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Haiku winners announced
You’re all so creative! Thanks for tuning into Trout Unlimited and offering up such eloquent brook trout thoughts in Haiku form. Congratulations to A. Caisse who wrote: Anticipation Eager to see your shadow Brook Trout are you there? You win a Hatch Outdoors “Finatic” 5-Plus Generation 2 reel. And nateholmes who wrote: Wild salter brook…
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Attend School of Trout, become a piscatorial professor
Photo by Tim Romano I’m very excited, humbled and honored to have been invited to take part in a new endeavor called the “School of Trout.” Guide, author, and Conservation Hawks lead man Todd Tanner is the School of Trout’s creator and headmaster. It’s a weeklong school that will allow students to dive into the…
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Trout Tips: Lighter tippet, smaller flies
Winter or early spring fly fishing can be a lot of fun. I swear by the Henry's Fork this time of year—some of the best fish I've caught in this storied river have come when I've had to slide down the bank over two feet of snow to get to the river. But winter fly…
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Video spotlight: Dragon Tail Flies
When I saw the video below, one part of me couldn't help from thinking that Dragon Tail flies might be the coolest thing to happen to fly tying since the Chernobyl. Another part of me was fairly certain that Dragon Tails amount to an acceptible form of "cheating." Video of Dragon Tail FliesAs you'll see…
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Video spotlight: The Art of the Mini-adventure
Often, when we have kids, life takes a turn that leads us away from the outdoors and the adventures we experienced before they arrived and changed our lives. The video below from Orvis is a reminder that having children doesn't mean we have to forego the fun we've always enjoyed outdoors. Video of ORVIS Presents:…
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Voices from the River: Getting lost
By Chris Hunt I got lost last night. Not your traditional, "I have no idea where I am," kind of lost. But lost just the same. My daughter is home for a scant month between jobs—she's returned from Colorado's ski country and is a month away from her next gig at Colter Bay on Jackson…
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TU testifies before Congress on Good Sam mining legislation
Contaminated abandoned mine drainage polluting the Animas River near SIlverton, Colorado. Trout Unlimited photo. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood testified before Thursday the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on the need for legislation and funding to facilitate the cleanup of abandoned hardrock mines. Click here for…