Robinson Brook project reconnects trout habitat in New Hampshire

By Colin Lawson Trout Unlimited and partners recently completed a project bypassing an old earth dam on Robinson Brook in New Hampshire, expanding habitat for brook trout on the Ashuelot River tributary. TU’s project team designed a step, pool riffle configuration to allow full passage of all fish species in all flow conditions (above). The…

Cuts for Utah Monuments

Trump order cuts protection for two million acres of national monuments Mounting threats to public lands leave sportsmen and women asking ‘what’s next?’ Dec. 4, 2017 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – President Trump announced today that he intends to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by nearly two million acres, putting sportsmen and…

Voices from the River: New tricks

Tight-lining a tandem set of nymphs through a bucket on the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia with his 11-foot Euro nymph rod, Mark Taylor comes tight to a 14-inch rainbow trout. (Sam Dean photo.) By Mark Taylor Fishermen never stop learning, but we are also victims of…

Art exhibit highlights Great Lakes ecosystem

Coaster brook trout oil painting by Alexis Rockman The Great Lakes are one of the most important natural treasures in the world, holding 20 percent of the earth’s fresh water and forming an interconnected system that is among the most beautiful, economically significant and ecologically complex regions on the planet. In January 2018 the Grand…

Video spotlight: Fly Fishing for Brookies

Fly fisher and guide Bridget Fabel has a fairly robust collection of fly fishing videos—she’s a cheerful camera personality with some solid angling skills. And she fly fishes with her cats. Yes. Cats. Video of A Dozen Brookies On the Fly! Fly Fishing With Cats For High Country Brook Trout! A lot of us have…

Voices from the River: Silent Forest

Photo by Chris Hunt By Dave Ammons The size of the ponderosa pines in Silent Forest is testament to the vigor of mother nature. These are clearly not discontented trees, rising a hundred feet with red-barked girth that my outstretched arms cannot encircle. The entire forest is rooted in satisfaction as it climbs the steeply…