The True Cast – Trout Unlimited https://www.tu.org Making fishing better Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:24:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 The True Cast – Small water: Where it all begins… https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/the-true-cast/the-true-cast-small-water-where-it-all-begins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-true-cast-small-water-where-it-all-begins Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:11:14 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=114057 Sometimes the smallest water is the most abundant, yet at the same time, the most challenging to fish.]]> The True Cast – Saving the planet by fly fishing https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/the-true-cast/the-true-cast-saving-the-planet-by-fly-fishing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-true-cast-saving-the-planet-by-fly-fishing Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:08:07 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=113512 I had the great honor of fishing with Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank not long ago. ]]> The True Cast – The sensory rewards of Autumn https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/the-true-cast/the-true-cast-the-sensory-rewards-of-autumn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-true-cast-the-sensory-rewards-of-autumn Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:09:27 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=113160 Enjoying a season through the senses]]> The True Cast – Why bother with fishing? https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/the-true-cast/true-cast-why-bother-with-fishing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=true-cast-why-bother-with-fishing Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:03:15 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=112982 I’ve spent a whole professional career writing about fly fishing (at least most of it). And looking back, sometimes I wonder if it was worth it.]]> The True Cast – Hunt birds, tie flies, catch trout (in that order) https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/the-true-cast/true-cast-hunt-birds-tie-flies-catch-trout-in-that-order/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=true-cast-hunt-birds-tie-flies-catch-trout-in-that-order Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:34:19 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=112470 It’s hard for me to land on anything quite as fun, nor nearly as rewarding, in the whole wide world of fly fishing, as catching a wily, wild trout on a fly pattern you tied yourself.]]> The True Cast – The home river: until we meet again, old friend… https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/the-true-cast/the-true-cast-the-home-river-until-we-meet-again-old-friend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-true-cast-the-home-river-until-we-meet-again-old-friend Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:17:57 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=112362 It’s always difficult to say goodbye. But I am grateful for these last few weeks we’ve shared together. And I’ll look forward to the next reunion.]]> The True Cast – What ever happened to August? https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/the-true-cast/the-true-cast-what-ever-happened-to-august/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-true-cast-what-ever-happened-to-august Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:24:20 +0000 https://www.tu.org/?p=112042 August used to be the “prime” month for many fly-fishers like me… now, in many places it might be rightfully considered the “cruelest” month of an angler’s calendar year.]]>