“Let’s go ‘bishing’”: Stockers a great target for kids
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Clearwater Daze
A pair of Great Lakes spey anglers share their love for Idaho’s Clearwater River and its big steelhead as well as their support for breaching the Lower Snake River Dams
Friendly faces
Molly Simpkins and Dan Gigone of Sweetwater Fly Shop in Livingston, Mont. Marketing a new book is a crapshoot, especially when it’s hyper-local content and writers are asked to a fair bit of promotion themselves to ensure the book’s success. So, when I visited Livingston, Mont., earlier this week for a book-signing and presentation at
Wilderness Place Lodge is Alaska fishing at its finest
Imagine this: Alaska. Wilderness. Strong runs of all five Pacific salmon species. Rainbow trout. Northern pike. Rustic elegance. Great food. Friendly hosts. I have more words to describe Wilderness Place Lodge, but if I could tell you all the great things about this place, it would take a lot more room than we have here.
Zero Limit Adventures, the New York ‘Dream Team’
What do you call a team of great and passionate guides who love to do nothing but fly fish? In western New York, we call them Zero Limit Adventures. Zero Limit Adventures is a uniquely staffed guide service with expertise in various skills as well as diverse interests, backgrounds and personalities. ZLA provides guests with
TU’s top 10 conservation campaigns of 2019
Bristol Bay The clear, cold rivers of the Bristol Bay region in southwest Alaska support some of the strongest remaining salmon runs in North America. These waters entice anglers, tourists and other outdoor enthusiasts from around the globe to view rare and majestic wildlife, marvel at an untouched landscape, and chase trophy rainbow trout and salmon. The region is under imminent threat
Headwaters program expanding in Pacific Northwest thanks to new partner
“This is the kind of program I would have loved to participate in as a child. I was a restless kid who really needed more than a day of sitting at a desk.” Tom Brennan, CEO of School Outfitters, said. “School Outfitters is excited to support kids learning in these active and real-world experiences.”
Wilderness Lite: Backcountry adventure
Land your next trout onto the stripping apron of an ultralight float tube amongst the breathtaking solitude of backcountry still waters. Backcountry ultralight float tubing is a GREAT introduction to trout, an absolute blast for an experienced angler, and a journey to bring families and friends together. Ever venture just a few miles into the
Lake trout on the decline in Yellowstone Lake
National Park Service removed more than 280,000 invasive fish in 2019 Yellowstone National Park and its crews of contracted gillnetters removed 282,960 invasive lake trout from Yellowstone Lake this summer, a slight dip from previous years, and a likely indication that overall lake trout numbers are shrinking. Nevertheless, there remains work to be done to
What Trump’s budget means for anglers
“The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.”— President Teddy Roosevelt [STAND UP FOR CONSE RVATION FUNDING HERE] Land and water conservation are taking a direct hit in President Trumps proposed budget. In his message to
Parkside Elementary, TU team up to protect Rum Creek in Mich.
By Jamie Vaughan Rockford – Parkside Elementary students are changing the way their school is impacting their neighboring trout stream. The past two years, Parkside fifth graders have been analyzing the health of Rum Creek, an important coldwater tributary to the Rogue River, and decided they wanted to improve the footprint of the school on
Trump budget bad for clean water, cold water fisheries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trump Administration budget ignores Americans support for clean air and waterCuts will harm agencies already strapped for funds CONTACT: Steve Moyer / Trout Unlimited(703) 447-8401, smoyer@tu.org Kate Miller / Trout Unlimited(703) 489-6411, kmiller@tu.org (May 23, 2017) Washington D.C. — President Trump released his detailed budget today proposing deep cuts to agencies and
The cult of the invasive fish
Growing up in the Denver suburbs, one of my favorite childhood haunts was a public park a short bike ride from home. It sported the sketchy jungle gym with the sharp, rusty edges, the little spring loaded ridable critters that, with enough momentum, could send a small child into orbit, and a small lake that
Video Spotlight: Proven techniques for trout
I love the old-school feel of today’s New Fly Fisher videos. And the short film below is a great all-around tutorial on tackling trout (and bass, frankly) fishing in moving water. Using southern Ontario’s Grand River as a backdrop, host Bill Spicer chases fish with proven guides that have a lot of great information for
To Wait on Pale Ice
Day 4 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
Panfish … for the pan
Across the country, the panfish bite is on. Or it’s about to be on, depending on where you live. And don’t be shy. Take your limit. Especially of the small ones. Panfish, like bluegill, bream, pumpkinseed and almost all varieties of sunfish are prone to overpopulating and stunting in a lot of lakes and ponds.
Could this become Michigan’s next great trout water?
TU’s Jake Lemon sees promise in a stream anglers breeze past to get to the Pere Marquette.
Summer sunfish come to the rescue as trout waters heat up
With trout fishing on hold in many regions during the peak of summer, bluegills and other sunfish are a fun (and tasty) angling alternative. And, unlike with some fish species, taking a bunch of sunfish home to eat is actually good for the fishery.
2023 photo essay
2023 Recap – Photo Essay
TU replanting Michigan forests hit by ash borer
By Jamie Vaughan While emerald ash borer is old news in Lower Michigan, the impacts are still playing out today. In Sparta, ash trees once dominated the floodplain forests along Nash creek. Now, few live trees remain among thousands of dead trees in various states of decay. With limited markets for firewood, poor accessibility due to saturated soils, and risks