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 [...]
Michigan’s Coldwater River Watershed Council will continue to receive both Oak Brook TU volunteer and financial support in the form of two macroinvertebrate study work days in May and in October. The October 12 study will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the meeting location at the Tyler Creek Country Club in Alto, Michigan. [...]
Speaker: Jake Lemon, TU Eastern Angler Science Coordinator on "Stream Monitoring Technology" and Aaron Snell, Co-Founder of Streamside Ecological Service, on “Coldwater Watershed Habitat Strategy” The meeting is 7-9 p.m. at the Oak Brook Recreation Center Main Building, Canterberry Room. Guests are welcome. As TU Eastern Angler Science Coordinator Jake Lemon manages and supports projects [...]
Want to go fishing in the Iowa 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 October 18-20. There are 12 spots open. Contact Willie Beshire to register and for more information. [...]
Come out for the Oak Brook TU 2019 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 [...]
Speaker: Nicole Watson, Ph.D Student, Michigan State University, on "Michigan's Grayling Reintroduction" The meeting will be in the Oak Brook Central Park West Building, 7-9 p.m. Guests are welcome. Nicole will review the history of Michigan Grayling including their extirpation from Michigan waters and multiple failed attempts at reintroduction. However, with a successful Montana reintroduction, [...]