Why “Infrastructure Week” was a big deal for trout and salmon
What do bridges, highways, and rail have to do with wild and native trout and salmon?
What do bridges, highways, and rail have to do with wild and native trout and salmon?
Let’s get a win for clean water and healthy trout and salmon populations This month in Congress, we have a remarkable opportunity that doesn’t come along very often—a chance to advance a handful of issues that Trout Unlimited has worked on for more than a decade. Passing these priorities would put Americans back to work…
Don’t stare at an indicator all day long on a guide trip. Have the guide help you improve your skills. You want to learn how to fish mouse patterns? Ask her or him for help. Want to be a better roll-caster? Ask for help. Don’t waste your money otherwise. Five ways to spend big and…
Trout Unlimited volunteers have a lot to pass on in terms of passion for the great outdoors: between fly casting and fly tying, matching the hatch and tying knots our hands are literally full when it comes to inspiring and involving the next generation. Every year, chapters put up record numbers of youth outreach hours…
🎣 TU 2026 Regional Rendezvous Series! – Tickets on sale now! TU Volunteer Operations staff is thrilled to announce the 2026 Regional Rendezvous lineup—a series of powerful gatherings for fly fishing conservationists and TU leaders. Mark your calendars and purchase your tickets—some venues have limited lodging! 🟩 Southeast Regional RendezvousMarch 13–15, 2026 🗓️📍 YMCA Blue…
Trout Unlimited: On the Rise TV Show Guest Lands Probable World-Record Trout New Berlin, Wis. May 10, 2010 Its a fish story about the one that didnt get away, and you can see it this week on Trout Unlimited: On the Rise, airing exclusively on Sportsman Channel. During filming of the episode earlier this year…
Contact: Ty Churchwell, (970) 259-5116 Jim Bartschi, (970) 249-3180 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Scott Fly Rod Co. joins effort to protect Colorado’s Alpine Triangle Montrose, Colo.-based rod manufacturer endorses TU’s efforts to keep the Triangle intact for all who use it today MONTROSE, Colo.Scott Fly Rod Co. of Montrose, Colo., has endorsed Trout Unlimited’s efforts to…
The mountain whitefish native to the northwest U.S. There’s trout water, and then there’s trout water that also holds mountain whitefish. The latter is likely healthier. Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) are often greeted by anglers with the same enthusiasm they might afford a creek chub or a sucker. The slightly downturned snout may not be as…
From native brook trout streams to prized brown trout lakes, the Northeast Kingdom Chapter of Trout Unlimited works to conserve the fisheries that dot Caledonia, Orleans, and Essex counties – an effort to protect the healthy fish populations that benefit the ecosystem and angling community alike. Please join us in making fishing habitat better in…
It’s a warm, sunny, southern evening and Zoe Mihalas is in her element, knee-deep in the Davidson River with a fly rod in hand.
Photo by Eric Booton By Eric Booton In the summer of 2015, I spent a week with my family on the Olympic Peninsula. We hiked in Olympic National Park, fished for humpies in the salt, and took a field trip to check out the recently liberated Elwha River whose dam had been re moved and…
I’m lucky to live where I live, in close proximity to the RIO Fishing Products home offices here in Idaho Falls. The staff at RIO is among the best in the business at the “science” of fly line manufacturing, and the vast majority of them are impressive anglers, too. And, once in a while, I…
Spawning Grounds: the story of a little red fish and the urgent effort to keep them from going extinct.
According to a new study produced by researchers from Arizona State University and the Oishi Fossils Gallery of Mizuta Memorial Museum in Japan, fish swam in schools 50 million years ago, indicating that the “shoaling” practice of many fish is an ancient behavior. Using a fossilized slab of rock that formed during the Eocene Epoch…
Fishwest Fly Shop located in the “Gateway To The Uintas” in Kamas, Utah. Fishwest Fly Shop opened its doors in 2008 in the Salt Lake Valley and we’ve been serving local anglers and visitors to Utah ever since. The fly shop is a full-service fly fishing outfitter offering flies, apparel, and other fly fishing essentials…
Day 2 The Adventure Series is a collection of outdoor experiences, highlighting stories about people with a shared appreciation for wildlife and wild places. These stories reach across cultural and political boundaries, connecting all walks of life and geographies. In pursuit of broadening our collective understanding, TU is partnering with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Arctic…
In keeping with the “our trout waters are too hot to fish safely” theme, check out some stillwater flies to use.