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Trout Week

Behind the Cause: How Trout Unlimited and Costa 5 Rivers Inspires...

5 Rivers is a nationwide network of college fly fishing clubs, inspiring the next generation of conservation-minded fly fishermen and women. With support from...

Trout Fishing in Appalachia: A Year After Hurricane Helene

Take a moment to imagine your favorite fishing river normally flowing around 150 CFS, now moving at over 30,000 Cubic Feet per Second. For...

Hellbenders: The Giant Salamander Trout Fisherman Nearly Made Extinct

The Eastern hellbender is a mysterious creature that most trout anglers don’t even realize might be living in the same streams they fish. This...

How Far South Can You Catch a Native Trout?

Native trout are a fly fisherman's kryptonite. We go to extreme measures to catch these fish and exhaust every option to protect them for...

The Fly Fishing Book: An Artful Guide to Angling (Cover Reveal)

Fly fishing literature is often deeply reflective, metaphoric, and riddled with fishing stories from anglers searching for deeper meaning. While this style of writing...

Why Western Anglers Should Fish Out East

My family has been in the Rocky Mountains since 1847, so you could say I have a built-in preference for wide-open spaces, high plains,...

Salters: The Last of the Sea-Run Brook Trout

When settlers first arrived in what would later become America, they likely came across coastal streams filled with brook trout, specifically sea-run brookies. Known...

A Wonderful Accident: The Invention of the Elk Hair Caddis

Once you start tying flies, your imagination inevitably drifts towards crafting a standout pattern of your own, a fly that anglers will use decades...

How Pennsylvania’s Spring Creeks Gave Birth to Modern Terrestrial Fishing

Fishing big foam terrestrials is the best part of summer. When hoppers and other terrestrials are out in full force, big trout look up...

How to Get the Most Out of OnWater in the Northeast

There are few places as synonymous with fly fishing as the Northeast. It is considered the birthplace of American fly fishing, and on the...

Welcome to Trout Week 2025

Welcome to Trout Week, a week dedicated to the fish that's inspired more artists, writers, and fly anglers than any other. For many, trout...

9 Native Trout Species in the United States

North America, and the United States, in particular, is home to a wide array of native trout (and char) species. From the ubiquitous rainbow...