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Trout Unlimited Minnesota is the official publication of Minnesota Trout Unlimited and there are three issues distributed to MNTU members each year. The content includes conservation issues, habitat improvement project highlights, fishing techniques, destination articles, fly tying tutorials and more. This is also where you can find what the various chapters across the state have been up to and what chapter and state events are coming up.
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2024 MNTU Habitat Improvement Projects by Jennifer Biederman
Artist Profile: The Norlings by Ben Nelson
Book Review: Trout Fishing the Driftless Area by John Hunt
Bringing Back the Hatches by John Lenczewski
Advocate with Us in 2025! by Kristen Poppleton
MNTU Education Update by Amber Taylor
Tying the No Name Caddis by Paul Johnson
Wind by Bob Luck
Slimy Sculpin Reintroduction by John Weiss
Youth Series: The Caddis Case by Evan Griggs
Innovating Conservation by LeeAnna Luoma
Select Poetry
Content:
MNTU Advocacy in Action
Tying the Stop & Go
Reel Recovery
Remembering Marty Steitz
Mill Creek Work Day
Flies
Streamer Fishing for Beginners
Spring Habitat Update
Coaster Brook Trout Genetics Project
Book Review – Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers
A Night on a Hex Lake
Youth Series: Wetlands
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
Flowing Freely – Culvert Replacement
Taking Action on Nitrates
Exploring With a Dry Fly
Public Access to Trout Water
Fisheries Management Successes
Reading Trout Water
Tying the Purple Prince Charming
Photo Contest Winners
Foster the Outdoors
Food
Youth Series: Indicator Species
MN Chapter Updates
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
The MN Heritage Brook Trout Story
MNTU Advocacy: A Call to Action
2023 Habitat Improvement Projects
MNTU Education Update
Clearwater River Trout
Secret Spots
A Nymphing Primer
Tying the Purple Haze Special
2023 Give to the Max
Youth Series: Storm Drains
MN Chapter Updates
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
MNTU Legislative Update
Introduction to Jennifer Biederman
Artist Profile: Stanley Leonard
Tying the 20 Incher Stonefly Nymph
MNTU Education Update
Win-Ces, Stihl and Landowners: All Win!
Photos: Considering Our Piscatorial World from Behind a Lens
2022 Ice Out Blues
Electroshocking with the MNDNR
Japanese Knotweed
Youth Series: Trout Tanks vs Wild Streams
MN Chapter Updates
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
An Introduction to Author Steve Ramirez
Cold Weather Fly Fishing Tips
Youth Series: Fish Habitats
BWCA Trout Fishing: Winter
2023 Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo Poster
Tying the Tube Fly Intruder
Minnesota Trout Hatcheries
Book Review: Fly Fishing Minnesota
MN Chapter Updates
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
The Effects of Neonicotinoids
Rush Creek Fish Kill
Fly Tying Starter Pack
Forestville Creek
Tying the Never Sink Trude
Daughter in the Driftless
Chapter News
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
Tying the Beadhead Scud
MNTU Photo Contest Winners
Free the Kinni
MNTU Education Update
Rush Creek Habitat Improvement
New Rod
His Last Crossing
Book Review: Trout Tips
Fishing the South Branch of the Root River
Chapter News
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
West Indian Creek Habitat Work
City Living
Water Sabbath
2022 Expo Poster
Trout: Anatomy of a Predator
Book Review: The Optimist
Beaver Pond Brook Trout
Tying the Slumpbuster
Chapter News
Larry Gavin Poetry
Content:
MNTU Year in Review
Book Review: Home Waters
Intro to Fly Tying Supplies
Wacko Macros
The Golden Trout of Fall
Season’s End
Tying Elk Hair Caddis
A Montana Road Trip
Larry Gavin Poetry
Wise to Choose Wisel
Chapter News
Content:
Artist Profile: Bob White
2021 Photo Contest Winners
MNTU Education Update
Youth Series: Summer Fishing Made Simple
Family Traditions on Rush Creek
A Blast from the Past
Tying the Gussied-Up Lightning Bug
New Access to Garvin Brook
Introduction to Pink Salmon
Chapter Updates
Finding Tiger Trout
Content:
Changes to Water Quality Standards
Fishing the South Branch of the Whitewater River
Tying the Midge Emerger Special
Remembering Dave (Doc) Halvorson
Youth Series: Parts of a Fish
Brook Trout Above Barriers
Fundraising Success
Smooth Glass
MNTU 2021 Photo Contest Announcement
Chapter Updates
Waiting For Spring
Content:
Responsible Mining
Guardians of Garvin Brook
Tying the Opal X-Caddis
Artist Profile: Lloyd Hautajarvi
Youth Essay Contest Winners
Back to the Beginner’s Mind
Youth Series: A Superior Fish Tale
The Gear You Need to Swing
The Pink Squirrel Parachute
Portrait of a Trout Stamp Artist
Book Review: The Classic Sporting Art of Bob White
MNTU at Eagle Ridge Academy
Content:
Adding a Fighting Butt to a Fly Rod
The Impacts of Culverts of Trout Streams
Tying the Puterbaugh Caddis Varient
Artist Profile: Charlie Forbes
Youth Essay Contest Winners
Youth Series: Wacko Macros
Shorecasting for Kamloops
Riverkeepers
Fishing the Temporary Normal
Book Review: Graced by Waters
Many Voices
Select Poetry: Larry Gavin
Content:
Rainbow Trout
Fly Tying: The BWO Special
Timber Harvest on Aquatic Management Lands
Fishing Our Habitat Improvement: Trout Run Creek
A Legacy of Giving
Resolution Month
TU Teens Summit
Youth Series: How to Fix a Trout Stream
Making and Fishing Bamboo Rods
Anglers Afield: A Good Fight in French Polynesia
Select Poetry: Larry Gavin
Finding New Water
Content:
Regional Fishing Artist Profile: Jake Keeler
Tying the Purple Prince Charming
A Month as a Trout Bum
Will MPCA Changes Help or Hurt Trout?
