Tip – Fix Leaky Waders
Now that fishing season is over or at least not as busy, it’s a great time to fix those leaking or weeping waders.
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Tip – fishing from a drift boat
Fly fishing out of a drift boat is a great way to cover water, but it requires some different techniques from wade fishing.
Clean Water Rule – TU opposes SR12 and other similar measures
title=”application/pdf” />170131_TU Letter re CWRule – S.Res_.12.pdf Re: Trout Unlimited (TU) opposes legislation that would undermine the Clean Water Rule (Rule). TU’s 150,000 members nationwide work to conserve, protect and restore the nation’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. Our members give back to the resource they love by investing dollars and volunteer hours…
Relentless optimism, relentlessly applied: crib notes from Chris Wood
Anyone who keeps abreast of the Trout Unlimited blog knows that Chris Wood, TU’s chief executive officer and president, has some really good stories and narrative chops. TU staff who support TU’s habitat, streamflow, and fish passage work in the West got to hear some of those stories on Jan. 28 during Chris’s keynote remarks…
TU members and volunteers mobilize to help communities impacted by Helene
On Oct. 5, less than a week after the remnants of Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeast, fishing was not an option.
Roadless Areas – Defending America’s Sporting Lands
Roadless Areas Defending America’s Sporting Lands ROADLESS FOR A REASON The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule prohibits new road construction and industrial logging on 58.5 million acres of multiple-use public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service across 39 states. These unroaded portions of our National Forests provide some of the best fish and wildlife habitat and hunting…
TU Salutes Dombeck's Stewardship of Forest Aquatic Resources
3/28/2001 TU Salutes Dombeck’s Stewardship of Forest Aquatic Resources TU Salutes Dombecks Stewardship of Forest Aquatic Resources Chief Announces His Retirement Contact: 3/28/2001 — — Arlington, VA. . . Trout Unlimited commended Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck for being a true steward of the nations natural resources as his four-year tenure at the helm of…
Get to know Colorado this weekend thanks to Orvis
The Orvis store in Denver’s Cherry Creek area is offering anglers the chance to get to know Colorado, and learn about its fly fishing during its upcoming angler education weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Spring is a great time to bone up on your fishing skills—anglers from all over the West are invited to come…
Spritzer season
Years ago, when I worked for TU’s Public Lands Initiative, we’d often wind down a big day in the field with a cocktail. Back then, the PLI was what I liked to call the TU Delta Force. We existed, but we never really acknowledged that fact—our staffers weren’t biologists or policy wonks. We were anglers,…
Fly tying: The RS2
I was in Denver a couple of weeks for a family thing, and I got to spend some time with my aunt and uncle in the city’s suburbs. My uncle is an avid fly fisher—he and I went to northern Saskatchewan this past summer and spent four days on a boat together chasing pike. We…
Fundraising Events
Fundraising Events For decades, the traditional means by which a TU chapter or council raises funds is by holding an annual fundraising banquet. This is still the primary way that most chapters and councils raise funds, and is an important part of any fundraising event strategy, but there are new and evolving ways that are…
Skating big dries for big trout
Nicco stood next to me along the middle reaches of Patagonia’s Malleo River in the fading Argentine light. Willows shrouded the creek, and I could only see the silhouette of the big Fat Albert as it drifted in the heavy water just across river. Nicco, my guide for the day, chose the hefty, foam monstrosity…
Teachers, staff step up to save trout at Colorado school
By Matt Moskal It’s a heart-warming phenomenon when stress, hardship and tragedy bring people together. Groceries are delivered to elderly neighbors, engineers fabricate ventilators seemingly out of thin air and corporations donate millions to those in need. Even in the most polarized of eras, hardship brings out the best in humanity. For Colorado conservationists, nowhere…
Fooling Dollies with dancing streamers
That’s when the magic happens — when the Dolly, all colored up for the fall spawn, sprints from under a rootball or from the depths of the dark water at the edge of a drop-off and attacks the fly. And when you can see it all happen? OMG
Trout Tips: Keep false casts off target
Editor’s note: The following is exerpted from TU’s book, “Trout Tips,” available online for overnight delivery. False casts are free, and they’re great for helping you measure out and judge distance. But they also spook fish. Several years ago, I stopped false casting directly over my target and started moving my false casts a little…
Gear Test: Hank Patterson reviews the Orvis rainjacket
The new Orvis Ultralight Wading Jacket is the company’s latest offering for inclement weather fly fishing. Video of Hank Patterson's Awesome Ultralight Wading Jacket Review However, as our good friend Hank Patterson points out, the weather really has be inclement in order to adequately test the product. So, for now, all we can really say…
Video spotlight: Biot tails
Biots used in fly tying are often tough to handle. As Tim Flagler notes in the video below, they’re slippery and not always cooperative. But biots make good flies great—can you imagine a really good Prince nymph without a goose biot tail? Video of Biot Basics – Biot Tails Above, Tim offers up a really…
Fly tying: The Mop Hopper
Last week, I shared Tim Flagler’s video on building round rubber legs for terrestrial patterns. It’s a brilliant (and relatively simple) way of crafting rubber legs that always rest at that perfect 90-degree angle. Video of Mop Hopper Above, Tim puts the method to use in his Mop Hopper pattern, a great high-floating terrestrial that…
FishSki Provisions
FishSki Provisions is a family business and for Tania and Rob, there is nothing better than a long day fly fishing or skiing followed by sharing a wholesome, healthy, full flavored meal with friends and family. They’re named FishSki because Rob and Tania’s three favorite things and passions in the world are Southwest foods, fly…
Voices from the River: Pike at the end of the rainbow
By Eric Booton Confidence overwhelmed me as I rode in the bow of the canoe. My cousin and I, paddling in tandem, raced toward the “pike of gold” at the end of the rainbow that Alaska’s midnight sun had put on display for us. The rainbow was particularly noteworthy, in fact. Powerful enough to captivate…