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Voices from the River: Water is life

Published in Voices from the river

By Don Duff An effort to protect fragile aquatic wetland ecosystems and the wildlife that uses them has been under way in northeast Nevada for 15 years. The Southern Nevada Water Authority is proposing a 300-mile pipeline, 7-feet in diameter, to move pumped groundwater from the Snake Valley near Baker on the Nevada/Utah border and…

Trout Unlimited Field Staff Recognized for Conservation Writing

6/20/2006 Trout Unlimited Field Staff Recognized for Conservation Writing June 20, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Hunt (208) 406-9106 Trout Unlimited Field Staff Recognized for Conservation Writing LAKE CHARLES, La. — Three Trout Unlimited (TU) field staffers were recognized for their conservation writing at the 79th annual convention of the Outdoor Writers Association of…

Fly tying: Ken’s Crystal Worm

Published in Fishing, Fly tying

I have the same discussion with a lot of different folks about this time every year. Are flies that imitate worms … ethical? My take? Absolutely. They mimic a naturally occuring prey base in rivers, lakes and streams all over America, and, with high flows approaching in some of our snow-locked rivers, worm patterns are…

Trout Tips: Have someone read to you

Published in Fishing, Trout Tips

Editor’s note: The following is exerpted from TU’s book, “Trout Tips,” available online for overnight delivery. When I was learning to read books, I learned by having someone read to me. Soon, I was able to pick out a word or two, then sentences, paragraphs, etc. Eventually, I was able to read an entire book…

Montana Troutfitters

About us Montana Troutfitters has been helping anglers with their fly fishing needs since 1978. For well over 30 years we have worked hard to provide our customers with the most accurate Montana fishing reports, best fly fishing guides, and finest selection of fly fishing gear and flies. What we do We offer a complete…

TU Volunteer Printshop

The TU Volunteer Printshop The TU Volunteer Printshop provides you with an easy-to-use and affordable way to print high-quality, beautifully designed business card, posters, flyers, postcards, tickets and more. These print products are easy for you to personalize with your chapter’s event information. Whether you are promoting your upcoming chapter fundraiser, hosting a family fishing…

Wild Rivers Coffee Company

We are a family business selling coffee and gear as great as the great outdoors. We are avid fly fisherman and proud to support TU in hopes that our children and generations to come will have the opportunity to fish and enjoy the scenic waterways of our continent.

Light Cahill Wet Fly

Published in Fly tying, Fishing, TROUT Magazine

Here in the West, it seems like summer is taking it’s time—it looks like we may not see the 80s for another week or so here in eastern Idaho. But it’s coming. And when it does, it’ll be time to start swinging wet flies for both big-river and backcountry trout. The pattern tied by Tim…

Trout Unlimited Releases Petition to Celebrate National Public Lands Day 2017

For immediate release CONTACT:Corey Fisher / Senior Policy Directorcfisher@tu.org / (406) 546-2979 Need a reason to support public lands? Heres 8,000. Trout Unlimited releases petition to celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday (Sept. 29, 2017) WASHINGTON D.C. — In honor of National Public Lands Day, Trout Unlimited is celebrating by releasing 8,000 reasons public…

Donegal TU Veterans Service Partnership Hosts Rivers of Recovery

Published in Veterans, Community

Congratulations to Donegal TU Veterans Service Partnership program, VSP Coordinator Bill Nolan, and all the Donegal TU volunteers for putting together this great event with Rivers of Recovery. This is a great example of how the “P” word (partnership) in the VSP is supposed to work! Job well done! Donegal (PA) TU VSP Hosts Rivers…

Crooked Run Fermentation

At Crooked Run, we strive to create a high quality, comprehensive craft beverage experience that encompasses the widest audience of drinkers. We accomplish this by offering a great variety of craft beverages, constantly improving our products and processes, ensuring great customer experiences at all of our locations, and fostering a company culture of education, inclusiveness,…

Something fishy with these socks…

Published in Uncategorized

Socks – unless you live in a climate a lot friendlier than Wyoming, you wear ‘em. But that doesn’t mean they have to be boring. How’d you like to lose those white crews and wear some socks that stand out? Better yet, how’d you like to have awesome socks and do some great things for…

Three little nymphs

Published in Fly tying, Fishing

I love the way Matt Callies from Loon ties flies. Check that. I love the way he converses when he ties flies. You can tell Callies is a fly fishing guide and not just a vise junkie. He fishes what he ties, and he’s pretty pragmatic about what comes from his vise when all is…

Surf candy

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

Fly fishing on both coasts for striped bass wouldn’t be the same without Bob Popovic’s Surf Candy. It’s one of the best patterns anglers can use for stripers that are crushing bait in the salt, and even for fish that are migrating upriver en route to spawning water. Above, Tim Flagler ties up a new,…

Remembering a hero: John Weis

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Longtime TU member and stream access chamption John Weis. Francisco Kjolseth photo. By Brett Prettyman John Weis always took pleasure in the simple things and never hesitated to point out the obvious. John also understood the value of something too many of us have conveniently learned to ignore – getting involved in things we are…

Voices from the River: Celebrating Texas trout

Published in Voices from the river

As I sit here in Idaho Falls watching two feet of snow melt into a slushy pond at the foot of my driveway, my buddy Kirk Deeter is likely stringing up a 5-weight with members of one of my favorite TU chapters in the country and preparing to chase some fat, tailwater trout. In Texas.…

Clean Water Rule Rollback – Statement of Chris Wood & Rob Masonis

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170228_TU_Chris Wood Statement CWRule Rollback.pdf Rollback of Clean Water Rule could impact steelhead recovery in Pacific Northwest TU underscores importance of protecting small streams for fish and wildlife as rule is evaluated CONTACT: Shauna Stephenson / Trout Unlimited ssherard@tu.org / 307.757.7861 (Feb. 28, 2017) Washington D.C. – Today President Trump signed an executive order that…