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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON September 26 - 0 COMMENTS
All-women team takes third place at Utah Single-fly event
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The first all-women team to compete in the event took third at the 2016 Utah Single Fly tournament. By Heidi Lewis As the newly appointed Women’s Initiative Council Chair of Utah what better way to get women involved than a friendly fishing competition? Not just any competition, but a fundraiser [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON September 9 - 0 COMMENTS
A professional, and personal, passion for cutthroat trout
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Paul Thompson holds a Bear River cutthroat caught at Bear Lake. Courtesy of Paul Thompson. By Paul Thompson My love of native cutthroat trout began in 1992 when I moved from the Midwest to begin a Master's Degree at the University of Wyoming .  My graduate project allowed study of the beautiful [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON August 31 - 0 COMMENTS
Abandoned mines "ticking time bombs" in headwaters
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Long abondoned mines pose serious environmental concerns in headwater basins across the country. Trout Unlimited photo. By Warren Colyer Last week American Fork Creek, a popular angling destination on Utah’s Wasatch Front, ran thick and black with toxic sediment—the legacy of a hundred years of [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON August 29 - 1 COMMENTS
Janae's Journey - Becoming a youth conservation leader
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Colorado River cutthroat like this one in Red Creek will benefit from a project a teenager from Wyoming will oversee for her local Trout Unlimited Chapter. JANAE'S JOURNEY Editors Note: This is the first in a series of blogs being written by a high school student from Green River, Wyoming, who [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON August 10 - 0 COMMENTS
TU’s Oil and Gas Partners: Finding Common Ground
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Gunnison Energy agreed to support legislation that will protect the Thompson Divide area in Colorado. By Shane Cross The oil and gas industry is hurting right now. Some folks are trying to kick it when it is down. At Trout Unlimited, we understand that many folks in the oil and gas industry are [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY tara.granke ON July 29 - 0 COMMENTS
Reflections from the Teen Summit | Rachel
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Rachel is pictured above dissecting a perch during a Fish of Montana presentation and discussion by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.   By Rachel Bernard   Montana is the ultimate trout fly fishing destination in the United States.  When I learned that Trout Unlimited’s annual Teen Summit would be [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 29 - 0 COMMENTS
TU's Teen Summit - engaging young 'conserve-angler-ists'
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The 5th Annual TU Teen Summit was held ner Missoula, Montana in 2016. By Franklin Tate Indulge me as I borrow a page right out of David Letterman’s Late Night playbook and come up with 5-plus-5 of the Headwaters Program’s shiniest stars.  Nearly every working stiff has been asked the question, “ [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 29 - 0 COMMENTS
Habitat diversity leads to better stream health and fishing opportunities
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TU Science staff Dan Dauwalter, Kurt Fesenmyer, Tucker Porter (BLM), and John Walrath electrofishing in Goose Creek. By Dan Dauwalter Habitat complexity and diversity are characteristics of healthy streams. Yellowstone cutthroat trout and other native trout species have been shown to be more [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 28 - 0 COMMENTS
Cutthroat Slam is an adventure in fishing, and life
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The Colorado River cutthroat is one of the four subspecies of cutthroat anglers need to catch to achieve the Utah Cutthroat Slam. By Mark Hutchings The last cutthroat was the easiest – and the second smallest -- of the four qualifying fish.  “I’m done; that was fast,” I shouted to Bruiser, my [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brett.Prettyman ON July 27 - 0 COMMENTS
Changing climate disrupting phenology up and down the food chain
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Leptophlebia spinner. Jerry Schoen photo. By Jerry Schoen My introduction to fly-fishing came courtesy of a heavy Hendrickson hatch on the Battenkill River, back in the 1970s. The fish were willing, and it all seemed easy - an impression corrected over the next several days of trial, error and [ READ MORE... ]
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