Anyone planning to volunteer to help with the youth fly fishing classes this summer should try to attend.  All OBTU members who may want to get involved in chapter Youth Education Programs are welcome to attend.  We will provide orientation for new volunteers, review and discuss programs with the existing volunteers, and look for ways [...]

OBTU will be hosting an information table at the "Earth Awareness Fair" which will be held at the Frankfort Public Library.   This is the fair's 2nd year and the event has at least 27 conservation organizations registered (more that double the 2024 participation).    Exhibitors include a variety of organizations from our local area that are [...]

Topic: Colwater Projects Speaker: Aaron Snell, Streamside Ecological Services.   This is a hybrid meeting: You can attend in person at the Central Park West Building in the Oak Brook Park District (see map below) or participate in the meeting remotely by signing on to Zoom. Link to Zoom meeting: TBD     Zoom details to be [...]

Come out for the Oak Brook TU 2025 Spring DuPage River Cleanup Day from 9 a.m. to 12 noon! (Coffee & donuts served at 8:30am)  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 [...]

Topic: TBD Speaker: Dale Bowman, Outdoors Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times   This is a hybrid meeting: You can attend in person at the Central Park West Building in the Oak Brook Park District (see map below) or participate in the meeting remotely by signing on to Zoom. Link to Zoom meeting: TBD   Zoom details to be [...]

Oak Brook Trout Unlimited is now in our 21st year of offering introductory one-day youth fly fishing classes. The program is open to boys and girls 11 years and older. We provide an easy-to-understand overview to the sport of fly fishing. All fly-fishing equipment and fly-tying materials are provided by Oak Brook Chapter Trout Unlimited. [...]

Topic: TBD Speaker: TBD   This is a hybrid meeting: You can attend in person at the Central Park West Building in the Oak Brook Park District (see map below) or participate in the meeting remotely by signing on to Zoom. Link to Zoom meeting: TBD   Zoom details to be added. Meeting ID:     [...]

Oak Brook Trout Unlimited is now in our 21st year of offering introductory one-day youth fly fishing classes. The program is open to boys and girls 11 years and older. We provide an easy-to-understand overview to the sport of fly fishing. All fly-fishing equipment and fly-tying materials are provided by Oak Brook Chapter Trout Unlimited. [...]

Oak Brook Trout Unlimited is now in our 21st year of offering introductory one-day youth fly fishing classes. The program is open to boys and girls 11 years and older. We provide an easy-to-understand overview to the sport of fly fishing. All fly-fishing equipment and fly-tying materials are provided by Oak Brook Chapter Trout Unlimited. [...]

This is the 16th annual IL Council of TU Youth Camp held on the AuSable River near Grayling, Michigan.   The camp represents an outstanding opportunity for young women & men aged 13 to 18 to obtain a rigorous introduction to the sport of fly fishing for wild stream trout while also gaining in depth appreciation [...]