Trout Weekly

  • Photo of the Week

    Photo of the week – trees

    Our photo of the week focuses on Trees! For Arbor Day, one great way to get engaged is to plant trees along a stream.

    One great way to get volunteers engaged in a community is to invite them to help plant trees along a stream. Not only is it fun and rewarding, it turns out it’s also beneficial for the fish!   Sometimes this is done to help repair a severely damaged area like in the case of streamsides after Hurricane Helene. And sometimes it is done to help shade stream reaches that…

  • Conservation

    Conserving the lands and waters of the Magalloway

    The Magalloway River as it enters Parmachenee Lake in Maine's northern forest.

    Four conservation organizations have joined forces to purchase and permanently protect a massive tract of wild forestland in Maine’s north country, and some Trout Unlimited stream champions are doing their part to help seal the deal.  The Magalloway Collaborative is working to raise $62 million to conserve 78,000 thousand acres in the Northern Appalachians, hard…

  • Partnerships Barrier removal Conservation Priority Waters Restoration

    Legacy Contracting: Building bridges for fish and communities on the Salmon SuperHwy 

    Salmon super highway restoration complete

    On Oregon’s beautiful North Coast rivers, the Salmon SuperHwy is working hard to reconnect over 180 miles of high-priority, historic salmon, steelhead, lamprey and cutthroat trout habitat in the Tillamook, Nestucca and Sand Lake watersheds. As of January 2026, the partnership has already accomplished 75 percent of their goal. Over the course of the last decade, the partnership has restored access to 137 miles…

  • The True Cast

    The True Cast – Thanks to the great Chris Santella 

    In this True Cast, Kirk Deeter, reflects on his late friend, Chris Santella, one of the very best to ever write about fly fishing. His spirit will always live in the fly-fishing world and well beyond. 

    50 places to fly fish before you die book by Chris Santella

    I recently sat at my desk, to work on a presentation I made at Ladybird Books in Charleston, S.C., in support of my new book (written with Matt Supinksi) called A Fishable Feast; Fly Fishing and Eating Your Way Around the World. Exciting times and I am happy.  In times like these, an author thinks about the many… many… people who support a book project…