Author Archives: GBTU_President

It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of long-term GBTU member James Neal (Weeb) Eubanks after a brief fight with cancer, on Saturday, August 13, 2011, at the age of 67 years. Over the years Jim held numerous Board Directorships and contributed to the Chapter in countless other ways.  His [...]

Give Bass Flies and help your fellow fly fishers!  GBTU is putting together a loaded fly box to donate to the Illinois Smallmouth Alliance for their annual Bronzeback Blowout Fundraising Raffle on March 5th (see the post elsewhere on this page).  If you want to help please get to Scott Foster four each of your favorite bass [...]

The Illinois Smallmouth Allaince will be hosting the Bronzeback Blowout on Saturday March 5th, 2011.  Building a stronger relationship between Trout Unlimited and the Smallmouth Allaince is something that we, as a group, should work toward.  The Blowout is set to run from 3:00 pm till 9:00 pm at the American Legion Hall in Elmhurst, [...]

GBTU Fly Tying Nights are Rolling! February 15th is GBTU Fly Tying Night. Beginner Fly Tying Night was a blast, but now we’re rolling. This month we will do two flies. One easier, then one harder. For Arkansas we will tie a Beadhead Zebra Midge, and for the daring few La Fontaine’s Emergent Sparkle Pupa.   We [...]

We have just set up a program through which members can order the new GBTU Name Tags!  These high-quality tags use a magnetic attachment system and display the member name as well as the TU and GBTU logos.  The price is $11 each.  For an additional $3 we can have them sent directly to the address [...]

Dustan Harley of Ripple Guide Service in South Bend, IN will be joining us to speak at our Feb. 10th Meeting.  It has been said for the fly-fisherman, the St. Joe River is an enigma wrapped in a mystery.  This program will unwrap the mystery of what is quite possibly the best steelhead fishery in [...]

        In anticipation of the March release of their new book, Improved Trout Waters of Minnesota and Iowa, Todd Hanson and Dave Vetrano are offering GBTU members a 5% discount on both their new book and/or their very popular earlier book, Improved Trout Waters of Wisconsin.  In addition, they will be donating 5% of GBTU member [...]

I’m very pleased to announce that Jeff Conrad will be joining the Board, filling the newly created Director of Communications position.  Jeff has been a very active member of the Chapter, and we can all look forward to his creating a coordinated, effective communications and marketing program over the next year.  Jeff can be reached [...]