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Video spotlight: Jungle Fly Fishing

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The primal rainforests of the Amazon basin are slowly revealing their fishy treasures to fly anglers the world over. We’re seeing more video footage of everything from golden dorado to the mighty arapaima. But the fish that started it all is likely the decorated peacock bass. Video of Jungle Fly Fishing *TRAILER* Peacock Bass Fishing…

Trout Tips: In winter, be ready for any conditions

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Garrison Doctor of Rep Your Water has some great advice for anglers heading out in the winter to chase trout. It’s simple, really, and it oozes with plain, old common sense. Be ready for anything. Trout Tips – Winter Fishing Intro from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. Conditions in winter can vary from blue-bird skies (like…

Fly tying: CDC Micro Caddis

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How many times have you stood at the tail of a run that’s just boiling with rising fish, but you have no idea what, exactly, they’re after? Yeah, dozens, right? Me, too. Video of CDC Micro Caddis Above, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions, ties his CDC Micro Caddis, a fly that he uses in these…

Video spotlight: Tom Rosenbauer’s Top 8 Fall Flies

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From the “What the Experts Like” Department, Orvis brings you this great little informative video that first aired as a Facebook Live post earlier this month. But now, you can check out Tom Rosenbauer’s eight favorite fall flies on your own. Video of Tom Rosenbauer's Top 8 Fall Flies The message? Vary your size and…

Fly tying: The Palomino Midge

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Normally, when I hear Tim Flagler say that he’s tying a fly in a size 20, “but feel free to go smaller,” I just throw up my hands and resign myself to the fact that the pattern he’s demonstrated is for fingers smaller and more dextrous than mine. Video of Palomino Midge But, as you’ll…

Selecting CDC, Part 2

Published in Fly tying, Fishing, TROUT Magazine

Last week, Tightline Productions’ Tim Flagler taught us the CDC (cul-de-canard) basics—we know that the feathers come ducks or geese, near their preening glands. These feathers have lots of surface area, which helps them trap air and keeps the afloat quite well. Above, Tim shows us how various CDC feathers are used in common fly…

Have you found your favorite Zoom attire?

Published in Trout Talk

I don’t know about you all, but I’m about “Zoomed” out. I will say, however, that the upside of virtual meetings is that I haven’t worn dress slacks in over a year.  I’ve even taken a shine to wearing T-shirts that make subtle statements, depending on whom I’m meeting with online. Top choices now include some old…

Patrick Pozzi – Glacier Sotheby’s International Realty

Welcome to my world of adventure and passion for the great outdoors! Born and raised amidst the rugged beauty of Alaska, my love for hunting, fishing, and conservation was cultivated in the wilds of the Last Frontier. Now calling Montana home, I’ve seamlessly transitioned my enthusiasm to the majestic landscapes of Big Sky Country. You’ll…

Clean Water Rule – TU opposes SR12 and other similar measures

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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

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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…

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…

Defining moments on the Truckee

Published in River Champions

The indicator dipped below the milky green waters of Northern Nevada’s Truckee River. Riley Roberts pulled hard on his 10-foot 4-weight. He looked at the water through the green mirror of his sunglasses.

TU thanks Sens. Baucus and Burns for efforts to protect the Rocky Mountain Front

12/9/2006 TU thanks Sens. Baucus and Burns for efforts to protect the Rocky Mountain Front Dec. 9, 2006 Contact: David Stalling, (406) 531-7840, dstalling@tu.org Chris Hunt (208) 406-9106, chunt@tu.org For immediate release: TU thanks Sens. Baucus and Burns for efforts to protect the Rocky Mountain Front GREAT FALLS, Mont.Trout Unlimited on Saturday thanked U.S. Sens.…

EPA announces Clean Water Rule rollback – MTTU Response

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title=”” /> EPA announces Clean Water Rule rollback Montana Trout Unlimited urges anglers to stand up and protect clean water CONTACT: David Brooks / Executive Director, Montana Trout Unlimiteddavid@montanatu.org / (406) 543-0054 (o); (406) 493-5384 (c) Shauna Stephenson / Trout Unlimitedssherard@tu.org / (307) 757-7861 (June 27, 2017) WASHINGTON D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency announced…

EPA announces Clean Water Rule rollback – MTTU Response

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EPA announces Clean Water Rule rollback Montana Trout Unlimited urges anglers to stand up and protect clean water CONTACT: David Brooks / Executive Director, Montana Trout Unlimiteddavid@montanatu.org / (406) 543-0054 (o); (406) 493-5384 (c)Shauna Stephenson / Trout Unlimitedssherard@tu.org / (307) 757-7861 (June 27, 2017) WASHINGTON D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency announced it would begin…

Community efforts make impact on Michigan’s Nash Creek

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By Jamie Vaughan Students in the Sparta, Mich., community have been crusading to protect Nash Creek for years, planting trees, restoring prairies, and installing rain gardens and other native plant gardens to reduce polluted stormwater runoff on Sparta Schools’ property. Last year, they took their work into the community and took on the large project…

TU Business Spotlight: Thin Air Anglers

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It’s been a rough spring for a lot of fly anglers in the interior West. It was winter until not very long ago, and now that epic snowpack is melting. The meadows at our home place are under anywhere from a few inches to several feet of water. All the places we like to fish…

Trout campers in NH and VT get hands-on conservation experience

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By Joe Norton Recently, TU’s Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Initiative held our annual conservation days with the New Hampshire and Vermont TU Youth Trout Camps. Eliza Perreault led the camps’ Conservation Days. She is the Home Rivers Conservation Assistant, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Riparian Invasives Specialist, Grip-Hoist Gal, and, as is clear, the program’s Jill…

Penobscot Dam Removal Marks Major Step in Recovery of Atlantic Salmon

Contact:Erin Mooney, (215) 557-2845, emooney@tu.orgJeff Reardon, (207) 615-9200, jreardon@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Penobscot Dam Removal Marks Major Step in Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Penobscot River restoration project to open 1,000 miles of habitat to salmon Arlington, VA Today’ marks the beginning of the removal of the 200-year old Great Works Dam on Maine’s Penobscot River…