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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON February 13 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Why conservation matters to fly fishing
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By Brendan Cook Grand prize winner of the TU Teen Essay Contest Over the past year or so, fly fishing has become a passion of mine. It’s a way for me to escape, relax, be one with nature and live in the moment. It has enabled me to make new friends and try new things. When I hook on to a fish, I [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON February 12 - 0 COMMENTS
Protecting the lands we love and the waters we fish
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Urge the U.S. House to pass the Natural Resources Management Act: Act Now   By Chris Wood The U.S. Congress may surpass the Department of Motor Vehicles as the least-popular part of the government. Not today. Thanks to the bipartisan work of Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY walt_gasson ON February 4 - 0 COMMENTS
Tightline Productions is the real deal for fly tying
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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: One of the very best things about working in conservation is that you get to meet some truly outstanding human beings. Like Tim and Joan Flagler from Tightline Productions in Hunterdon County, NJ. These folks are the real deal. I knew this before I ever met [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON February 4 - 0 COMMENTS
The Coldwater Conservation Fund
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By Chris Wood Donna Marcotte wanted to go somewhere special for her birthday. So, she and her husband Ivan decided to attend the Coldwater Conservation Fund (CCF) trip to the Carrileufu River Lodge in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Donna managed to catch the largest trout of her life—a 25” [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON January 29 - 0 COMMENTS
Fly Fishing Film Tour features 'The Return'
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By Brett Prettyman Each year about this time fly fishers find inspiration to stock those boxes they had grand intentions of filling over the winter months. It is called the Fly Fishing Film Tour, also known as F3T. What started as a celebration of a beloved sport has grown into an annual event [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON January 29 - 0 COMMENTS
Nevada's Ruby Mountains important for deer and trout
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The Ruby Mountains are an important refuge for wildlife in Nevada. The U.S Geological Survey has classified the area as having very low-to-no energy potential. Trout Unlimited photo. By Pam Harrington Special places bring people together. People with fond memories of hunting, fishing, birding, [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON January 24 - 0 COMMENTS
STREAM Girls at work
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Girl Scouts are learning how to be citizen scientists in Trout Unlimited’s STREAM Girls program. This feature on WQED in Pennsylvania called "STEM in Strange Places" follows a group of middle-school aged girls on their macroinvertebrate sampling adventures. Macroinvertebrate sampling is just one of [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON January 17 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: The forgotten fishing trip
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Terry Prettyman enjoys lunch while sitting by the Logan River on a beautiful fall day in Logan Canyon. Brett Prettyman/Trout Unlimited By Brett Prettyman It was a fishing trip I will never forget. My dad, on the other hand, had forgotten we caught fish by the time we got home. I won’t forget for [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON January 17 - 0 COMMENTS
How the shutdown is harming anglers
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By Chris Wood "Good riddance. Think of all of the money we are saving.” I looked at Max in exasperation. He is one of the most hard-core sportsmen I know. I have hunted for whitetail with him in driving rainstorms in West Virginia, and stalked catfish on the Potomac using hummus-impregnated [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY chris_wood ON January 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Connecting people to policy
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TU's government and policy staff. By Chris Wood Several of the bright lights in the Trout Unlimited policy world came into the intergalactic headquarters last week. Their recent accomplishments are pretty amazing. Dave Kinney of New Jersey helped organize efforts to pass and then fund legislation [ READ MORE... ]
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