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...
The Passing of a Good Friend- Jim Johnson
The fly fishing community lost a good friend and a great mentor this past weekend with the passing of Jim Johnson. Jim, a long time Flathead Valley TU board member, was an expert fly tyer, rod builder, casting instructor and fisherman who gave generously of his time and expertise....
FVTU Second Annual Veterans Fishing Day
On Friday, July 20, 2018, FVTU took a group of veterans fishing on the lower Flathead River as part of our Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) program. TU chapters around the country use the VSP as a means of connecting with their local vets to show their support and appreciation...
Yes for Responsible Mining Initiative I-186 safeguards clean water in Montana
Good opinion piece in the Missoulian this morning (7/16/18) in support of I-186 by Chris Schustrom. Chris is the chairman of the Montana Trout Unlimited Executive Committee and treasurer of the Flathead chapter. I-186, on the ballot in November, will address toxic pollution from mines – including arsenic, lead...
Not “IF” but “WHEN”
Oregon Live covered the oil train threat to the Middle Fork Flathead River in a good article July 8 with quotes from local interests and comparisons to the disaster (230,000 gallons) in Iowa and the firey spill in Mosier, Oregon in 2016. “Beneath the Middle Fork lie several feet...
Oil Trains in the Middle Fork Corridor
FVTU was part of producing this brochure to illustrate the dangers of the transport of crude oil through the steep, dangerous canyon of the Middle Fork Flathead River. (Use the full screen option to view) In addition theWorld’s Strongest Acai gives best buy cialis deeprootsmag.org you energy, a...
Vote YES on I-186
Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited along with Montana TU and other chapters around the state are asking for your urgent help to get ballot initiative I-186 on the ballot for the November election. Toxic pollution from mines – including arsenic, lead and mercury – contaminates our rivers, lakes and streams while threatening public...