Here’s an amazing piece of television history, featuring Lee Wulff and Curt Gowdy flying into the Labrador bush in search of huge, wild brook trout. Traveling in Wulff’s famed SuperCub, with a canoe strapped to the floats, they fly over the amazing watery landscape. When they reach the Minipi watershed, they head out for. . .
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Orvis/TU 1,000 Miles: Impatient Brookies…and how you can help!
Native Brook Trout take advantage of a plastic lined diversion stream
Photo by Trout Unlimited
So how would you feel about having to wait thirty years to spawn?! Yeah, us too. But before we send you off to read about how Orvis and TU solved this frustrating situation for a bunch of. . .
Read MoreAdding to the “1,000 Miles Campaign” on Wisconsin’s Douglas Creek
Douglas Before: Three perched culverts impeded movement of brook trout to upstream habitat
Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The fall of 2013 marked the completion of the Douglas Creek culvert replacement project, in Jackson County, WI, where three perched culverts had previously …
Read MoreVideo: “Hooké 2013 Souvenirs.” Wow.
‘Tis the season for year-end wrap-ups, and I expect we’ll see a lot more. But I doubt that many will be better than this epic mash-up from Hooké. There are tons of great fish, killer angling scenes, smiles, and beast-mode wood chopping. I want in for 2014!
Read MoreVideo: Fly Fishing for Alpine Trout in the Austrian Alps
As the mercury hovers right around zero this morning in Vermont, it’s great to daydream about fishing a high Alps stream on a summer day. This beautiful video captures the experience of fishing small freestoners for little. . .
Read MoreVideo: Bringing the Brook Trout Back, One Stream at a Time
The National Fish Habitat Partnership has just released its first video in a series highlighting the work of the National Fish Habitat Partnerships across the country. The first video is focused on restoration efforts on Aaron Run, a tributary of the Savage River in. . .
Read MorePhotos of the Day: Brookies and Tigers and Catfish, Oh My!
Written by: Stu Thompson
Stu with a sweet catfish, taken on the DDH Leech.
All photos courtesy Stu Thompson
I’ve had not too bad a year. The fishing in Manitoba was unreal, as anglers were catching big browns, rainbows, brookies, tigers, and all the other types of fish we have.
Read MorePhotos of the Day: Autumn Trophies in the Maine Woods
Written by: Matt Libby, Libby Camps
This 22-inch landlocked salmon put up a wild fight.
Photo by Matt Libby
All the rain we had in Maine this summer led to one good thing, fantastic fall fishing! With high water in the rivers, the landlocks came in quick and. . .
Read More1,000 Miles Horseshoe Brook
An Impressive Before & After
Photo by TU staff
Replacement of the Horseshoe Brook culvert in Stratford, NH is part of the Orvis/TU 1,000 Miles campaign; an effort to restore and reconnect fish habitat across the country. The Brook is a tributary of Nash Stream, which was significantly impacted by a catastrophic dam break …
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Rebekka’s Beastly Brook Trout
Rebekka Redd, the new host of the television show “The New Fly Fisher” shows off a Canadian beauty.
Photo courtesy Rebekka Redd – The New Fly Fisher