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Kudos to BTT, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, and TU for teaming up to provide a bevy of youth-related and focused, conservation themed resources for families. Details here, with links out to the specific pages on each sponsor’s site. Attaboy.

Via Moldy Chum – Every morning we wake up, and it feels like we’re on an alien planet. “Captain’s log: quarantine day, who the hell knows. We’re tracking the movements of two dog hair tumbleweeds from quadrant living room to planet kitchen. We have our phasers set to stun. They could be hostile!” If your […]

2019 Fly Fishing Film Tour Special Rental to benefit Trout Unlimited from The Fly Fishing Film Tour on Vimeo. From the Vimeo page for the film rental – We want to the thank you for joining us for a special release of the 2019 Fly Fishing Film – live for one week only, April 23rd-30th. […]

Via Court House News (their image above) here – A petition seeking to extend federal wildlife protections to spring-run Chinook salmon found along Oregon’s coast has merit and could warrant listing the fish under the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration said Friday. The spring-run salmon are the main food source for the Southern Resident […]

Simms and Swift have stepped up to the plate big time this week posting access to two absolute classic fly fishing films for your entertainment pleasure. Click the images for details and downloads. Attaboy.

Kudos to the Texas-based group of manufacturers and innovators who’ve joined together to form the Tejas Collaborative during these trying days; they’re giving away a load of goods in a drawing to be held tomorrow on the 7th – enter here. Attaboy.

These days it’s great to share a story about good folks stepping up and helping their fellow man out there, and it’s even better to share one such story from our fly fishing compadres back home in Montana. The good folks at Adipose Boatworks have launched a Raffle for Guides Who Row, raffling off a […]

Kudos to Orvis for working of late, as have many in the fly fishing universe, to offer brief respites from the daily drama in the form of digital media, including their latest round of Instagram Live interviews. Last week’s fly tying with Alvin Dedeaux was a great kickoff, and this weeks’ schedule below should bring […]

Via the outdoor-minded, creative, and hopefully damned healthy folks at Montana’s FWP; well played. Attaboy.

From Korkers initial IG post on the contest – We challenge you to get out and fish. Best photo will win a pair of boots. Here’s why: not only does it practice social distancing, but the outdoors will provide peace and freedom at a time when we need it the most. Let’s band together as […]

Alvin D is one of the most interesting guides in the biz these days (working TX and CO most years), and tonight’s interview on IG live at 6 CDT with Steven Palmer of Orvis Plano should be a good one. Attaboy gents.

Great story of a 6th-grader’s efforts to keep salmon swimming in Idaho’s waters – read more here and pick up a pair of Lonesome Larry socks. Attaboy Topher.

From the Embrace a Stream landing page – Embrace A Stream (EAS) is a matching grant program administered by TU that awards funds to TU chapters and councils for coldwater fisheries conservation. Since its inception in 1975, EAS has funded more than 1,080 individual projects with more than $4.75 million in direct cash grants. Local […]

Via the Western Native Trout Initiative newsletter- Silver Creek, a tributary to the West Walker River in Mono County, California, is a Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (LCT) Recovery water that was illegally stocked with Brook trout several years ago. The International Federation of Fly Fishers and its local clubs, along with CalTrout and Trout Unlimited, mobilized […]