Author: Jim Borowski

Hosted by the Flathead Valley chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby, the annual Earth Day Expo is an opportunity to expose, enlighten, and interact with the public about this incredible planet we call home, the threats it faces, and what we can do locally to make our piece of...

When you couple sunny, warm weather in March with a local fishing guide willing to divulge his secrets on how to catch springtime fish in the Flathead, you’re bound to draw a crowd. And we did! At least forty people attended the FVTU March general meeting held last night...

Flathead Valley’s annual Sportsman’s Expo is an opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts of every shape, size, and persuasion to come together for a weekend and talk all things outdoors with sporting representatives from all over. From fly shops to hunting guides; conservation groups to chiropractors(?), the Expo is a fun...

Bull Trout Belong In Montana! You heard it here first, but you’ll be hearing it a lot more in the coming weeks and months. “Bull Trout Belong In Montana” is the new FVTU slogan to bring attention to the plight of this very special, and very threatened, Northwest Montana...

Blowing snow, whiteout conditions, slick roads and an air temperature of just one degree! Not a day to go fly fishing for sure. But a great day to go to school and talk fly fishing! On Thursday, January 11th (the day the arctic cold front roared into town) FVTU...

HO! HO! HO! On Thursday, December 21, FVTU returned to Bias Brewing for its annual Christmas Party. A time of fun, good food, great camaraderie, and fantastic raffle prizes. Keeping with tradition, we hold a bucket raffle chock full of all sorts of great fishing and outdoor gear. Raffle...

Friends of FVTU will recognize “BFAD” as one of our silent auction items the past few years at our annual banquet. The winning bidder gets to spend a day with two of the Flathead Valley’s most experienced fisheries experts, Leo Rosenthal, FWP Region 1 biologist, and Wade Fredenberg, retired...

When Kaitlin Trutzel contacted us to ask if FVTU would be interested in teaching her class about fly fishing we jumped at the chance. Kaitlin teaches Natural Resources at the H.E. Robinson Agriculture Education Center in Kalispell. The Ag Center provides juniors and seniors from both Kalispell and Glacier...

After a three year hiatus brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual FVTU banquet returned to Grouse Mountain Lodge in Whitefish on Friday, May 5th. It was great to see old friends again and make new ones as over ninety guests attended the event. Traditionally held on the...

On Saturday, April 29, members of FVTU participated in a clean-up of the Old Steel Bridge Fishing Access Site. In what is becoming an annual event, FVTU put out the call for volunteers to help clean up the fishing access sites along the main stem of the Flathead River....