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Plan and then plan again
The year 2020 has been a year of wrecked plans
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Birds of a feather
Step one: throw a long cast down or upstream, immediately click the bail, establish tension, then activate your lure with a six to eight foot pull. Step two: stop everything. In these two moves, you have alerted every trout in the pool to the arrival of a big and vulnerable prey. Step three: resume a…
Fly tying: Off-the-hook Sucker Spawn
Several years ago, I was on an early-season prospecting trip into the headwaters of the Rio Grande in south-central Colorado, on the prowl for migrating cutthroats. I found a great little meadow-stretch of water and carefully crept to the edge of the river—really just a small stream at this elevation. Peering carefully over the edge…
Wolf Creek Anglers
About us We are your catch and release guiding outfitter for Southwestern Colorado; specializing in the Rio Grande, San Juan River, private and other surrounding waters. Our local guides are experts of the fishing in the area and have combined over 40 years of guiding experience here and other waters across the globe! Wolf Creek…
Trout Unlimited applauds Water Quality Control Commission’s approval of clean water protections for popular New Mexico trout streams
Contacts: Dan Roper, New Mexico State Lead, Trout Unlimited, dan.roper@tu.org Saba Ijadi, Policy and Engagement Manager, Trout Unlimited, saba.ijadi@tu.org Nick Streit, Owner, Taos Fly Shop, nick@taosflyshop.com SANTA FE – Trout Unlimited (TU) applauds today’s decision by the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) to designate over 250 stream miles in northern New Mexico as…
Video spotlight: Kau Tapen
The windswept steppe of the Rio Grande River drainage of Tierra del Fuego is on my bucket list. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to both Argentina and Chile, but I haven’t made it this far south… yet. This southern-most region of South America is truly a fly fisher’s nirvana. With massive sea-run brown trout…
What would Theodore Roosevelt do? Executive order calls for review of public land protections
A hiker takes in the splendor of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico. Make Your Voice Heard – Take Action Today! Caddis fly blizzards on the Arkansas River in Browns Canyon National Monument. Strongholds of native redband trout in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Fishing with the ghost of Henry David Thoreau…
It takes a suite of tools to recover native trout in the Pecos River of New Mexico
The Pecos River, its tributaries and surrounding wilderness area, is where much of northern New Mexico comes to fish. In fact, many of us learned how to fish on the Pecos.
TU advocacy is grounded in science
“In lobbying advocacy, you have just a minute or two to make a point. If you can’t do it effectively in that time you are done and out,” said Steve Moyer, Vice President of Government Affairs for Trout Unlimited. “The TU Science team gives us the opportunity to make that first meeting count by providing credible, accurate and effective messaging. I’ve seen it over and over, particularly with Waters of the United States.”
Video spotlight: The Devils
Most of the land around Texas’ great fishing rivers is owned by individuals. Public lands are few and far between. But, in West Texas north of the town of Del Rio, there flows a river that’s part of a state natural area and accessible to everyone. And it’s an amazing smallmouth and largemouth bass destination.…
Reels to the rescue
How a partnership with iconic Colorado companies benefits TU’s Embrace A Stream program
Environmental threats and lost revenue plague system of public lands management
Federal practices related to oil and gas leases are out of step with Colorado values As originally published in Colorado Newsline By Mark Seaton There’s a looming threat to public lands in Colorado, but Congress can take action before it turns into a hornet’s nest for fishing and hunting in our state. Consider for a…
Trout Unlimited applauds legislation modernizing public lands oil and gas leasing
Trout Unlimited applauds legislation modernizing public lands oil and gas leasing March 4, 2021 Contact: Corey Fisher, Trout Unlimited, 406-546-2979, corey.fisher@tu.org (March 4, 2021) WASHINGTON D.C. – Trout Unlimited supports legislation introduced today by Senator Cortez Masto (D-NV) that would improve the federal oil and gas leasing program on public lands. The End Speculative Oil and…
Agua es Vida: The fight to protect the Pecos River goes to Congress
Northern New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo mountain range holds incredible wealth: water, wildlife, forests, Rio Grande cutthroat trout…
TU Councils on national monuments
Want to know what 30 of Trout Unlimited’s state councils had to say about national monuments? Here’s the full text of their official comments, submitted July 10. July 10, 2017 Monument Review, MS-1530 U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 Comments of Trout Unlimited on DOI-2017-0002, Review of Certain National…
Unusual coalition gathers to protest drilling proposal in the Valle Vidal
8/18/2005 August 18, 2005 Contact: Chris Hunt, 208-406-9106 (chunt@tu.org) Unusual coalition gathers to protest drilling proposal in the Valle Vidal CIMMARON, New MexicoA diverse coalition of professional biologists, hunters and anglers, a former energy industry executive, a local banker and a other conservationists has stepped forward to protest plans to drill for coal-bed methane in…
Conservation Success Index
The CSI is TU’s original conservation planning application. Beginning in 2010, the CSI provided the first range-wide summary of watershed-scale information related to salmonid distribution, population attributes, habitat conditions, and future threats. Information from the CSI served as the base data for TU’s 2015 State of the Trout report. The CSI approach has evolved into…