MNTU Education Update
Youth Series: The Trout Life Cycle
Catching Yellowstone’s Wild Trout – Book Review
Ice Fishing for Lake Trout
Hippie Stomping Hay Creek
Six Rivers
Select Poetry: Larry Gavin
Landscape Healing
Content:
Northeast MN Trout
Fly Fishing, Photography and New Friends
Fly Tying: Wiese’s Bob Hopper
An Introduction to TroutRoutes
How MNTU Completes Habitat Projects
Youth and Family Fishing Dates 2019
Youth Series: Building Strong Watersheds
Anglers Afield: Tasmania
Fishing and Painting in Minnesota’s Driftless
Fly Fishing Techniques for MN Trout
Select Poetry: Larry Gavin
2019 Photo Contest Winners
Content:
Coaster Brook Trout
Foster the Outdoors
Fly Tying: The CDC & Elk
Swinging for Steelhead
One Fly
MNTU Year in Review
Youth and Family Fishing Dates 2019
Youth Series: Four Seasons of a Trout
Artist Profile: Ted Hansen
Upper Mississippi River Initiatitve
Winter Fishing in the Southeast
Rigging for Steelhead
A Little Boy
Content:
Artist Profile: Josh DeSmit
A Walk Through the Seasons
Fly Tying: The Prince Nymph
Fishing Our Habitat Improvement: Newburg Creek
Lotic Love
All About Trout: Youth Series
Key to Macroinvertebrates
Minnesota Hatch Chart
Trout in the Classroom Update
Book Review: Cloudbursts
Shore Fishing Lake Superior
Garvin Brook Research
Content:
Lake Trout in the Boundary Waters
Beginning Fly Fishing
Habitat Work in MN – Part 3 Bank Stabilization
MNTU Photo Contest Winners
Tying the Shop Vac
Anglers Afield: Abaco
Celebrating Eagle Creek
Remembering Brian Schumacher and Janet Veit
You Can Help MNTU!
Tales of a Classroom Trout
Trolling the Web
Reeling it In
Content:
Winter in the Driftless
Anglers Afield – Exploring Missoula, MT
Habitat Work in MN – Part 2 Rock and Log Vanes
How to Start a College Fly Fishing Club
Fishing Our Habitat Work: Garvin Brook
Tying the Purple Haze
MNTU in 2017: A Year in Review
The Future of Fly Fishing
Book Review: Fly Fishing the Inland Oceans
Fly Fishing: A Treasure of Beauty
Gill Lice: A Potential Threat to Brook Trout
Tales of Classroom Trout
Content:
Fear of Change
Foster the Outdoors – Get Into Mentorship!
Exploring Our Habitat Work – Trout Brook
MNTU Education Update
Creatures of the Night
Stream Habitat Work in Minnesota
The Driftless Area Border Battle College Contest
Tying the BWO Klinkhammer
Volunteering on the Vermillion
2018 Great Waters Expo Update
Chapter News
Reeling it In
Content:
The New Trout Spotr App
Foster the Outdoors – Get Into Mentorship!
Fishing Our Habitat Work: East Indian Creek
Saving North Shore Steelhead
The Brown Trout Contest at Mauer Bros. Tavern
Fly Tying – The Kluver Soft Hackle
Eagle Creek Historical Update
TU is a Great Place for Volunteers!
Meet the Gustavus Fly Fishing Club
Tying Stanek’s Sow Bug
Book Review – The Habit of Rivers
Foster the Outdoors Through Mentorship
Content:
Fly Fishing the Boundary Waters
Fishing Our Habitat Work – Mill Creek
A Fly Fishing Gold Mine in the Arrowhead
Fly Tying – The Hare & Copper Nymph
The Art of Custom Rod Building
NRRI Stream Temperature Study Update
Is the DNR Keeping Faith with Trout Stamp Buyers?
