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The long game: TU and the Yuba River
Getting bent on the lower Yuba River. The Yuba River is one of California’s many coldwater fishery jewels. In its upper forks the Yuba is a fine freestone trout stream; in the reach between Englebright Dam, where the river flows into the Central Valley, and its confluence with the Feather River near Marysville, the Yuba…
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How Utah’s Cuttslam changed a young angler’s life
Bonneville cutthroat trout, caught in Mill Creek. By Bobby Boone I learned to fly fish when I turned ten years old. I caught nothing. I wasn’t even sure if I really liked it. However, three years later, my first time casting a fly in Utah would ensure that I would fall in love with the…
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2nd Annual Flathead Valley TU Veterans Fishing Day!
On Friday, July 20, 2018, FVTU took a group of veterans fishing on the lower Flathead River as part of the FVTU Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) program. TU chapters around the country use the VSP as a means of connecting with their local vets to show their support and appreciation for our service men and…
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Voices from the River: The swimmin’ hole
A fat and happy Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout. By Chris Hunt Two summers ago, as I walked along a small alpine creek in the Caribou Range here in eastern Idaho, I spied what may rightly be called the sexiest stretch of trout water I've ever seen. The stream—by itself a modest flow—pushes down a…
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Fish in hot water on the North Umpqua
Trout Unlimited and Wild Steelheaders United applaud the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for taking action to protect wild summer steelhead in the North Umpqua River. Last week, the ODFW sent out a press release announcing that the heralded "Fly Water" of the North Umpqua will be closed to angling from 2:00 p.m. until…
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Living with the new normal
By Chris Wood Take an undersized culvert and add eight inches of rain in a few hours and you have the makings of a major problem for the creek and the adjacent road into “the holler”—the name of our place in West Virginia. A neighbor called me. “Chris, your road. It’s just gone.” The irony…
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Gear test: The Sage DART
This time of year, it's all about small water for me. With summer in full gear, lower-elevation waters are simply too hot to fish, and the tailwater refuges for big trout are crowded with drift boats. But up high, where night-time temperatures dip into the 40s or even the upper 30s, trout waters stay nice…
