FVTU monthly meetings are back and with Halloween just around the corner, what better way to start than with a discussion about Creepy Crawlers! We kicked off our 2024-2025 season of General Membership Meetings with an excellent presentation by Dr. Rachel Malison from the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake...

The 2024-2025 FVTU General Meeting schedule begins starting Tuesday October 15, at 6:00 PM...

Last fall, FVTU board member Tim Joern partnered with local boy scout Ryland Armstrong to help him complete his Eagle Scout project; building and installing several “Flybraries” at local Fishing Access Sites around the valley. FVTU provided advice and funding for the project. Ryland and his fellow scouts did...

Our 2024 FVTU Fundraiser Banquet is in the books and turned out to be a rousing success. We would like to thank all our members and friends who attended the banquet and those who purchased tickets for our amazing raft raffle. On May 18th at approximately 8:30 PM, Flathead...

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...