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A note from Chris Wood on elections and the work ahead

Published in From the President

In 2016, Donald Trump defied the polls and became president. Some of you may recall what I wrote to you back then:   While most of the conservation community turned their backs, we engaged the Trump administration over the next four years to protect Bristol Bay. Our advocacy was key to helping persuade them to deny…

Finding an old friend on a new hunt

Published in Trout Talk

I visited Adak in search of caribou. My husband, three friends and I were on a mission to fill our freezers. I’ve spent a lifetime in Alaska, but this was my first visit to the Aleutians. I was thrilled to finally have a reason this beautiful, far-off corner of my home state.  

Voices from the River: The opener

Published in Voices from the river

By Eric Booton The countdown begins every winter when I receive my Trout Unlimited calendar (thanks TU!). I immediately spend several minutes noting the important dates, trips and plans that need to be remembered; several of which are the closures and openers of my favorite Alaska fishing holes. I am surrounded by, or just a…

Protections for Bristol Bay back on track

Published in Uncategorized

Photo by Fly Out Media On Friday of last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 decision to withdraw the Bristol Bay 404(c) Proposed Determination, putting back in place science-based limits on large mine waste in the headwaters of Bristol Bay.   This victory concludes a two-year-long lawsuit by Trout Unlimited and comes in the wake of a recent ruling in…

The wild Tongass and common-sense policies

Published in Advocacy, Featured

If you’re an angler, throughout the year you can search out the elusive steelhead in small creeks, swing flies for all five species of wild Pacific salmon, catch sea-run cutthroat, Dolly Varden and rainbow trout.

Kenai Peninsula

Please join the Kenai Peninsula Chapter as we make fishing better in Alaska. Our Mission is to engage our community and advocate for sustainable fisheries on the Kenai Peninsula. Our Vision is to work to ensure that native and wild coldwater fish thrive within the Kenai Peninsula for generations to come.

Patience to outlast Pebble

Published in Conservation, Advocacy

Patience is a virtue that humans have collectively had to learn over the course of the last three months. Pebble can be added to the long list of things were Alaskans and fishermen apply their honed skill of patience.

Copper on the Fly

We are a rainbow trout lodge located in the Bristol Bay watershed of southwest Alaska. Located on the famous Copper River, we fish mostly our home river with the ability to do fly outs to other rivers.

Mousing the Aniak

Published in Video spotlight, Fishing, Fly tying, Travel, TROUT Magazine

Oh, to be Brian O’Keefe for a day last summer in western Alaska. O’Keefe served as Todd Moen’s fishing subject in Moen’s new short film, “Alaska Fly Fishing with a Mouse,” that’s been crawling the interwebs with a vengeance over the last few days. And rightly so—the footage of massive Alaskan rainbows erupting beneath mouse…

Striving to learn more about steelhead

Published in Science

Alaska TU chapters expand knowledge of steelhead on Kenai Peninsula There are many reasons steelhead, that coveted and often illusive quarry, have captured the imaginations of anglers for so long. Perhaps it’s their large size and the almost inconceivable power they exhibit as they bolt upstream, melting line from your reel in unimagined fury. Perhaps…

TU Five Rivers Odyssey: Bristol Bay today

Published in Uncategorized

Editor’s note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. These students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay and the Tongass…

Video spotlight: Hungry Life

Published in Video spotlight

Maybe it’s because I’m coming up on about six weeks of self-imposed food deprivation (you know, that moment when you step on the scale and all you can say is, “WTF??”), or maybe it’s because eating “cleaner” has become more important to me of late, but the video below speaks to me. Video of YETI…

Voices from the River: Angler etiquette

Published in Voices from the river

Combat fishing in Alaska at its finest. By Dave Atcheson My reasons for fishing vary. Sure, sometimes it’s utilitarian; to fill the freezer, but more often than not it’s about the experience. It’s about connecting to the outdoors, to something larger than myself, the sense of peace and relaxation that only comes streamside. This is…