Building a better ‘Bugger
Tim Flagler ties up his version of a ‘better ‘bugger’ using weighted wire and a tougher construction
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Total Outfitters
Located in the Bitterroot Valley of southwest Montana, our experienced guide staff is prepared to share with you their passion of fly fishing Montana’s epic rivers. Local guides specialize in fishing the Bitterroot, Blackfoot River, Clark Fork, and Missouri Rivers. With some of the best Dry Fly fishing in the state, we spend most…
Wild Trout Outfitters Inc.
36 Years Of Outfitting Experience With this many years of guiding/fishing experience. Locally crafted fly fishing patterns. Top of the line equipment and a professional, seasoned guide staff make this possible. Inherently, guiding is much more than just catching fish. A guide is a person who takes an individual’s raw ability and molds it into…
Voices from the River: Breaking the age barrier
By the Seedskadee Chapter Board of Directors Trout Unlimited does many great things across our country, but also faces many challenges moving into the future. One brought up often at state council meetings in Wyoming—and likely across the country—is the age and diversity of the board of the local chapters. Let’s face it, many of…
Management matters
By Garrett Hanks Wolf Creek pass in the San Juan mountains of Colorado serves as the tipping point between the westward San Juan basin, home to the recently rediscovered San Juan cutthroat trout, and the Rio Grande cutthroat’s namesake river to the east. Unlike trout, bear, mule deer and other wildlife are unhindered by the ridgeline; their tracks freely cross the divide. Look north and you’ll notice the burn scar from the West Fork fire of 2013. Setting off south along the Continental Divide Trail, you quickly…
Desert rainbows
On a map, it doesn’t look all that far. A quick jaunt up the freeway. A race across a sea of potato fields and a good section of the Idaho National Laboratory, where plans are in place to build a dozen modular nuclear reactors to help power some 36 western communities starting in less than a decade. Finally, there’s the run up the river valley to where the desert meets the Lemhi Range
From the TROUT Magazine vault: Restoration
Two years ago, I took possession of a weathered 15-year- old wooden fishing dory from my friend Andy Toohey. “Took possession,” because I didn’t buy it, and he didn’t want it. He let me have that boat, but only after I had promised that I would fully restore it, and I wouldn’t bring it back, whether I lived up to promise number one or not.
Longtime conservation officer now focused on steelhead and salmon
A fly fisherman searches the water of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho waiting for the elusive tug on the end of his line from a steelhead. Josh Duplechian/Trout Unlimited As a conservation officer with the Idaho Fish and Game Department, Eric Crawford’s work was largely reactive. “I could make a great…
We are TU: Meet Kim McDonald
TU has magic when it comes to attracting great people
This Land is Your Land: Christy Fischer
Christy Fischer was born and raised on California’s central coast. Some of her “earliest and happiest” memories involve public lands.
The wisdom of mothers among us
reflections on what conservation and motherhood mean
A case of mistaken identity
It was the stuff of angling dreams yet, until a few short days prior, I wouldn’t have even confidently been able to identify a native interior redband in an underwater lineup. As I reached the highest point on the stream that I was comfortable climbing, my sandaled feet bloodied and blistered, I pondered what a shame that was.
Desert carp
We had a great winter here in Idaho. Lots of high snow. And then spring arrived with buckets of rain in the valleys and more snow up high. We’re closing in on the first day of summer, and our backcountry trout streams are still surging with runoff. High water is a blessing and a curse…
Rivers connect people
I’m in Little Rock, Ark., this week for the Outdoor Writers Association of America conference. Our hotel is situated right on the banks of what looks to be an angry Arkansas River. Years ago, I worked as an editor and reporter for a couple of small newspapers about 1,000 miles away, near the headwaters of…
Sauce up your campfire steak for Memorial Day
Calling all campfire pyros: It’s almost Memorial Day! It’s not that there’s any bad time or way to break out the grill, but if you’re one of the lucky millions out around the campfire this weekend, might we suggest this as the perfect time to upgrade to your steak and veggies? And as far as upgrades go, there’s not much easier than adding a classic sauce — made in advance —…
Visitation surges on U.S. national forests in 2020
An angler casts to trout on the Targhee National Forest in Idaho. Chris Hunt photo. Agency says pandemic spurred more people to explore the outdoors By Andrew Avitt Over the last year, people across the U.S. chose the great outdoors to reduce stress and find a physically distanced alternative for having a little fun. National forests and…
Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexico?s Native Fish
7/11/2006 Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexico?s Native Fish July 11, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Schudlich, 505-470-4878 Trout Unlimited Awarded $460,000 to Restore New Mexicos Native Fish ARLINGTON, VA Trout Unlimited announced today that it has received two grants totaling $460,000 for restoring native fish in New Mexico. Trout Unlimited and…
TU urges EPA to reverse course on Clean Water Rule
(June 27, 2017) WASHINGTON D.C. The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would begin the process of repealing and replacing the Clean Water Rule in accordance with an executive order signed by President Trump in February. The Clean Water Rule of 2015, which was a critical step in protecting headwaters streams and wetlands across…
Book Review: Upstream
Few animals have been as totemic for humans as salmon. Entire cultures of indigenous peoples in North America evolved around this fish, its remarkable life history, and its powers as a food source. Whole reg ional economies have risen and foundered on the vicissitudes of the world’s seven salmon species—five of which are native to…
Lucky Peak Kokanee Salmon On the Move Celebrate Idahos Fish at Kokanee Outdoor Day
Media Release August 23, 2009 Contact: Pam Elkovich, 208.345-9800 For Immediate Release Liz Paul 208.343.7481 Lucky Peak Kokanee Salmon On the Move Celebrate Idahos Fish at Kokanee Outdoor Day After spending two to three years feeding in the deep waters of Lucky Peak Reservoir, kokanee salmon are red, fat and fighting their way up Mores…