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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON October 22 - 1 COMMENTS
Catching is Caring: Lessons from a TU Youth Camp in Nevada
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A happy Trout Unlimited youth camper and his mentor at a recent event in Nevada. By Sam Sedillo Hooking a fish provides more than just a connection to a creature; it also establishes a tie to the places where they live. Trout Unlimited helped set the hook in the next generation of anglers and [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON September 25 - 0 COMMENTS
Vail Resorts Partners with TU on EpicPromise Day to restore East Canyon Creek
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Making an artificial beaver dam during restoration work on East Canyon Creek. By Paul Burnett Talking about troubled waters is never fun, but that changes when things happen to reverse the course of struggling fisheries. Such is the case of a recent day of restoration on Utah’s East Canyon Creek. [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON September 16 - 0 COMMENTS
Having fun and learning fly fishing during the Wyoming Women's Float
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Becky Crumrine holds up the biggest fish caught during the annual Women's Float trip on the Green River in Wyoming. By Hillary Walrath As the sun set on a big Wyoming sky five camper trailers and four tents sat empty. A yummy chicken and potato dinner with an apple-cranberry crisp dessert simmered [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON September 3 - 1 COMMENTS
Learning to be a better angler and a conservationist at the Utah Single Fly
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The Utah Single Fly Tournament allows participants just one fly during a full day of fishing. By Brett Prettyman As the fish threw the hook and returned casually to its holding spot I mentally erased the 18 points it briefly represented on the score sheet. For the second time in as many casts a 17 [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON August 5 - 2 COMMENTS
Never too young for TU lifetime membership
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Jack Zwiers of Grand Rapids, Michigan, traveled to Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and took time to hit some local waters before the show started. Courtesy Jim Zwiers. By Brett Prettyman Meet 14-year-old Jack Zwiers, Trout Unlimited’s newest life member. The Grand Rapids, [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 13 - 1 COMMENTS
One Fly to Rule Them All
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What a winning fly looks like compared to its unused brother from the Utah Single Fly Tournament on the Green River By Brett Prettyman Rumors of the demise of the Trout Unlimited Single Fly Tournament on Utah’s Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam were greatly exaggerated – at least for a while. The [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON June 3 - 1 COMMENTS
Finally a "member" of the TU community
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By Brett Prettyman My first experience with Trout Unlimited came in the early 1990s while attending a local chapter banquet in Salt Lake City with a friend. He had an extra ticket and thought I might like to see what TU was about. The food was typical of a fund-raiser banquet and the auction items [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY rscholfield ON September 23 - 0 COMMENTS
One Fly. One Day. Green River.
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Travis Gillespie caught the most fish (22), using a small brown ant pattern. by Randy Scholfield Dutch John, Utah— Fly anglers often have their vests crammed with fly boxes full of every imaginable size and pattern when spending a day on the water. But what happens when you’re forced to choose a [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY UtahOSB ON August 8 - 0 COMMENTS
Utah's Reel Women
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Weber Basin Anglers (#681) chapter president, Kelly Marquart was interviewed by our local paper regarding women in fishing and fly fishing.   Some great perspective and interesting article. http://www.standard.net/Recreation/2014/08/06/Women-working-their-way-up-in-Utah-fishing.html  
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blog BY Doug.Agee ON August 4 - 0 COMMENTS
Utah Women Flyfishers
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There is a group for Utah women who flyfish. Check it out on Facebook at Utah Women Flyfishers. Sorry guys, this one is just for the ladies.
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