time
Tim Romano photo. Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) Species status and summary: In Alaska, Arctic char are often confused with a closely related species, Salvelinus malma (Dolly Varden), since Dolly Varden have similar coloration and inhabit the same locations as Arctic char. In many cases, definitively distinguishing Arctic char from a Dolly Varden requires close examination…
From August 13th to 16th we will host 12 veteran or active-duty members of our armed forces on a trip with Denali Fly Fishing Guides, a TU-endorsed business, in Cantwell, Alaska, to chase Arctic grayling and all their iridescent beauty.
TU’s Jake Lemon sees promise in a stream anglers breeze past to get to the Pere Marquette.
By Nick Schmal and Laura MacFarland As stewards of more than 220,000 miles of America’s fishable streams and rivers, the U.S. Forest Service has long been an invaluable partner in protecting and restoring coldwater fisheries and their watersheds throughout North America. Perhaps most impactful in recent decades, has been their leadership in the advance of…
May 6, 2014 Contact: Jack Williams, (541) 261-3960, jwilliams@tu.org Dave Hallac, (307) 344-2203, Dave_Hallac@nps.gov Chris Hunt, TU national director of communications, (208) 406-9106, chunt@tu.org For Immediate Release: Yellowstone National Park Turning the Corner on Native Cutthroat Trout Recovery National Park Service, Trout Unlimited report significant progress in recovery of iconic native species (Yellowstone)The National Park…
A confession at the outset: I love Chaco’s sandals. I bought my first pair more than 15 years ago before a trip to Costa Rica that was going to require a lot of walking. The toe strap on these sandals have always made them perfect for an active lifestyle, and because they break-in to fit…
Done right, and fished often, that’ll keep ‘em fired up for a few years. At least until they start thinking about the next big deal and wanting the car keys.
The Bois Brule River is among the best-known of Wisconsin’s trout streams. While the big river teems with big rainbow and brown trout, its tributaries are good trout waters in their own right.
A tip of the ol’ Gasson Stetson to Jeff and Pescador on the Fly. In a year when so many things seemed to be so hard, they made something easier.
By Jamie Vaughan Trout Unlimited and local partners recently completed construction on a wetland restoration in downtown Cedar Springs, Mich. With help from a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) this is the second wetland restoration that Trout Unlimited has implemented in this community, which is home to Cedar Creek, an important coldwater tributary to the Rogue River. …
