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The five elements of a great fishing day
Experience all five of those things together on the same day, and that’s my “trophy” experience.
One of the special things about fishing is that it matters to different people in different ways for different reasons. While we all might agree that any day on the water is a great day, I’ve come to believe there are five certain elements that, when added together, equal the best and most memorable fishing…
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TROUT Digital Magazine: Looking back at 2021
What a year it has been! There have been challenges and triumphs. The pandemic lingers, yet people find solace on the water more than ever now. I spent a little time looking through the archive of the hundreds of stories the TROUT team of contributors produced this year, and I am proud and grateful. We…
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What’s your favorite TROUT magazine cover from the past 10 years?
As we approached my 40th cover TROUT, I asked the editors which covers they liked best, and they came up with these.
Our team at TROUT magazine likes to think that people can judge a magazine by its cover … at least in part. The cover image sets the tone for everything that follows, so we put a lot of collective thought into our choices. Sometimes we want to provoke you. Sometimes we want to cause you…
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Are there “good” dams and “bad” dams?
We just released an issue of TROUT magazine that focuses most of its 100 pages on the need to remove four dams from the Lower Snake River. That was an easy call for me as editor because I think removal of the Lower Snake dams, thus giving a huge percentage of steelhead and salmon in the…
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Cast killer — the most common mistake anglers make
Don’t take the life out of the cast I know many good fly casters, and all of them have a little hitch in their giddy up. I sure do. My hitches just change every now and then. Usually after I sort one out, I develop another. But there’s one overriding, subtle goof that separates those…
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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…
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TU senior producer honored by OWAA
Josh Duplechian on a photo shoot in southwest Colorado. Scott Willoughby photo. As a rule of thumb, the media team at TU doesn’t talk about itself--we’re in the business of making great content and putting the spotlight on other people who fix and protect rivers. But as editor-in-chief of TU, I am grateful every day…
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