Search results for “great lakes”

Saluda River

Trout Unlimited Chapter located in the Midlands of South Carolina. Our main conservation focus is the lower Saluda River, a tailrace of Lake Murray. We are focused on conservation through education and citizen science.

The Dark Side

Published in Voices from the river, Conservation, Fishing

The author’s brother, gone over to the Dark Side. Last week I went to what my brother and lifelong fishing partner calls “the Dark Side.” That would be fishing in warm, still water for largemouth bass and northern pike, mostly with conventional tackle. We always get a laugh out of this, because neither of us…

Tip – Lake fishing

Published in Fishing, Trout Talk

Simon Gawesworth with Far Bank Fly Fishing School walks us through how to find fish in a lake, gear, casts, retrieves and how to fish different flies.

Muscle memory on the Green River

Published in American Places, Featured

My previous canoeing experience had consisted of gliding across the glassy lakes of the Sierra Nevada. And while Lake Tahoe and Lake Lahontan could become treacherous in a storm, they did not represent the intrinsic peril of the swift, boney river onto which I was about to embark

Climate change and the future of Yellowstone

Published in Conservation

Above, the view from the lip of Lower Yellowstone Falls. Photo by Chris Hunt. Below, Larry Harris on Indian Creek in Yellowstone National Park. by Larry Harris I have camped and fished in Yellowstone Park almost every year from 1992 to the present, enjoying weeks there with family and friends. Yellowstone Park is crowded when…

Climate change and the future of Yellowstone

Published in Conservation

Above, the view from the lip of Lower Yellowstone Falls. Photo by Chris Hunt. Below, Larry Harris on Indian Creek in Yellowstone National Park. by Larry Harris I have camped and fished in Yellowstone Park almost every year from 1992 to the present, enjoying weeks there with family and friends.  Yellowstone Park is crowded when…

Worrying about water

Published in Trout Talk
Lake Meade and its extremely low water levels.

All is not right with Lake Meade. As of this writing, Lake Meade is almost 156 feet below “full pool.” It’s down almost 140 feet below its levels about 20 years ago

Champlain Valley

Champlain Valley Trout Unlimited – CVTU – covers northwestern Vermont waters in the Lake Champlain watershed. CVTU sponsors conservation and angling events year-round, and supports Trout in the Classroom in nearly 40 schools throughout the region.

Flowing free in ’23

Published in Dam Removal

The long campaign to remove four old dams and recover the Klamath River’s legendary salmon and steelhead runs nears completion.

Zane Grey

From stream bank restoration to fish stocking and stream clean ups, Zane Grey TU members, volunteers and partners “roll rocks” and make a hands-on contribution to help protect, restore and sustain Arizona’s cold water lakes and streams.

An accidental trophy

Every now and then, I like to explore and find new water, even in parts of the world I’m very familiar with. Earlier this week, I spent some time in the fringe country of Yellowstone National Park, along the Idaho-Montana border. It’s ranch and cabin country here—there’s a lot of private land that borders public…

Trout Creek Outfitters

Trout Creek Outfitters – Truckee’s local fly-fishing hub – has everything you need to get ready for your time on the water. Our friendly and knowledgable staff has decades of experience fishing the waterways of streams and lakes in the Tahoe region.