Looking back to look forward
These are strange days. Many of us yearn to find again the balance and pleasure of standing in a trout stream. Until we do, photos–and the memories they bring back–provide a welcome respite.
Search results for “great lakes”
Join #CLEANMYWATER in making local streams and rivers cleaner for all
We’ve all been there. Wading in our favorite local haunt, soaking in the beauty of our surroundings when suddenly we catch a glimpse of something that ruins the whole day. Trash
Public lands, past and future
September is Public Lands Month, and few places are more important to trout and salmon than our public lands. Half of all the blue-ribbon trout streams in the West, for example, flow across public lands. Our public lands are often the last and best strongholds for many species of native trout and char. My exposure…
Lesson from the guide: cover the water
I’m a “freelance” fly fisher by trade. Even on new water, I tend to look for what appears to be familiar. Long, deep runs. Structure. Riffles. Tailouts. Rising fish. And when I see the latter, I become somewhat laser-focused. Rising fish are feeding fish, and feeding fish are eminently catchable. In the absence of rising…
The True Cast: Wanna fly fish? DON’T tie yourself up in knots.
Before getting into specifics, it’s worth pointing out one fundamental truth: a well-tied knot is far more effective than any fancy knot recipe.
A major victory on abandoned mine cleanup
Thanks to the bipartisan leadership of U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Jim Risch (R-ID), we are closer than we have ever been to fast-tracking work on the scourge that is America’s abandoned mines. For the first time, after two decades of work, Good Samaritan mine cleanup legislation has cleared a full chamber of Congress…
TU Fundraising Program
Fundraising & Discounted Gear Program Welcome to Trout Unlimited’s Fundraising & Discounted Gear Program. Auctions and raffles are a popular way for chapters to raise funds, and this program was designed to help you in that effort. Our Vendor Partners offer these generous discounts to help chapters and councils raise funds to continue the great…
Headwaters Board Members
Anne Hamilton Anne Hamilton is a graduate of Boston University. She serves on the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Academy of Music, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame boards. Anne is very active in the communities of Newport and Philadelphia and started the Newport Antiques Show in 2006. Her hobbies include fishing, tennis riding, traveling and helping dogs.…
Restoration of the Elwha River Fisheries and Ecosystem
2/11/2000 Restoration of the Elwha River Fisheries and Ecosystem Restoration of the Elwha River Fisheries and Ecosystem Background and Prospects for Recovery Contact: 2/11/2000 — — A Brief History In 1910, the free-flowing, fisheries-rich, 45-mile-long Elwha River, located in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, was blocked by the construction of the Elwha Dam creating the Lake…
Long effort leads to mine protections in Maine
By Jeff Reardon Last week, Maine’s Legislature overrode a veto by Governor Paul Lepage with an overwhelming bipartisan vote—35-0 in the Republican-controlled Senate; 122-21 in the Democratically-controlled House—to finally pass a bill that gives Maine protective rules for metallic mineral mining. That decision ended more than five years of work by Trout Unlimited and other…
In a Native Place
On the Fort Apache reservation, preserving native trout and a tribe’s identity. In the Western Apache worldview, humans share the earth with birds, elk, fish, insects, plants. Water, air, rocks—all are alive. All are part of the community of life here. The land is also full of stories. If you know the stories, say Apache…
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should
“Arctic grayling,” I responded without batting an eye. “I’ve never even seen one, let alone fished for them before. It’ll signify just how far from home I am on this trip.”
Trout Unlimited Applauds Withdrawal of Harmful Mining ProvisionsPublic Lands Safe From Firesale
12/14/2005 December 14, 2005 Contact: Chris Hunt, (208) 406-9106, chunt@tu.org or Kathleen Campbell, (571) 274-0597, kcampbell@tu.org Trout Unlimited Applauds Withdrawal of Harmful Mining Provisions Public Lands Safe From Firesale WASHINGTON, DCRep. Gibbons (R-NV) yesterday pulled provisions from the Reconciliation Bill that would have sold public lands to mining companies and other development interests for $1,000…
Dale Bosworth Selected as USDA's New Forest Service Chief
4/12/2001 Dale Bosworth Selected as USDA’s New Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth Selected as USDA’s New Forest Service Chief Veteran Forester Becomes Service’s 15th Chief Contact: 4/12/2001 — — Washington, D.C., April 12, 2001Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced the selection of Dale N. Bosworth as the new chief of the Forest Service. Bosworth…
Senator Bennet to Protect Sportsmen's Haven
Contact:Aaron Kindle, (303) 868-2859 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Senator Bennet to Protect Sportsmen’s Haven Bill would withdraw unleased portions of the Thompson Divide Washington, D.C. A bill introduced today would provide protection to an area critical to sportsmen and to the recreation-based rural economies of Colorado. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and…
Tightline Productions joins TU as a corporate sponsor
July 6, 2015 Contact: Joel Johnson, (703) 284-9413 Tim Flagler (908) 832-6677 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tightline Productions joins TU as newest corporate sponsor WASHINGTON, D.C. Tightline Productions, a producer of fly fishing video content based in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, is Trout Unlimiteds newest corporate partner. As a corporate partner, Tightline will allow TU to…
Bud Lilly
Bud Lilly died on January 4th at the age of 91. Bud was a Montana fly fishing icon, a legend in the fly fishing industry, and he was deeply involved in the beginning of Trout Unlimited in Montana. I met Bud in 1977. He and his wife Pat were friends of my mother and father-in-law…
Fly tying: JC’s Skunk Pygmy Sculpin
I’m warming to streamer fishing for trout, but I’ll be the first to admit, I’m a late convert. My aversion to heaving heavy flies into deep water using sink-tips, shooting heads or full-on sinking lines could more aptly be described as an abhorance of the inconvenient. Throwing that much weight with heavy rods just seemed…
TU’s Wood inducted into fishing hall of fame
Wood, who started at TU two decades ago, and took the reins as president and CEO in 2009, has grown the organization into an internationally respected conservation powerhouse with an annual budget approaching $80 million and a national staff of 260 employees
Short casts: Fires in Montana, new Winston rod, bugs in the ‘Glades, and more
Photo by Tim Harden, courtesy of Gink and Gasoline Wildfires in Montana. Harvey dumping record rain on Texas and Louisiana. And now Hurricane Irma is barreling toward the Southeast. It must be late summer in America, where yet another climatic crisis is under way. Wildfires in the West are a fact of life and always…