The official start to summer in New York coincided with another historic storm coming on the heels of a very rainy spring. A little extra rain amplifies lush green landscapes and healthy flowing rivers. However, we’ve again witnessed what happens when massive storms carrying a deluge of water and debris, head directly for a small community like the Village of Waterville. Local partners are collaborating to stabilize Big Creek to be more resilient when…
Trout Unlimited’s staff and municipal partners continue to work diligently to complete a wide-spanning list of New York priority culvert surveys and replacements. The reconnection of fragmented and dammed rivers resides at the core of our strategy to improve habitat for New York’s wild trout. With our small but mighty team, we reconnected over 30…
TU’s Northeast Conservation program has welcomed a key role player to the team. Jon C. Vander Werff is TU’s new Connecticut project manager. Vander Werff will orchestrate the 2025 Norwalk River Cannondale Dam (below) removal project, partnering with regional staff leads Tracy Brown and Jesse Vadala to execute this major project and connect our mission…
Fly fishing enthusiast and local TU board member, I enjoy tying quality flies and would be honored to tie for you.
Specializing in: Over 10,000 hand tied flies on stock! Simms, Orvis, Hardy, Cortland, SA, Fenwick, Greys, TFO, MFC, & Wapsi products. Near the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Open 9am to 5pm, closed Sunday.
In the early 1990s, TU volunteer Rich Redmen had the idea to use large Willow stakes to resurrect a deeply eroding stream bank on the Boquet River in Wadhams, N.Y. At the time, it was a common practice to load eroding banks with large rocks, often called rip rap. But rip rap could cost 15…
PA Troutfitters is a veteran-owned, fly fishing guide service located near Allentown, Pennsylvania. We specialize in drift boat trips, walk and wade trips, and fly fishing education classes.
