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TROUT Tip – Accept Change
With kids, interests change like the flip of a switch. And that is just as true with teaching them how to fly fish. When young, they absorb what you tell them to a certain extent and then get distracted, so feed that distraction with some turtle or frog hunting. When they hit their teenage years,…
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Video of the Week – The Kids are Alright
The Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit is an annual event hosted by Trout Unlimited, Indifly and the Wind River Game & Fish Department in Wyoming. Each year, college students from clubs across the country gather for a week of conservation work, fishing and community building. In “The Kids are Alright”, you’ll feel their passion and learn how that drives the work, excites local…
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TROUT Tips – Stack the Deck
When introducing someone new to the sport of fly fishing, set it up so success comes early and often. What does that look like? Rig the rod, reel, line, and terminal tackle for them and have them watch and learn Take them to a stocked pond This could be a pond stocked with trout, but bluegill, sunfish, and bass…
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Watch: Blueprint – insight into making history
Every year, Trout Unlimited hosts its Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit, where college anglers from across the country come together for a week of conservation, fishing and community. College angles at the Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit In 2025, the Summit took place on the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming. Idyllic for its natural resource conservation, the…
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Cast for a Cause: 5 Rivers Clubs are racing to support women on and off the water
Trout Unlimited Costa 5 Rivers college fly fishing clubs are competing in a nationwide fundraising challenge over Mother's Day, supporting Casting for Recovery and microgrants for women.
During each Casting for Recovery fly fishing retreat, there is a moment that naturally replicates itself. Sometimes it's during a shared laugh, sometimes after a fish is landed, sometimes it happens while listening to the sound of the river. But each time, a woman who arrived carrying the weight of a breast cancer diagnosis sets it down, at least for a little while. That moment is what the 2026 Mother's Day…
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Conservation and Education on the Fall River
Click Here for Spanish The Fall River and Trout Unlimited The Fall River is an essential source of cold, clean water for the Deschutes River, one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters. The Fall River meanders through public, private, and state lands and is enjoyed by hikers, dog walkers, bicyclists, anglers, and locals who come here daily…
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Jeremy Brooks scholarship affords Wisconsin student summer opportunity to work and learn
By Kyle Kamm Heading into my senior year studying fisheries management at The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, I was fortunate as the recipient of the 2024 Jeremy Brooks Memorial Scholarship to be able to spend this past summer working in multiple aspects of fisheries management throughout a summer internship with Trout Unlimited. …
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Youth education and engagement