Oak Brook Trout Unlimited is now in our 17th 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: Kirk Olson, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Wisc. DNR, La Crosse, WI. Topic: "Restoring Brook Trout Population on a Driftless Stream": Kirk will be talking about a project the WDNR began in 2019 to restore a declining Brook Trout population by removing Brown Trout from a small Vernon County stream. Following Brown Trout removal efforts, native Brook Trout [...]
The Nature Nooks Retreat has been reserved again for OBTU's annual 2022 fishing outing to the heart of the Wisconsin Driftless Area. If you are interested, please save the dates and stay tuned for more information. The trip is planned to be similar to trips held in past years. Link to information from past [...]
Fishing Outing Combined with half day OBTU entomology survey. Meet at Coldwater River on Saturday, October 8 in the morning. Join the Saturday 8:30 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 2022 fishing outing to the Northeast Iowa Driftless Area is scheduled for October 14 thru 16. 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. Last years trip was very popular [...]
Speakers: Kiap-TU-Wish Chapter(LaCrosse Area) members Nate Anderson, Wisc. DNR Fisheries Management-Fish Habitat Specialist; and Loren Haas, Chapter Board Member Topic: Current approaches to stream restoration. More About Nate Anderson: to be added More About Loren Haas: to be added The meeting will begin at 7:00pm. This will be a hybrid meeting: You can [...]
This is your opportunity to contribute to hands on cold water stream improvement work close to home. The Southeast Wisconsin TU Chapter (SEWTU) has invited OBTU to assist with 3 workdays this year. The 3rd and final SEWTU work day for 2022 is Oct. 22 at Tichigan Creek in Western Racine County Wisconsin. Please [...]
This is your opportunity to contribute to hands on cold water stream improvement work close to home. The Southeast Wisconsin TU Chapter (SEWTU) has invited OBTU to assist with the last of 3 workdays this year: Please contact Dale MacDonald, OBTU Board Member, for more info & to register your interest in attending: [...]
Come out for the Oak Brook TU 2022 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: Carl Hueter Topic: Fishing “Henry’s Fork” and other locations in western states: Every angler dreams of someday fishing Idaho's Henry’s Fork, where even the most experienced anglers can be guaranteed a challenge. But novices will also find miles of the lower Henry’s Fork that offer easy, accessible fishing. Carl will discuss his experience fishing the [...]