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blog BY sam_davidson ON August 17 - 0 COMMENTS
TU study shows new angling regulations needed for California's Rush Creek
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A worthy butterball from Rush Creek.  By Jessica Strickland A scientific analysis led by Trout Unlimited highlights the need for a revision of angling regulations on Rush Creek, a fabled trophy brown trout fishery in California’s Mono County where intensive restoration efforts since 1994 have [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON August 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the river: The Holy Trinity
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Angler on California's Trinity River.  By Sam Davidson Every year, when the perseid meteor shower flings sparks across the night skies, I start thinking about fishing the Trinity River. The “Holy Trinity” is one of the best salmon and steelhead streams in California, and perhaps the Lower 48. In [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON August 9 - 0 COMMENTS
How TU defines success in the Klamath River basin
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TU's Tim Frahm swinging on the Klamath River near Weitchpec.  The legendary Klamath River is the third most productive watershed for salmon and steelhead on the West Coast, after only the Columbia and Sacramento Rivers systems. The Klamath is also Ground Zero for one of the most challenging water [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON August 6 - 0 COMMENTS
Inyo National Forest releases Final Revised Management Plan
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Backcountry meadow stream, Kern Plateau, Inyo National Forest  A newly released resource management plan for public lands in California's southern Sierra reflects Trout Unlimited's long-term investment in such planning across the country.  This region is home to some of the most unique coldwater [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON August 5 - 0 COMMENTS
The long game: TU and the Yuba River
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Getting bent on the lower Yuba River. The Yuba River is one of California’s many coldwater fishery jewels. In its upper forks the Yuba is a fine freestone trout stream; in the reach between Englebright Dam, where the river flows into the Central Valley, and its confluence with the Feather River [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON July 31 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the River: Extreme behavior
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The iconic Sundial Bridge, spanning the Lower Sacramento River in downtown Redding, California before and during the Carr Fire.   By Sam Davidson California is burning. There are 17 wildfires charring the Golden State, at present. The biggest and gnarliest (of 2018, anyway) is the Carr Fire, which [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON July 27 - 0 COMMENTS
TU lauds new public lands bill for NW California
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The northwest corner of California, between the Russian and Klamath Rivers, is home to some of the best remaining salmon and steelhead streams in the West. This region boasts some of the most famous steelhead fisheries in the world, including the Trinity, Mad, Mattole, and Eel River systems. Trout [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON July 12 - 0 COMMENTS
Sierra Trout Camp 2018
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  By Tom Kloehn It was the first day of Sierra Trout Camp 2018, and even though the kids weren’t fishing yet, it was hard to miss their enthusiasm for any chance to get near a river. The kids were bouncing around the creek, splashing in and out of the water, completely oblivious to rocks and soaked [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON June 29 - 0 COMMENTS
Klamath River dam removal plan submitted
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Iron Gate dam, one of the four dams slated for removal under the Klamath Hydropower Settlement Agreement and the KRRC plan.   On June 28, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation submitted a major filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the KRRC’s “Definite Plan” for removing [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sam_davidson ON June 17 - 0 COMMENTS
Voices from the river: Chiaroscuro
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Nature's chiaroscuro. Carmel River, June 2018 By Sam Davidson One of the required courses at the high school I attended was a class called Western Civilization. It was basically a survey course of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture, and Western European art, architecture, and music since [ READ MORE... ]
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