Faces of Restoration: California North Coast
NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities
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Daughters of Trout Unlimited: Samantha Carmichael
Daughters. I have watched my husband happily announce that I was expecting a girl twice in our marriage. Mouths smile, but eyes squint, and brows furrow, and comments range from “Another one?” to “Well, maybe number 3 will be a boy” or “you are going to try for a boy, right?” There isn’t going to…
Voices from the river: Return of the G-Man
Longtime advocate for fishing and hunting and TU grassroots leader Geoff Malloway re-opens the Central Coast Fly Fishing shop. By Sam Davidson To Geoff Malloway, inaction, and its frequent companion inertia, are like poaching. They are a violation of the sportsmen’s code. He can’t abide them. You can see it in his face at meetings…
Senior art project focuses on Snake River cutthroat trout
“It is crucial that as a community and a nation we take care of the land and river that acts as an oasis for this prize fish because if we don’t, we are at risk of losing one of the most beautiful and complex ecosystems. While many rivers have seen a loss in native cutthroat, the Snake watershed has managed to remain as a native cutthroat dominated river, and that is something worth protecting.”
The True Cast: How this editor truly feels about photos of fish out of water
A few years ago, I took a vacation with my wife and son to London, England, and one of the top things on our to-do list was see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. So, we went early and staked out a spot on the Queen Victoria statue, directly in front of the…
Youths, DOI secretary talk public lands
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 Contacts: Judith Kohler, National Wildlife Federation, 303-441-5163; kohlerj@nwf.org Katie McKalip, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, 406-240-9262; kmckalip@trcp.org; Shauna Sherard, Trout Unlimited, 307-757-7861; ssherard@tu.org Youths, DOI secretary talk public lands Winners of sportsmens essay contest share with Secretary Jewell how their experiences on public lands have shaped their lives WASHINGTON…
SweetWater Brewing and TU team up to raise more than $50,000 for clean water
By Mark Taylor Scott Jenson had some words of wisdom for a crowd gathered recently for a celebration at the Orvis distribution center in Roanoke. “We at SweetWater Brewing Company and Trout Unlimited have a lot in common,” he said, smilling. “There are two things that get us out of bed in the morning: fishing…
The last donut … remembering a Greys River fishing trip with the late Charlie Meyers
Chancing upon this video Josh Duplechian produced to show how TU is working with the U.S. Forest Service and numerous other partners to dramatically help the Greys River reminded me of a very special road trip I took with the late, great Charlie Meyers. It was back in 2007, and Charlie called to tell (not ask)…
TU Business members stand strong on Lower Snake
There are hundreds of these great businesses who are proud to stand with us on this, and we’re grateful for them. They come in all sizes from the big names in fly fishing to small family businesses – Wall Street to Main Street. Some of them are the usual suspects – lodges, fly shops, outfitters, guides and others with a direct stake in fly angling. But a surprising number of them are outside that box – coffee roasters, financial advisors, engineering firms and brewers all bring their names and reputations to the conservation table when they stand in support of this proposal.
The True Cast – My money is on the frog hunter…
Here are two true-life scenarios that played out in the past couple weeks in the waters where I fish and call home.
The True Cast – Let’s Do More to Empower the Do-It-Yourself Angler
I don’t ask for much, but if I could make one wish for next year, it would be that more companies and organizations in fishing do more to empower do-it-yourself anglers.
TU’s Dr. Rene Henery is an ‘Angler Driving Change’
Dr. Rene Henery is an expression of all that’s come before him, and all that will follow. From deep behind the battle lines of conservation Rene invites us to consider what it is that divides us and how we can come together. Alongside Trout Unlimited, he seeks to drive change by protecting the fragile waters…
Dory Land | a film presented by OARS
Wooden Dory’s, whitewater, big canyons, and great people make this video the perfect solution to anyone’s wanderlust dreams.
Learn two new patterns on Loon Live tonight
Matt Callies of Loon will tie small golden stonefly and caddis fly nymphs on Loon Live tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Callies ties flies for viewers the first and third Thursdays of every month. Viewers can not only watch Callies tie live, but Loon manages an archive of previous tying episodes on its website, giving…
2018 Outdoor Expo
May 19, 2018 the Fallen Timbers Chapter of TU participated in Toledo Metroparks Outdoor Expo. This is a wonderful event put on by the Metropark system and we had great success meeting with the local community in sharing TU. The event was FREE to the public and offered various outdoor activites from rock climbing to…
Tip – Fishing Streamers
Tom Rosenbauer teaches us all about fishing streamers. When and why to fish them, how and a bit about fly and gear selection.
Clean Water Rule – TU opposes SR12 and other similar measures
title=”application/pdf” />170131_TU Letter re CWRule – S.Res_.12.pdf Re: Trout Unlimited (TU) opposes legislation that would undermine the Clean Water Rule (Rule). TU’s 150,000 members nationwide work to conserve, protect and restore the nation’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. Our members give back to the resource they love by investing dollars and volunteer hours…
Relentless optimism, relentlessly applied: crib notes from Chris Wood
Anyone who keeps abreast of the Trout Unlimited blog knows that Chris Wood, TU’s chief executive officer and president, has some really good stories and narrative chops. TU staff who support TU’s habitat, streamflow, and fish passage work in the West got to hear some of those stories on Jan. 28 during Chris’s keynote remarks…
TU members and volunteers mobilize to help communities impacted by Helene
On Oct. 5, less than a week after the remnants of Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeast, fishing was not an option.
Roadless Areas – Defending America’s Sporting Lands
Roadless Areas Defending America’s Sporting Lands ROADLESS FOR A REASON The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule prohibits new road construction and industrial logging on 58.5 million acres of multiple-use public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service across 39 states. These unroaded portions of our National Forests provide some of the best fish and wildlife habitat and hunting…