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A modern (& fishy) Meet-Cute
When Dalton Romanowski created his online dating profile, his buddies told him he had too many fish photos. It’s a common joke among young adults — especially in a mountain town like Bend, Ore., — that you’ll find hundreds of profiles of men showing off their best catch. Romanowski’s friends said he wouldn’t get a…
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Doing something to protect what you love
For Mike Mihalas, a surprise encounter in that pond (located in suburban Connecticut in this case) was the springboard to a life focused on fish, rivers and wild places.
Most of us don’t start our fishing lives on some storied fishery. Not many people spend their formative years on the Railroad Ranch of the Henry’s Fork nor in the lore-rich valleys of the Catskills, but a great many begin their journey at the exact same humble body of water; the neighborhood bluegill pond. For…
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A Champion for Bristol Bay
Lyon’s love for fishing and the outdoors has guided her entire life. Her father sparked that passion early on.
Nanci Morris Lyon isn’t afraid of working hard when the odds are stacked against her. When describing her ascent from a working-class upbringing on a small farm in Eastern Washington, to being one of the first female guides in a world-class fishery, to owning a premier fishing lodge in a coveted destination, she has this…
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An unlikely case study for trout conservation: Arizona
From securing national monuments to scaling up multi-million-dollar projects, Arizona’s policy and restoration work is ready to take center stage. Yes, Arizona has native trout. And, yes, we have quite an advocate for them in Nathan Rees, Trout Unlimited’s Arizona state lead. Apache trout country A family man in the Phoenix Valley, Rees’s role is…
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Photo of the Week – Be a champion
Trout Unlimited has a new tagline: “Every River Needs a Champion.” And while we would like to think it describes an organization that has grown from one grassroots chapter in Michigan to a national operation with outsize impact on conservation, really the tagline is about the people of TU, all the hundreds of thousands of…
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