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Bristol Bay provides the common ground in today’s politics
Another segment on Tucker Carlson Tonight hands the mic to one of Bristol Bay's loudest advocates: Brian Kraft.
Bristol Bay has been in the news a lot lately — we've seen high-profile tweets, segments on mainstream national media platforms and critical statements of the Pebble Mine permitting process. Together these events have built momentum for the case opposing the proposed copper and gold mine, and important themes in the fight for southwest Alaska have re-emerged. Perhaps one of the…
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Hiking the CDT: Admiring the same view as Lewis and Clark
Editor’s Note: The Strawbridge family from Lakeland, Fla., is hiking the length of the Continental Divide Trail – all 3,100 miles of it – from Canada to Mexico. Henry Strawbridge, 14, will be providing updates of their journey to Trout Unlimited as they pass through the historic range of seven native trout species. You can track the…
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Keeping brook trout secrets in Appalachia
Editor's note: In 2016, Danielle Arceneaux quit her job in Brooklyn and moved full-time to Asheville, N.C., in part to pursue fly fishing. This is the second installment in a series of blog posts that will describe Danielle’s experience on the water in Asheville. You can read the first installment here. By Danielle Arceneaux I…
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COVID-19 closures helped clear the air but crowded fishing parking lots
Limited driving and reduced coal consumption around the world reduced air pollution and illustrated that changes in behavior could lead to lasting results By Jim Wilson I live in a land without trout streams, so fishing locally during the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic meant no trout fishing. COVID-19 related closures kept me off the…
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Where hope lives: lessons from a limber pine
Editor's note: This piece first appeared in the Summer 2020 print edition of TROUT Magazine. To subscribe to TROUT, simply join Trout Unlimited. The current of the pessimist’s river is strong and dangerous, swift and life-taking. It drowns those who enter its waters, for they do not swim, they bob along, float with it for…
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Fly fishing doesn’t have to be hard
I love to cast a long line, but it doesn’t happen often. If I do, it is ideally with no false casts. The longer my fly is in the air, the more likely it will be caught by a bush. Fewer false casts also means my fly is in or on the water in front of fish longer
By Jim Strogen I loved "A River Runs Through It." I had been fly fishing about 30 years before I saw the film, and appreciated the artistry in Jason Borger's casts -- Borger was the "double" for Brad Pitt, and he's the one casting in the movie. When I see new fly fishers getting started,…
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Pebble Mine can be stopped by President Trump
Bipartisan opposition to the mine gives the president ammunition to deny Pebble permit Today, in The Wall Street Journal, sporting groups from across the country once again delivered the message to President Donald J. Trump that Bristol Bay is the wrong place for the Pebble Mine. The ad, signed on by 22 of the largest hunting and fishing businesses and…
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