The Secrets of A Jerk Fly
Headwaters Summer Women’s Program
Tying the Beadhead Scud
Brown Trout in SE Minnesota
Book Review – Young Men and Fire
Foster the Outdoors Through Mentorship
Content:
Fishing Our Habitat Work: The Vermillion River
Beyond Minnesota: Fishing Sitka Alaska
Metro Trout Stream Update
Fly Tying – The Hare & Copper Nymph
Trout Stream Easements – Is MN Dropping the Ball?
2017 Great Waters Expo Headliners
Trolling the Web
Book Review – Chasing Rumor
TU’s New College Club Program
Win-Cres Chapter Fundraiser
Remembering a Minnesota Angler
Chapter News
Content:
Fishing Our Habitat Work: Garvin Brook
2016 Photo Contest Winners
Caring for the Boundary Waters
Fly Tying – The Basic Pheasant Tail
Funding Secured for State Habitat Projects
A Gift and a Dance
Invasive Plants
Finding Nass Creek
Book Review – Covered Waters
2017 Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo Unveiled
An Exceptional Angler & Donation
The Lost Trout Streams of Burnsville – Part 3
Content:
An Unsolved Mystery in the Whitewater Valley
Restoring & Fishing Hay Creek
Expo Conservation Programs
Winter Trout Through the Ice
Fly Tying – The Double Wing Trude
Book Review – Fly-fishing SE Minnesota
Women’s Fly Fishing Programs
Twin Cities Lost Trout Streams
Trout Unlimited – Connecting Us With Rivers
Trolling the Web
Fly Fishing Film & Video Contest
MNTU Chapter News
Content:
2015 Annual Report
Twin Cities Lost Trout Streams
Bigger Steps on Little Rock Creek
Book Review – Listen For the Whitethroats
Finding North Shore Temperature Refuges
A Hay Creek Fishing Outing
TIC – Connecting Students With Watersheds
Fly Fishing Film & Video Contest
MNTU Chapter News
Content:
SE MN Brook Trout Biology
Vermillion River Update
Photo Contest Winners
North Shore Steelhead
Book Review – Sea Winter Salmon
MNTU Chapter News
Content:
Getting Trout in Your Classroom
TU’s Regional Meeting
Book Review – Fly-Fishing the 41st
Fishing The Sucker River
Stream Buffers
Tying the Stop & Go Soft Hackle
Burgers, Beer and Blue Winged Olives
The Challenges of Winter Fishing
Little Long Lake – A Fishing Opportunity to Share
The Fight to Save Eagle Creek – A History
Expo Conservation Programs
Deforestation in the Headwaters
MNTU Chapter News.
Content:
Photo Essay – Exploring The Vermillion River
TU’s National Leadership Council
TCTU Banquet Announcement
Book Review – The Royal Wulff Murders
Scouting and TCTU
Got Trout? Trout in the Classroom in SE MN
Tying the Bullet Head Hopper
Little Rock Creek
Chapter Fly Tying Kit Opportunity
An Assault on Minnesota’s Water Laws
A New Sign for Minnesota Brook Trout
MNTU Chapter News
Content:
Fishing Our Habitat Improvement – The Straight River
MNTU Photo Contest
A Memorable Day on Rush Creek
Book Review – Brook Trout
Fish Hook Removal 101
Management Success on Stony Brook
Tying the Adams Cripple
Mid-Minnesota Chapter Renewal
News from TU National
Minnesota’s Water Law
Stewart River Watershed Conservation
MNTU Chapter News
Content:
Fishing Our Habitat Improvement- Pine Creek
MNTU Photo Contest
A North Shore Homecoming
Book Review – Many Rivers To Cross
Sulfide Mining in Minnesota
The Greatest Catch
Father’s Day Fishing- A Reflection
Tying the Purple Prince Charming
An Angler’s Paradise
Urban Trout Stream Revitalization
The Changing Face of Stream Restoration
MinnAqua Youth Flyfishing Weekend
Coaster Brook Trout Update
MNTU Chapter News
Content:
Managing Forests for Trout
Habitat Improvement in SE Minnesota
Anglers Abroad: Wisconsin Salmon
Silica Sand Mining Update
Book Review: Finding Fish Around the Region
MNTU Chapter News
News from TU National
Content:
Trout Fishing The Headwaters
Tying The Chuck Hair Caddis
A Boy’s Trout Stream
Silica Sand Mining Update
Book Review – Wildstream
News From TU National
Fishing The Dark River
MNTU Chapter News
Before Stepping
Content:
Habitat Improvement in Minnesota
Book Review – Traver’s Corners
Choosing a Bamboo Fly Rod
News From TU National
Silica Sand Mining and Trout
The Slimy Sculpin in MN
MNTU Chapter News
Headwaters Youth Flyfishing
Project Healing Waters