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Video spotlight: Down and Across
Spey casting is becoming a much more mainstream angling method for big-river fishing, and not just for steelhead and salmon. I'm starting to see spey casters on the South Fork and the Henry's Fork of the Snake with regularity, chasing rainbows, cutthroats and browns in sweeping runs and throwing 100-foot casts with so little effort…
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Keep the public involved in public lands management
Tell the Senate to keep the public in public land management: Support Planning 2.0 Please take a few minutes to contact your Senators and urge them to oppose efforts to do away with Planning 2.0 and ensure that the public has a voice in public land management. By Corey Fisher alt="" title="" />Last May, I…
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Anglers to President Trump: Protect our waters.
This week, Congress voted to make it easier for coal mining companies to dump their waste in your streams and rivers. To be clear, this will not bode well for your fishing. The repeal of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule by both House and Senate will make it easier for mining companies to remove mountain…
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Short casts: Scary fishing encounters, a fly fishing justice and Guatemalan billfish
Fishing with a black bear near Wrangell, Alaska I've had the good fortune of toting a fly rod to some pretty intersting places around the world, and, as a result, have had some sketchy encounters, ranging from an arme d flotilla of Sabine River catfish trotliners to grizzlies in Alaska and Yellowstone to a fairly…
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What is Trout Unlimited doing about public lands?
The threat of losing our public lands looms large. It grows, passing like wildfire through halls of Congress and state capitols, spreading its invasive rhetoric in our communities. People with soft hands and expensive suits tell us: “It’s just transfer. It’s not like we’re selling them.” It’s not just transfer. And it is a big…
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A New School Year with the TU Teens of Gallipolis
The Tu Teens Club of Gallipolis, OH is in it's 5th year! It is the first of its kind in the mid-west region of Trout Unlimited. Shannon Mayes is a teacher at the Gallia Academy Middle School and founded the club in 2013. TU Teens is part of the Recreation On Campus for Kids (ROCKS)…
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Madison Valley Ranch – The Best of the Best
One of the highest forms of praise for any of us in the fly fishing world is to be recognized by the best for being the best. Our peers know excellence because they provide excellence. That’s why I was so happy when Madison Valley Ranch was recognized by Orvis at the 2015 Orvis Guide Rendezvous…