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blog BY Brennan ON September 3 - 1 COMMENTS
TU Profiles: Marc Payne 
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A little over a year ago, Marc Payne won an essay contest for the right to join TU on a blogger tour of Yellowstone National Park, where he helped remove non-native lake trout from Yellowstone Lake and learn more about how invasive species are threatening the native cutthroat trout and grayling of... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brennan ON September 3 - 0 COMMENTS
TU Profiles: Rachel Morgan 
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For nine years, Rachel Morgan worked in a Caldwell, Idaho, fly shop, catering to the needs of local anglers, and distributing advice on local waters freely. Rachel is an upbeat lady, personable, friendly and passionate about the craft that she credits with saving her life. A traumatic childhood... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON August 30 - 1 COMMENTS
Santella talks--and sings--about steelhead 
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Santella.jpg Chris Santella, author of the new book, "Why I Fly Fish," is one of the most recognizable names among fly fishing writers in the country, in part because his bylines appear regularly in the pages of the New York Times (among other prestigious publications), but also because... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON August 29 - 3 COMMENTS
Payback: TU volunteers in action 
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Payback: TU volunteers in action Video of Payback: TU volunteers in action   How does Trout Unlimited get so much great stream restoration work done?  At least part of the answer is TU's army of grassroots volunteers. Check out this new video, called "Payback," that showcases the Snake... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON August 27 - 0 COMMENTS
Record year for wild salmon shows need to prioritize 
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The 2013 salmon fishing season in Alaska is still under way but already it’s a record year. As of late August, fishermen have sustainably harvested more than 254 million salmon in a tightly regulated commercial fishery. The last time the Alaska salmon harvest hit those levels was 2005, the previous... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON August 27 - 1 COMMENTS
Look Who's Fishing Now: Ashton Kutcher 
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Ashton Kutcher on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1 Video of Ashton Kutcher on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1   We all know that comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is a rabid fly fisher, but did you know that actor Ashton Kutcher, star of the new movie, "Jobs," is also a trout bum? He showed up on... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON August 20 - 0 COMMENTS
A Western Governor Invests in Water 
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by Toner Mitchell According to Ryan Flynn, Secretary-Designate of the New Mexico Environment Department, approximately 30 percent of his state’s streams fall short of one or more standards for acceptable water quality. Rivers display impairments associated with erosion and associated turbidity,... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Josh Duplechian ON August 20 - 0 COMMENTS
Sleeping with the Fishes 
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Sleeping with the fishes   by Toner Mitchell   I’m one of those people who wishes for a kind of reincarnation where I get to choose what my next life will be. I’d like to be the most extreme steelhead bum imaginable: a shed in the forest, my pork and beans as cold as my whiskey is warm, the... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON August 20 - 7 COMMENTS
Look Who's Fishing Now: Julia Louis-Dreyfus 
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1 Video of Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1 Jimmy Kimmel's wife must have raised an eyebrow last week when her husband interviewed comedic actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and the conversation turned to fly fishing. Kimmel uttered... [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_hunt ON August 19 - 0 COMMENTS
Upstream Journey 
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What do you get when you combine the "sausage-making" background of a D.C. policy wonk and a passion for chasing wild and native fish on the fly? You get a six-month travelogue from an inspired young angler who likely has more understanding of how intact habitat translates into angling opportunity... [ READ MORE... ]
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