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Video spotlight: Blizzards and Browns
Here in the West, winter is settling in, even though it's not yet Thanksgiving. And while a lot of anglers will be stowing their gear for the season, a few die hards will brave the wind and the cold and the snow to chase migrating brown trout. Video of Blizzards and Browns - Winter fly…
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Voices from the River: Bananas
The Steelhead Whisperer on the legendary Trinity River By Sam Davidson Knowing full well the inexorable influence of superstition on fishing success, I have no excuse for my gross negligence which weighed heavily on our recent experience on the Trinity River. The warning signs were there, including this fine piece from TU’s Eric Booten on…
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State of TU’s Grassroots presentation
State of the Grassroots 11.7.17 .pdf
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House hydropower bill bad for fish and wildlife
On Wednesday, Nov. 8, the U.S. House of representatives will vote on HR 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017. This bill is described as an effort to improve the licensing process for non-federal hydropower projects. The bill seeks to accomplish this goal by placing new constraints on the participation of states, tribes and…
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Flies to die for?
The Royal Coachman. Worth dying for? Let's have a little fun, if no other reason than to talk about those fly patterns that just never seem to let us down. Here's the question: What fly would you climb out on a limb to retrieve, even if the limb looked a little sketchy and the tumble…
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Trout Tips: Bird’s-eye view
Sometimes, you can learn an awful lot more about a river, and specifically where fish will be holding in a river, by looking at it from above, rather than standing in it. Granted, that’s not always that easy when you are fishing in flat terrain. But I know plenty of anglers who have been driven…
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The State of TU’s Grassroots
TU National Leadership Council Chair Mick McCorcle delivers the State of TU's Grassroots at the TU annual meeting conducted in September in Roanoke, Va. State of Grassroots 2017 from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo.