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Reconnection Report Card — New York Priority Waters
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…
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Blue Lines & Brook Trout – Mapping Critical Spawning Habitat in Connecticut’s Priority Waters
Trout Unlimited and Connecticut DEEP band together for wild trout data collection and improved regulations. Here’s how YOU can help today! Brook trout in Connecticut have certainly not had it easy these last few centuries due to logging, agriculture and development, and yet these resilient and resourceful native fish still hold on – even thrive…
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Hoppers in paradise: Terrestrial season in the Driftless
“Ease up to the edge and just dap the fly,” Peter Jonas said as we sneaked up to the banks of a sinewy spring creek in Wisconsin’s Buffalo County. “You might not see the take, but you’ll hear it.” Carefully I dropped the big Chubby Chernobyl fly into the water. A second later: “Bloop!” And…
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Tip – underwater world of brook trout
Watch this stunner of a video following wild, eastern brook trout to get a sense of their behaviors, curiosity and impressive sizes. You’re sure to learn a thing or two for your next fishing adventure once the waters cool off a bit on your favorite small stream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_hCMwmTLTw&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=76
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The True Cast – Small Water
There’s this corny (but true!) saying that describes the “stages” of an angler. First, you want to catch a fish. Then you want to catch a lot of fish. Then you want to catch a really big fish. Then you want to catch many big fish. And then… when you’ve done all those things… all…
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West Kill Brewing & Trout Unlimited present: Brookies for Brookies
Catskill craft beer conservation partnership announced
Photo by Ashley Bohan.Illustration of “Brookie” By Steven Weinberg.www.stevenweinbergstudio.com Catskill craft beer conservation partnership announced West Kill Brewing is proud to support the efforts of Trout Unlimited to conserve and protect eastern brook trout here in its home state of New York, and you can too. September 1st kicks off our “Brookies for Brookies” partnership…
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“Angling for Hope”
A vision for Pennsylvania’s Beech Creek
A vision for Pennsylvania’s Beech Creek An angler looking for a diverse trout angling mecca in the East could do worse than to choose the State College, Pa., area as a base of operations. Small mountain streams teem with native brook trout. Larger lower elevation streams such as Spring Creek, Fishing Creek, Penns Creek and…