Trout Magazine

  • Go Rogue with the Rogue Forest Cooperative

    By Jamie Vaughan It’s not by accident that the Rogue River in southern Michigan offers some of the best trout fishing in the state. This urban river, just minutes from sprawling Grand Rapids, boasts robust brown trout populations and some of the Great Lakes finest steelhead, reminiscent of a more remote, northern Michigan trout stream.…

  • Caption contest: Write the best one, win a fly box

    Write a funny caption for this photo, win an heirloom TU fly box. Please check out the next issue of TROUT magazine, which should be arriving in your mailboxes any day now. We’re proud, as always, of our mix of essays, from the likes of John Gierach and Chris Camuto. We have a neat photo…

  • Conservation

    Flies, flies and more flies

    I tie flies like I play guitar. Poorly. An occasional creation will resemble a known fly, and an even more occasional fly will fool a fish, but my skills as a tyer are limited. That may explain my fascination with really-good tyers—people who can create, with a combination of fur, wire, tinsel, and feathers, creations…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: The non-slip mono loop

    In recent years, the non-slip mono loop has become my favorite knot for tying flies to tippet—I use it for trout, for carp and just a week or so ago, I used it on Chetumal Bay for bonefish. I'm rarely disappointed in its performance, and it's just as easy to tie as other traditional knots.…

  • UPDATED – Proposed bill threatens Henry’s Fork in Idaho

    An angler soaks up the moment at the end of a day fishing the Henry's Fork in eastern Idaho. Steve Schmidt photo. Editor's Note - Wednesday morning the bill was dropped from consideration during the 2018 Idaho Legislative Session. Here's a reaction from Trout Unlimited's Micha el Gibson, who serves as the Idaho Field Director…

  • South Coast TU awarded 2018 Vamos a Pescar Grant

    The LA River is the setting for South Coast TU's community outreach and instruction under a new grant from the Vamos a Pescar Education Fund. TU’s South Coast Chapter, based in Orange County, California, has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to provide instruction, equipment, and support for…