In what feels like a lifetime ago, I was a disaster relief volunteer. I was always astonished with how grief stricken and tumultuous conditions could unite people in supporting one another with, oftentimes, simple acts of kindness. As we are all experiencing this pandemic differently, I have found great comfort in how people are uniting…
Thanks to Arlin Grimes and his Aqua Terra Restoration business, the Rattlesnake Dam near Missoula, Mont., is now down
Capping the number of caught-and-released fish could solve a lot of problems… and bum a lot of people out.
Even now, If I could earn any one word, it would still be “poise.”
Separated by several years, two events are working together to make a great trout stream in the Catskills even better.
In fly casting, as with golf, it all starts with your grip.
Editor’s note: For great fishing tips and tricks from TU staffers and volunteers all over America, you can buy TU’s new book, “Trout Tips” online and have it shipped overnight. I spent an afternoon last week on the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park. It’s one of the West’s iconic rivers, and it’s also one…
Utah’s been in the news a lot lately thanks to the state’s elected leadership and its efforts over the last few years to seize or sell public lands from every American who owns them. As anglers, many of us know that Utah is wonderful fishing destination, and that most of the great trout fishing in…
Senator’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley reintroduced legislation today that would protect one of the country’s best remaining populations of wild steelhead. The “Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area” bill will safeguard more than 100,000 acres of habitat on the famed North Umpqua. “Trout Unlimited applauds the determined leadership of Oregon Senators’…
Fly Fishing Film Tour 2017! Get ready! WorldCast Anglers, Orvis Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited and Teton Valley Trout Unlimited are bringing the Fly Fishing Film Tour back to Jackson Hole in 2017! We have also added a Teton Valley showing! Tickets are $15 before the event and $20…
April Vokey lands a monster taimen. Andrew Burr/Patagonia Can you imagine going on a fishing trip to Mongolia and not knowing what kind of fish you might catch? Photographer Andrew Burr did exactly that. The result was shared on Patagonia’s The Cleanest Line blog. Titled “Notes from a Non-Angler”, Burr recounts his journey to capture…
surf the waves back in to the beach. First one to touch sand wins. It looks both gnarly and super fun if you’re a whitewater enthusiast.
Hardly a day goes by that our team doesn’t get asked “Why don’t they build fish ladders?” (they have!) or “Aren’t salmon doing great?” (they are not.) This week, we’re answering them on Instagram.
I’ve been missing my little girl lately—she’s off on her own adventures now after graduating from high school last spring. But we had some adventures in years past, and this past summer, we met on a little creek high in Idaho’s Caribou National Forest for some fishing. The two of us have always had a…
When I got my first beginning fly-tying kit all those years ago, most of the tools made sense. But there was this weird loopy, wiry thing that just confounded me. It was a whip-finishing tool. I set it aside and when I tied my first fly (likely a horrible-looking Woolly Bugger that, on its best…
Photo courtesy of Steve Ringman, Seattle Times The same company that allowed the accidental release of hundreds of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon into the waters of Puget Sound has been ordered to shut down another of its salmon farm net pens, this one off the coast of Port Angeles, Wash. We’ve known for a…
I’m headed the Mayan Riviera in a few weeks to chase bonefish and other salty critters on the fly—it’s a great place to visit if you’re a fly fisher, especially if you can get out of the perpetual “spring break” atmosphere near Cancun. You can chase flats fish along the beach as you head south…
I know it’s been a hell of a winter back East, and while it may seem like it’ll never end, my angling pals in the Eastern Time Zone are getting ready to enjoy the best trout fishing between now and next fall. See, while it may seem like winter, it’s damn near spring. By March,…
Screen shot courtesy of Water Wolf. Barracuda are incredible gamefish, but they’re often overlooked in favor of the “sexier” critters, like bonefish, tarpon and permit. But, at least in my opinion, they belong atop the list for flats fish on the fly, simply because, well, they’re just mean. I almost think they deserve to be…
I’m not a big steelhead guy—I’ll go once in a while, usually for the company and not so much the fishing, which is generally pretty slow. So I rarely find myself needing a ton of “big-water” casting skills. But one skill I learned while chasing steelhead is the one RIO’s Simon Gawesworth describes below—spey casting…
