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 [...]

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 [...]