FVTU Coronavirus Statement
AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS The Flathead Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is committed to our goals, causes and members. The impact of COVID -19 on our many members, sponsors, contributors and friends in the Flathead Valley, and beyond, has affected us in incalculable ways. The...
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FVTU Veterans Ice Fishing Day On Tuesday, February 11, FVTU board members Jim Borowski and Rob Weiker took three veterans from the Kalispell Vet Center on an ice fishing trip to Loon Lake. The trip was one of our Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) programs. We were joined by Adam...
Ho! – Ho! – Ho!
FVTU Celebrates the Holiday Season Last night Kalispell Brewing Co. hosted our annual Christmas party. A good time was had by all, as the old saying goes. The festivities were punctuated with lots of good food, fun, and plenty of raffle prizes. About fifty FVTU members and friends showed...
Veterans Day – 11/11/19
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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...