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Voices from the River: Family tradition

Published in Voices from the river

By Josh Duplechian This is hands down the coldest my feet have ever been. Honestly. Remind me, why am I here again? Yes, that’s right for the annual sufferfest tradition we call fishing for steelhead off of Lake Erie. Sliding out of the warmth of the local breakfast joint and into our snow-filled parking spot,…

A place to be a hobo

Published in Conservation

By Christine Peterson In his early 20s, Bill Christensen would gather a group of buddies and head into the mountain for a week. With no meals. “We would either catch fish or be hungry.” They rarely went more than a day without food, eventually finding fish in one of the Uintas’ hundreds of lakes. The…

On second glance

Published in Fishing, TROUT Magazine, Trout Tips
A scenic shot of a trout stream.

A fairly average-looking run on a stream. Or is it? I’d been fishing a small native cutthroat trout stream in eastern Idaho, and came upon what, at first blush, looked to be a fairly featureless stretch of stream. But, as I got closer, I noticed a few things. The long “slick,” as I’ve taken to…

What do trout hear?

Published in Voices from the river

I get lots of questions about trout, but many of them come this time of year. The sunlight shows itself for short periods, and the nights are long and cold. Seeing ice on riverbanks and entire lakes frozen over, people begin to think about what happens to the species that swim under their surfaces.   What…

Video spotlight: Fighting Big Fish with a Fly Rod

Published in Video spotlight

Now, most of us will never stand on the bow of a boat in the waters off of San Diego and battle a 200-pound mako shark. But, if you fish long enough, you will get the opportunity to battle big fish, whether it’s a big smallmouth bass, a fat rainbow in a spring creek, a…

Barriers limit cutthroat trout migration

Published in Conservation, Barriers, From the field

We are broadly familiar with the plight of the salmon, hatching in freshwater, moving downstream as smolts and, entering the ocean. Their magnificent return to the rivers during spawning migrations, hundreds of miles up the Columbia and Salmon rivers, illustrates fish movements at a grand scale. Few people know the same phenomenon occurs with inland native trout such as the cutthroat

Trout Unlimited Applauds EPA's New Rules for Cleaning Up Polluted Waters

7/12/2000 Trout Unlimited Applauds EPA’s New Rules for Cleaning Up Polluted Waters Trout Unlimited Applauds EPA’s New Rules for Cleaning Up Polluted Waters While Congress Tries to Stall, New Rules Show Determination to Clean Up Impaired Waters Contact: 7/12/2000 — — Contact: Maggie Lockwood, TU Director of Press Relations: 703-284-9425 July 11, 2000. Washington, DC…Trout…

New England Newsletter — Highlights of 2020

Published in Conservation

You don’t need us to tell you that 2020 was a challenging year. The pandemic created lots of hardships for TU’s field staff in New England, including the postponement of many projects. Always flexible, the New England team did a great job reacting to the difficult situation.

Video spotlight: Touching the Sun

Published in Video spotlight

I bought a mountain bike last spring with the intent of riding some backcountry trails to fishy haunts, and while I got out a few times, I didn’t use it nearly enough. Maybe next summer. It’s not an outlandish idea, biking to backcountry fishing. The video above shows two anglers who loaded their bike paniers…

Video spotlight: Fly Fishing for Brookies

Published in Video spotlight

Fly fisher and guide Bridget Fabel has a fairly robust collection of fly fishing videos—she’s a cheerful camera personality with some solid angling skills. And she fly fishes with her cats. Yes. Cats. Video of A Dozen Brookies On the Fly! Fly Fishing With Cats For High Country Brook Trout! A lot of us have…

Dunoir Fishing Adventures, LLC

About us Dunoir Fishing Adventures, LLC fly fishing guides: Bighorn, Green, and Wind Rivers serving Thermopolis, Lander, and Dubois, Wyoming’s rivers, streams, and mountain lakes. Personable and professional guides will provide a fly fishing adventure of a lifetime. Local permitted guides have many years of fly fishing and guide experience on Wyoming’s waters. We will…

Hallowed waters

Published in Video spotlight, Conservation

For more than a decade, Montanans have worked together to create a lasting solution for public lands in the Blackfoot River watershed. That solution is the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act. This bill will protect the Blackfoot River by permanently protecting its most important tributaries. It will also secure and expand outdoor recreation opportunities in the…