Bringing Steelhead Back
Few, if any, salmonids have caused fly anglers greater frustration and despair, and inspired in those same hearts more passionate admiration and love, than steelhead. (The obvious rival would be Atlantic salmon, another great sea-run game fish.) A brief history of my experiences as a fledgling steelhead angler is a minor case in point.
On Christmas day of 1997, just prior to starting my new job as TU's California lone staffer, I received an 8-weight outfit as a present. Two weeks later I woke up at 3 a.m., drove north on Highway 1 to a small Mendocino County stream...»Read More
The Veterans Service Dinner
The second annual Veterans Service Program dinner was held on March 1st at the offices of Arnold&Porter in Washington, DC and the evening was spectacular. »Read More
The San Francisco Gala
This March, Trout Unlimited hosted the 2012 San Francisco Gala, honoring 1% for the Planet founders Yvon Chouinard and Craig Mathews. »View Pictures
Making Trout Unlimited Part of Your Legacy
Coldwater Conservation Fund Board Member Charles Johnson speaks about his commitment to trout, salmon, and clean water: "Through my years of participation on the CCF Board, I have increasingly come to appreciate the zeal, enthusiasm, and professionalism of our TU Staff. What I most appreciate is the driving sense that TU is all about the fish." »Read More
Driftless Area, Minnesota
April 19-23 — This April's CCF trip to the Driftless Area of the Midwest showcased one of the most impressive landscape scale conservation initiatives taken on by Trout Unlimited. With over 500 miles of spring creeks already restored, healthy populations of wild brook and brown trout abound. The arrival of budding trees, warmer water, hatching insects, and active fish, made for hot fishing this spring in the Driftless! »View Pictures
CCF Trip Pictures: Andros South, Bahamas
March 31-April 7 — Six members of the CCF thawed from the winter freeze by hunting bonefish on the flats of the Bahamas. With rods in hand, each day was spent wading saltwater flats, mangrove creeks, and remote cays from the base camp at Andros South Lodge. They threw casts to schools of fish making their exit from the mangroves; they threw casts to the larger bones cruising in pairs on the flats; they ended each day on the white sand beaches, wrapped in conversation over conch ceviche and cocktails. What a perfect start to the season! »View Pictures
Spring Tying: Biot Body Parachute Sulfur
It was dark at 9:00 pm. The sun dipped below the ridge an hour ago and I was held captive by the event of a hatch. Sulfur spinners fell into a blanket on the water as trout bobbed up and down, sipping the spent female mayflies. My headlamp was in the car, forcing me to rely on the full moon to orient my position in relation to feeding trout. »Read More
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