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Bugs Unlimited

Published in Fishing, Travel, TROUT Magazine, Voices from the river

As TU founder Art Neumann famously stated, “Take care of the fish and the fishing will take care of itself.”  But we’re predominantly fly fishing, after all. So what about the bugs? Who’s looking after them?  As it turns out — on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, anyway — the U.S. Geological Survey is doing just that. It may mark the dawn…

New gear: The Sage IGNITER

Published in Uncategorized

Fly rod construction could very well be compared to the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius. Faster. Higher. Stronger. It just seems that this is where the industry headed. Faster rods. Stronger blanks. And higher prices, of course. As I’m reminded, frequently, by my industry friends, research doesn’t come cheap, and in fly rods, you really…

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

North Sound

North Sound Trout Unlimited is working to protect and conserve our wild and native cold water fish and fisheries through habitat restoration, data collection and monitoring, advocating for science-based management, and public outreach in an inclusive, fun, and spirited environment. North Sound Chapter #938 was formed in the basement of a Bellingham brewery in the…

Trout Tips: The lake cast

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

Fly casting from the open surroundings of a lake shore is one of the best ways to improve your technique and gain some casting confidence. But, as Russ Miller from Fishpond demonstrates below, casting can be even better if you position yourself for success. Cast Stillwater from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. The idea is to…

Chandler Lake Camps and Lodge

Traditional Maine Sporting Camp in Northern Maine. Situated in the heart of the historic North Maine Woods. More than 3.5 million acres of working woodlands with unlimited fishing opportunities for wild native brook trout, arctic char and landlocked salmon.

Native: Elk River cutthroats

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It hadn’t done much but rain in the Rockies straddling the border of Montana and British Columbia last July, and the weather had put traditional fly hatches off a bit. Instead of pale-morning duns and stoneflies bursting from the snow-chilled waters of the Elk River near the town of Fernie, huge green drakes were popping…

Native Odyssey: Utah’s cutthroat slam

Published in Uncategorized, Travel

Bonneville cutthroat trout Editor’s note: TU’s Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team visited Utah recently on its trip across America. During our time in Utah, we sought four species of native cutthroat trout. Luckily for us, Utah has just the thing. The Utah Cutthroat Slam is a challenge that costs only $20 and is an…

TU Purgatoire River Anglers Chapter Receives $5,000 Grant to Restore Purgatoire River

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Erin Mooney, (703) 284-9408, TU National Press Secretary TU Purgatoire River Anglers Chapter Receives $5,000 Grant to Restore Purgatoire River Trinidad, Colo.– Trout Unlimited (TU), the nation’s oldest and largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization, today awarded a $5,000 Embrace-A-Stream grant to its Purgatoire River Anglers Chapter in Trinidad, Colorado. The chapter is…

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…