Rock Bottom Brewery, Yorktown Center, Lombard (close to Orvis Store) This event is open to OBTU members and guests who want to talk fishing, drink beer and meet old and new friends and fishing buddies. Rock Bottom Brewery does serve food.

Building LUNKER Structures 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fishermen's Park, Sparta, Wisconsin We will be building LUNKER structures in Sparta, WI for installation in a local stream. Volunteers are encouraged to plan some local fishing in the Driftless Area.  To volunteer or for carpooling information on this work day, contact Dave Carlson

Two Brothers Taproom, Warrenville This event is open to OBTU members and guests who want to talk fishing, drink beer and meet old and new friends and fishing buddies. Two Brothers Taproom does serve food.

Speaker:  Robert Thompson on Great Lakes steelhead and conservation issues as well as his latest film--"Summer Haze" on smallmouth fishing in Illinois and Wisconsin. Our monthly meetings resume on Wednesday, September 18 at the Oak Brook Recreation Center at 7 p.m. in the Central Park West Building.  Guests are welcome. Thompson is an Emmy awarding [...]

Want to go fishing in the Wisconsin Driftless Area?  The Oak Brook TU chapter is hosting a weekend fishing trip to introduce members to the Wisconsin Driftless Area with lodging and carpooling coordinated by the chapter the weekend of September 27-29. There are 12 spots open.  Contact Willie Beshire to register and for more information.  [...]

OBTU is sponsoring a series of free introductory fly tying workshops for both its members and the general public on Tuesdays 7-9 p.m. at the Bass Pro Shops Bolingbrook store on the following dates: October 8 November 5 January 7 Fly tying equipment and materials will be provided.  Learn to tie several basic patterns: woolly [...]