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Uncompahgre River RV Park is a great fishing launching pad

Published in TU Business, Fishing

Let’s say you want to fish in southwest Colorado. And let’s say you’re an adult of a certain age – maybe 50 or more. Have we got a deal for you. Here it is: the Uncompahgre River RV Park in Olathe, Colo. Mark and Michelle at the URRVP pride themselves on providing a comfortable and…

Official Rules: THE TROUT UNLIMITED 2019 GREAT GEAR GIVEAWAY

NO PURCHASE OR DONATION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES.  A PURCHASE OR DONATION WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  THE TROUT UNLIMITED 2019 GREAT GEAR GIVEAWAY (“SWEEPSTAKES”) BEGINS AT 9:00 AM EASTERN TIME (“ET”) ON 8/20/19 & ENDS AT 11:59 PM ET ON 10/15/19 (“Entry Period”).  ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal residents…

Trout and Trees: restoring Michigan’s streambanks

Published in Conservation, Community

By Matthias Bonzo Last year TU began to implement a project we’re calling “Trout and Trees.” Funded by a grant from the USDA State and Private Forestry – Landscape Scale Restoration Initiative, the project seeks to improve near stream (riparian) habitats coupled with instream habitat work to provide as complete restoration to a degraded site…

TU leaders join AFFTA’s Conservation from the Couch

Published in Community, Conservation, Featured

Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood will join Keith Curley and Rob Masonis, TU’s vice presidents for eastern and western conservation, respectively, this week when they all “sit down” for the American Fly Fishing Trade Association’s Conservation on the Couch series. The webcast is Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, and viewers can register to…

Gear test: Cabela’s Atoll saltwater rod

Published in Uncategorized

Sometimes the little things can make all the difference, and the Cabela’s Atoll 8-weight saltwater rod is all the proof I need. Its main purpose is to cast a big fly far and accurately, and it handles these tasks extremely well. In a side-by-side comparison with a considerably more expensive rod, the G III technology…

Rivers and roads: Connecting people … and fish

Published in Uncategorized

By Laura MacFarland A majority of Wisconsin’s 115 fish species, including trout, need to move throughout a watershed seasonally or at varying stages in their lifecycle to feed, find cooler water, avoid predators, and reach spawning habitat. Rivers, long and linear in nature, are vulnerable to habitat fragmentation thanks in part to our immense network…

Reflections from the Teen Summit | Andrew D

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Andrew is a member of the Central New Jersey chapter and a representative of the Youth Leadership Council(YLC).The YLC is the volunteer body made up of TU Teens that helps to set the direction of TU ‘s Youth Education Initiative. Members of the YLC are passionate leaders bringing the mission of TU to their local…

Wilderness Lite LLC…the ultralight float tubes

About us We are Wilderness Lite LLC…the ultralight float tubes Love the Wilderness, Backpacking, and Float Tube Fishing & Fly Fishing? WE DO TOO, it’s our passion! For over a decade we’ve enjoyed backpacking expeditions with family and friends for a long weekend to a week or more duration carrying all food, clothing, shelter, and…

Trout Tips: Do new anglers a favor

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

Editor’s note: The following is exerpted from TU’s book, “Trout Tips,” available online for overnight delivery. As somebody who has covered fishing for more than 25 years, I have realized, hopefully not too late, that I relied too heavily on the people I was writing about. Too often, I let them tie the knots, pick…

Chasing the Wyoming Cutt-Slam and keeping the wolves away

Published in Fishing

Looking back, I saw Sweet, who had coyly picked a honey hole on a backwater around a small island I didn’t even notice, who was looking upriver at me and grinning ear to ear. At that moment, I remember thinking he resembled a child showing off his hard work.

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Shasta Trinity Cascades TU: Serious stewardship

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When your local trout stream is the lower Sacramento River, one of the best tailwaters in the world, you might have extra incentive to take care of it. TU’s Shasta Trinity Cascades Chapter, based in Redding, Calif., is channeling that incentive into action. STCTU recently celebrated the onset of spring and the amazing trout fishery…

Red light — Green light

Published in Conservation

By Chris Wood The other morning, my friend, Brent Fewell, an attorney who worked at the EPA under President George W. Bush, wrote: “Had dinner and a very encouraging conversation last evening with seven prominent GOP Senators who want to make the environment and conservation a greater priority for the GOP, a return to Teddy…