Trout on Tap: Meet for food & drink on Wednesday evening, August 18 , 2021, from about 7:00 to 9:00 pm at a location to be determined. "Trout on Tap" Provides an informal, small group atmosphere to catch up with your OBTU colleagues. Also a good opportunity for newer members to get better acquainted, and [...]
Ken Krueger is leading a group bass fishing outing on the Kishwaukee River. Ken has confirmed a group camp site for the evenings of Fri Aug 27 & Sat August 28th. Individual sites are also available if we exceed the campground limit of 10 tents in the group site. The rate is $40 per tent per [...]
This is the 3rd annual OBTU chapter fall fishing outing to the Wisconsin Driftless Area. Lodging reservations for up to 12 people have been made at Nature Nooks Retreat in the heart of the Driftless Area near Viroqua. Nature Nooks retreat offers fully equiped cabins a short walk from blue ribbon trout fishing on the [...]
Link to the event flyer for details: 2021 Youth Fly Fishing Flyer
We plan to hold a "Grand Reopening" Chapter meeting at our traditional pre-Covid meeting location at the Central Park West Building within the Oak Brook Park District Campus. An outdoor brat cookout with all the trimmings with food planned to be ready by around 6:00pm. The outdoor chapter meeting will begin at the usual 7:00pm [...]
Fishing Outing Combined with half day OBTU entomology survey. Meet at Coldwater River on Saturday, October 9 in the morning. Join the Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oak Brook TU Macroinvertebrate Survey. After lunch, form into fishing teams and deploy to various access points. Fish Saturday afternoon till dinner. Option to fish Sunday morning [...]
This year's Iowa fishing outing will be based in the Decorah which is part of the "Driftless Area". Similar to last year, we are planning a loosely coordinated trip: -Participants will arrange their own travel plans, schedules, and lodging. The Decorah area offers a variety of motels, lodges, and camping options. For those interested, we [...]
Oct 20, 2021 7:00pm Central Location: Via Zoom Speakers: TU staffers Jamie Vaughan, Chad Kotke and Jake Lemon Topic: What are 9 Full-Time TU Great Lakes Staffers doing in Michigan & Wisconsin? In recent years TU has greatly increased staffing in the Great Lakes, with 9 full-time staff and teams of seasonal employees working on [...]
Come out for the Oak Brook TU 2021 Fall DuPage River Cleanup Day--9 a.m. to 12 noon! Bring your river shoes or waders and join us for a morning of removing debris and litter along the West Branch of the DuPage River from Gartner Road to 75th Street in Naperville. This event is part of [...]
Our November Meeting speakers will be Captain Kurt Nelson & Mike Allen, joint owners & head guides of the Midwest Waters Angling Company. Midwest Waters Angling specializes in fly fishing for warm water species in Northern Illinois including smallmouth, northern & carp. They are very popular with our members in search of high quality [...]