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Instagram Live with Dan Gigone from Sweetwater Fly Shop in Livingston, Mont.
The Yellowstone — longest undammed river in America. The very heart of the West. And you can fish it. Join me Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 2 p.m. MT on Instagram Live @troutunlimited when we talk with Dan Gigone from Sweetwater Fly Shop in Livingston, Mont. Sweetwater Fly Shop is located on the outskirts of Livingston,…
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Tying the Travis Para-Ant for later-summer trout
The first couple weeks of September are usually pretty great dry-fly weeks as things cool off a bit and trout look up for big bites of protein
Parts of the West got a taste of things to come this week — Colorado and Wyoming got some snow, and here in Idaho, a brutally cold wind chased summer away for a bit, littered the streets with broken branches and left thousands without power. But summer's not over just yet, and that means terrestrial…
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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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Tech helps trip-planning, but it’s not fool-proof
I recently had a video call with a Trout Unlimited volunteer in New York. I couldn’t help being distracted. Over his shoulder I could see a stream in the background. “What river is that?” I asked. “The West Branch of the Delaware,” he replied. “I actually was watching fish rise before this call started.” Oh,…
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The new Scott Centric is a rod for the ages
When the tube arrived from Scott, I expected it to be something special. So, I wanted the first analysis to more than a cursory shakedown. I headed to the grass field behind my house for some quality one-on-one time, poured myself a small mason jar of red wine, put on some Bose noise-cancelling headphones, strung up the…
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Catch the F3T, help a local conservation cause
The Fly Fishing Film Tour is available for online streaming right now, and if you're interested in catching this year's film offerings, you can buy tickets from an independent screening and help a local conservation cause in the process. So far, the F3T has raised more than $30,000 for local conservation causes via independent screenings.…