From Bristol Bay to the Hill: Trout Unlimited’s trip to Washington D.C.
Our Alaska team traded waders for suits to advocate for permanent safeguards of Bristol Bay’s prolific salmon fishery.
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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.
Patience to outlast Pebble
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.
Short casts: Zinke rides in, clean water takes a hit, salmon-flavored Iditarod
Photo NBC News New U.S. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke literally rode to work on horseback today, where he was greeted by Interior staffers for his first day on the job. Zinke is now charged with managing about 500 million acres of public lands all across the country, and the best news of the day…
Fishing for independence
As the ice began to break away from Alaska’s rivers and the sun elongated our days this spring, I told myself that summer 2019 was going to be the season that I commit to understanding the sport, and really learn how to fly fish. For my personal interest and professional growth, I had no excuses not to.
Giving Pebble the Boot
Korkers has designed a limited-edition pair of Devil’s Canyon wading boots with Trout Unlimited in support of permanent and durable safeguards Bristol Bay.
Alaska’s Indigenous communities at work in the Tongass
Southeast Alaska tribes have long cared for their lands. Now they’re at work restoring them.
Watch: “Everyone In Between”
A film from Captains for Clean Water highlights the need to protect two critical fisheries that are at great risk: Bristol Bay and the Everglades.
Mousing the Aniak
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…
TU Five Rivers Odyssey: Bristol Bay today
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
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…
Native: Arctic char? Or Dolly Varden?
By Dave Atcheson “I cast out and try to be patient, waiting for my fly to sink. On my first cast I’m too patient and snag. On the next I begin my retrieve earlier, an excruciatingly slow retrieve, just a twitch of the line here and there to keep my fly undulating above the weed…
Voices from the River: Angler etiquette
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…
30 Great Places: Tongass
Region: AlaskaActivities: FishingSpecies: Chum, Chinook, Sockeye, Pink and Coho salmon; Dolly Varden; Steelhead; Coastal cutthroat trout; Rainbow trout Where: The Tongass encompasses 17 million acres of public land, spread across much of Southeast Alaska. It’s a wonderland of hulking hemlock, spruce and cedar western hemlock, Sitka spruce, western red cedar and yellow cedar trees, dotted…
Voices from the River: An Alaskan in LA—A carp story
By Eric Booton I couldn’t resist chuckling to myself as I boarded a flight from Anchorage to Los Angeles with my fly rod in hand. I work, live and play in Alaska. The salmon state. The land of 30-inch rainbow trout. Home of seemingly endless fishing options. Yet I, a self described mountain bum, was…
Add your business to the list of Bristol Bay supporters
In December 2017, Northern Dynasty filed for their 404 Wetlands Dredge and Fill Permit, one of the critical permits that they need to operate the mine and more specifically, rip up wetlands and fill them with mine waste. By filing for their 404 permit, Pebble’s backers officially kicked off the permitting process for the project…
Sharing moments in time on a Wild and Scenic Alaskan river
Signaling another year’s passing, the annual float down the Gulkana River, one of Alaska’s many Wild and Scenic rivers, is one such noteworthy occurrences, with no place better to be present in the company of friends than in the wild
Meet Aaron, TU Alaska’s new Habitat Restoration Director
Aaron will work to ensure our restoration efforts bring maximum benefits to local fish and communities. We are thrilled to welcome him to the team!
TU statement on House T&I attack on Bristol Bay, clean water
July 14, 2014 Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice president of Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited (571) 274-0593 Tim Bristol, Director of Trout Unlimiteds Alaska Program (907) 321-3291 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited releases statement regarding attacks on Bristol Bay and Clean Water in House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Suite of bad bills would ignore Alaskans, fishermen and…