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Sometimes the benefits of conservation are immediate
By Mike Fiorelli It often takes years for the results of conservation work to be recognized, but sometimes it happens during the process. Such was the case on a recent project Trout Unlimited was working on with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in northeastern Utah. The Lake Canyon drainage is home and native range…
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Tying easy extended bodies
Tying an extended-body fly ... with ease
Over the years, I've tied lots of extended-body flies, but really with only marginal results. Usually, it requires twists of Antron, lots of head cement or UV resin and, frankly, a little luck. Until now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GogY7s8diks Above, watch as Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions ties a simple extended body for a fairly typical mayfly pattern…
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RIGS for fishing in western Colorado
RIGS - They’re here for the long haul, and they have a stake in the future of their home waters.
In the same boat These are difficult times. COVID-19 has all of us on edge. Some places are under lockdown, some are not. We’re trying to be responsible, but we want to be able to fish while practicing social distancing and limiting up-close personal contact with others. The financial impacts are real for our TU…
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Share your #ResponsibleRecreation posts and win a fly rod
Everything is a little different these days, thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and how and where we fish should be different, too. That said, fishing can be perfectly safe if we take the right precautions, and we're encouraging all TU members and supporters to get outside and go fishing, but to do so using…
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Fishing in Yellowstone will be a little different this year
There will be some changes to fishing in Yellowstone this summer, at least at the beginning of the season.
Opening day for angling in Yellowstone National Park is traditionally the Saturday before Memorial Day (this year, it falls on May 23), and that's not changing in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. But, according to Linda Veress of the park's public affairs office, only rivers and streams in the park's southern half will be…
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Long-awaited raft a fishing game-changer
By Mark Taylor As we made our way through the final riffle, I dug the oars into the cool, green waters of Virginia’s Jackson River and aimed the stern toward the boat ramp. “Have I told you that I love this thing?” I said to my fishing partner, Sam Dean. My memory isn’t as good…
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Chance of a lifetime
How a unique partnership is working restore Eel River salmon and steelhead and keep water flowing to Russian River farms Along the fabled Lost Coast of California, and especially in the Eel River watershed, a three-party coalition of leading conservation groups is spearheading new, collaborative solutions to problems that are driving native steelhead and salmon…