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Voices from the River: Give the gift of fishing
Planning a fishing trip may be the best gift you can give this Christmas, or any other time of the year. Brett Prettyman/Trout Unlimited By Brett Prettyman Each year about this time a deluge of emails hit my personal inbox. The majority of them come with the subject line “Last Minute Gift Ideas”. Like many…
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Not mine, ours.
By Tom Reed It doesn’t take long after the bar is open before the first drink order comes in. Hey Tom, can you make me a Smith River Special? You bet buddy. A Smith River Special is cranberry juice with a splash of club soda and a slice of lime and Gordon, 7, loves them.…
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Local bank helps bring down dam in Montana
By Kelley Willett A local bank is helping bring down a dam near Missoula, Montana. Through the partnership and generosity of Stockman Bank, Montana Trout Unlimited (MTU) received a $10,000 contribution to help with the dam removal on Rattlesnake Creek. The money, along with $10,000 from the local WestSlope Trout Unlimited chapter, provides early community…
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Idaho creek facelift a boost for wild steelhead
Video of Wimpey Skinner 2017 A collaborative effort in Idaho has left one creek for the better. What: Wimpey Creek is a tributary to the Lemhi River. Its confluence with the Lemhi is about 11 miles south of the Lemhi's confluence with the Salmon River. Wimpey is one of three or four Lemhi tributaries that…
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Fly tying: Micro Egg
Here's one for you patient fly tiers who don't mind small hooks and like the minutia that goes into some of these tiny patterns. For me, the term "tiny" starts at about size 18. The size 22 hook used in the pattern below? That falls into the "impossilbe" category for this ham-handed tier. Oh, and…
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Gear test: O’Pros Dragonfly rod holder
If you wade fish, you know there are times when you really need to have both hands free. On a good day, that would include having a free hand to grab your camera to take a picture of the lunker in your net. Or, if you’re like me, more likely it would be so that…
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Video spotlight: A good mining steward
Unfortunately, not every large mining company has the ethical backbone to truly be called a "steward" of the resources they pull from the earth, especially when it comes to what's left over when they're done. To wit, the West is pocked by abandoned mines, SuperFund sites and permanent scars that, even many decades after mining…