In August, Drew Petrie can usually be found guiding clients on the Kenai River. As the owner and operator of Lost Boys Fishing, he works tirelessly from early June to late October
June 23, 2015 Contacts: Jack Williams, Trout Unlimited senior scientist, jwilliams@tu.org, (541) 261-3960 Sam Davidson, California Communications Director, sdavidson@tu.org, (831) 235-2542 Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited national communications director, chunt@tu.org, (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Trout Unlimited report highlights challenges facing native trout in the U.S. Climate change, water demand and non-native species among biggest…
Established in 2024, CastBack is a premier digital marketplace to buy and sell quality used fly fishing rods, reels, and gear. As a 100% veteran-owned small business, CastBack donates 5% of their annual revenue to support Project Healing Waters, a fly fishing-focused charity for military veterans.
Population viability analysis (PVA) is a powerful conservation tool, but one remaining unapproachable for many species because of the amount of data required to build useful models. This is especially true for species occurring in multiple populations, each of which requires a separate PVA. With NASA and other partner funding, Trout Unlimited and a host…
About us We are your catch and release guiding outfitter for Southwestern Colorado; specializing in the Rio Grande, San Juan River, private and other surrounding waters. Our local guides are experts of the fishing in the area and have combined over 40 years of guiding experience here and other waters across the globe! Wolf Creek…
A majority of Wisconsin’s 115 fish species, including native brook trout, need to move throughout a watershed seasonally or at varying stages in their lifecycle to feed, find cooler water, avoid predators and reach spawning habitat. Research conducted in the early 1990s in Northern Wisconsin documented the seasonal movement of trout. When water temperatures reached…
The Prince Nymph squares off with the Elk-hair Caddis, and the Adams goes up against the Woolly Bugger
Kamil Miłkowski photo via Pixabay. Editor’s note: With more and more people heading to the outdoors in pursuit of safe and healthy recreation, reports of bad behavior are becoming more common. From abandoned campfires to litter, we’re seeing impacts on public lands that stem largely from ignorance rather than malice. We asked several long-time Trout…
Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Government Affairs, Trout Unlimited, steve.moyer@tu.org ARLINGTON, Va.—Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood is being honored as a 2022 inductee into the national Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. Wood, who started at TU two decades ago and took the reins of the national nonprofit in 2009, has grown…
A Firehole River brown trout caught on a small soft-hackle. By Chris Hunt For years and years, fly fishing for trout, for me, was a three-period game, not a four-quarter contest. It was hockey, not football (even though I’m not much of a hockey guy). Depending on the season, the time of day or the…
Multi-million-dollar effort to restore headwater streams in Gila National Forest takes flight ahead of 100th Anniversary of Gila Wilderness
SalmonForestFinalSm.jpg NEW TU Logo.jpg November 20, 2015 Contact: Austin Williams, Alaska Director of Law and Policy, Trout Unlimited, awilliams@tu.org, 907-227-1590 Mark Kaelke, Southeast Alaska Project Director, Trout Unlimited, mkaelke@tu.org, 907-321-4464 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited commends the Forest Service for releasing proposed plan that includes protections for high-value salmon rivers Sportsmen and business owners encourage…
It would be years before I caught much more apart from a few fishing trips in the mountains for brook trout and a couple others on a nearby lake for rainbows.
Trying to convince automakers to stop marketing their trucks and SUVs that depict those vehicles splashing through rivers has been a Sisyphean task.
Alpine Anglers serves Utah county and the surrounding area. We have been involved in numerous conservation projects associated with the Provo River and its drainage, Strawberry Reservoir and its tributaries, and those waters flowing from the mountains east of Utah Valley. We currently hold our meetings at the famed Sundance Resort.
The “upstream and dry” approach is a commonly accepted method—and on some European waters, it’s required—for fly fishing. Here in the U.S., we’re blessed with a lot of trout water, and, thankfully, a lot of public lands on which we can fish at our leisure rather than being forced to pay rod fee, walk a…
Trout Unlimited has received three federal grant awards totaling nearly $750,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for stream protection and restoration projects in the upper Delaware River watershed. These grant awards support the conservation goals of the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with NFWF. Thanks to…
Dave Sweet, left, and Joe McGurrin—two of TU’s finest. Long-time Trout Unl imited Director of Resources Joe McGurrin and David Sweet, a volunteer leader with TU’s East Yellowstone Chapter were awarded the two most prestigious awards at the Wild Trout Symposium in West Yellowstone, Mont., this week. The Aldo Starker Leopold Wild Trout Award is…
