FVTU at TU VSP T3 in AR
Phew, that was a mouthful. More simply put, Flathead Valley TU was represented at national TU’s Veteran Service Partnership Train-the-Trainer event in Arkansas last month. FVTU VSP Coordinator Jim Borowski attended the conference as both a participant and a presenter. The three day event brought in about twenty representatives...
Finding Peace Through Fly Fishing
FVTU holds third annual veterans float down the Flathead On Thursday, September 12, FVTU took six local veterans on a float down the main stem of the Flathead River to introduce them to the joys and therapeutic value of fly fishing. This was our third consecutive year treating a...
Silvertip Ranch 2019
FVTU Helps with Annual VSP Trip Earlier this month FVTU Veterans Service Partnership Coordinators Jim and Jo Borowski, along with three other volunteer guide/companions, took five veterans and their spouses into Silvertip Ranch, north of Yellowstone National Park. Located on the uppermost reaches of Slough Creek, Silvertip is a...
Toxic Coal Mine Waste Knows No Border
“Massive open-pit coal mines in British Columbia are leaching high concentrations of selenium into the Elk River watershed, damaging fish populations and contaminating drinking water. Now this pollution is flowing across the Canadian-U.S. border, threatening the quality of U.S. waters.” A recent article from Yale Environment 360 explores the...
2019 Tie-A-Thon a Success
The 2019 Tie-A-Thon in support of the Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation was another success. As in 2018, TU chapters around the state were asked to donate flies to the Warriors and Quiet Waters Foundation (WQW) in Bozeman. Since 2007, WQW had been bringing injured post 9/11 combat veterans...
F3T Coming to NW Montana
You won’t want to miss this one. The Fly Fishing Film Tour is coming to Western Montana. Check the website for a venue near you. March 23, 2019 – Whitefish Montana March 23, 2019 – Sandpoint, Idaho April 27, 2019 – Thompson Falls, Montana...
Flies for Vets
2019 Tie-A-Thon in support of the Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation TU chapters around the state are being asked to donate flies to the Warriors & Quiet Waters foundation. For over ten years Warriors & Quiet Waters has been bringing injured post 9/11 combat vets to Montana and using...
Trout in the Classroom – Whitefish Independent High School
Al Hammel has posted an update on the first two weeks of the Whitefish Independent High School Trout in the Classroom project. This is the seventh aquarium at valley schools funded by Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited. This project was funded by a generous grant in memory of dedicated fly...
FVTU On Slough Creek
FVTU Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) Coordinators Jim and Jo Borowski just returned from another successful trip to Slough Creek assisting the national VSP program. This is the sixth year that TU’s VSP has taken veterans into Silvertip Ranch, a private holding bordering Yellowstone National Park and adjacent to...
Remembering Jim Johnson
Long time FVTU board member and master fly tier Jim Johnson passed away late last month. Jim was a fixture at FVTU functions and taught the advanced fly tying classes for many years. I always considered him a “semi-professional” fly tier. While you and I have a fly tying...