Friends, Lets get together for drinks and/or food on Thursday evening, August 24, 2023, from about 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Driftwood Grille in Oakbrook. This is an opportunity for long standing members and new members alike to see old friends, make new friends or find a fishing partner. We will sit outside weather permitting [...]
Oak Brook Trout Unlimited (OBTU) will return with the STREAM Girls program. The program is open to girls 11 to 14 years old. All equipment is provided by Oak Brook Chapter Trout Unlimited. STREAM Girls employs STEM-education (science, technology. Engineering, math) plus recreation and arts to explore a local stream. Every person is a citizen [...]
Breakfast Club: Meet for breakfast on Saturday morning, September 2, 2023, from about 8:00 to 9:30 am at the "Juicy-O" breakfast restaurant in Downers Grove. 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 in-the-loop with what’s going on at [...]
Oak Brook Trout Unlimited is now in our 19th 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. [...]
Speaker: Joel Ruby, photographer, videographer and award-winning editor based in Chicago, Illinois. will show his 19 minute video "All in the Water" followed by group discussion. The film is about "opening up the fly fishing world to people of color so that everyone can find their way to the water to cast to a rising [...]
We will be fishing the Wisconsin Driftless area trout streams and camping at the Westfork Sports club in Avalanche/Viroqua Wisc. This camping trip coincides with our Nature Nooks retreat trip and the campground is just down the road from the retreat. The campsites are first come first serve except the electric sites. There are 3 [...]
This is OBTU's 5th annual fishing outing at Nature Nooks Retreat near Viroqua, Wisconsin. A link to details from prior years is provided: https://obtu.org/fishing-outings/ Stay tuned for details for this year's outing as they become available. It is expected that the 2023 outing will be very similar to prior years. Contact Willie Beshire at [...]
Try-It, Ty-It Fly-Tying Workshop Event details The Will County Forest Preserve District has partnered with Oak Brook Chapter of Trout Unlimited so you can try your hand at fly tying. This workshop is intended for those with limited fly-tying experience, including beginners. General techniques needed for fly tying will be shown, and basic trout fly [...]
Fishing Outing Combined with half day OBTU entomology survey. Meet at Coldwater River on Saturday, Oct 7 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 [...]
OBTU's annual 2023 fishing outing to the Northeast Iowa Driftless Area is scheduled for October 13 thru 15, 2023. If you are interested, please save the dates and stay tuned for more information. The trip is planned to be based in the Decorah, Iowa, area with a similar itinerary. Link to information from last [...]