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GBTU Meeting Tonight with Featured Guest Speaker Pat Ehler! Topic: “Ways to Become a Better Predator”

By GBTU_President | Published: December 31, 2011

Pat Ehlers opened his fly shop, The Fly Fishers Inc. in 1988 in Milwaukee. He has guided throughout Wisconsin and the Great Lakes as well as in Montana and Alaska. Pat has designed fly rods for Echo Rods, fly lines for both Airflo and Rainy’s Flies, and is a technical advisor for Simms. Pat is [...]

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BSA Fly Fishing Merit Badge: June 4th

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: May 24, 2011

Gary Borger TU is holding it’s second BSA Fly Fishing Merit Badge day on June 4, 2011, from 8:15 am to 4:00 pm.  You are invited to come out to be a mentor for the boys or just watch the enjoyment these boys are having.  We cover casting to tying flies to conservation to ethics.  [...]

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May 12th GBTU Chapter Meeting @ Trout & Grouse

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: May 9, 2011

Our May 12th meeting will be held at Trout and Grouse at 7:00 p.m.  At this meeting our fine friends at T&G will provide us with a casting clinic followed by a casting contest for anyone interested.  All members interested in participating should bring their own rods (5 or 6 weight suggested but not mandatory). As time permits following [...]

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Volunteers Needed to Help Set-Up for Flapjacks!

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: April 24, 2011

We need approximately 4 volunteers to help set up GBTU’s Flapjacks for Fisheries fundraiser.  Responsibilities will include lifting and carrying furniture, setting up displays, signage, and other misc. tasks.  All volunteers will meet on Friday, April 29th from 5-6:30pm at the Sheridan Shore Yacht Club in Wilmette.  Please contact Jim Tingey at 847-287-5053 or at [...]

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Needed: Flies for Flapjacks

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: April 24, 2011

We are pulling together a few boxes of flies to raffle at Flapjacks for Fisheries and need your help!  If you can spare them, please consider donating some flies to the effort.  We’d like to get them in multiples of six per pattern, but as always, are happy to receive whatever you can part with.  Please bring [...]

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Highland Park Ravines Restoration Project VIDEO!

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: April 4, 2011

Thank you Todd Burleson for making this short video highlighting the progress made at the Highland Park Ravines Restoration Project.  If you are new to the Gary Borger Chapter of TU or just curious, GBTU has been a highly visible participant with this project.  If you would like to participate in monitoring the streams and [...]

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TU National Spring Clean-Up: Dell Creek, WI

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: March 23, 2011

Dell Creek Cleanup Day April 23 Aldo Leopold TU Chapter hosts day of work, food and fishing WISCONSIN DELLS, WI — The Aldo Leopold Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold its second work day of the year at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, on Dell Creek.  Located in Sauk County, the work day location [...]

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Things Are About To Get Fishy

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: March 22, 2011

This month, all of the hard work over the past 5 months will end with the release of the trout. For the trout, this is a new beginning as they embark on their journey to their home- Lake Michigan.  Students, teachers, administrators, parents and volunteers have put in countless hours studying, maintaining, and raising the [...]

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Have you ever tied a “Viva” pattern?

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: March 21, 2011

Learn how on April 21st at another GBTU Fly Tying Night Event. Thanks, to Randy Cochran for sharing a Steelhead egg pattern and a favorite streamer pattern at last month’s Fly Tying Night! We’ve had lots of fun and learned a few tricks along the way this year.So, come on out for the last two [...]

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GBTU Driftless Area Fishing Trip: April 15th-17th

By TreeTopFlyr | Published: March 21, 2011

The annual Spring outing to the Driftless area will take place next month.  The area where GBTU will be based is in Westby, WI.  After a long winter and cool spring, the fish should be feeding well.  Reservations have been made at the Old Towne Motel, Westby and scheduled for April 15-17 including 6 double [...]

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  • Upcoming Events

    • March 3, 2012 – Woodstock Show
      N/A, General
    • March 8, 2012 – Chapter Meeting
      7:00 pm, General
    • March 15, 2012 – Fly Tying Night
      6:30 pm, General

  • Come Meet Us

    We'd love for you to join us. Our chapter meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at the Aspen Library in Vernon Hills, IL at 7pm. Let us know you're coming by contacting any member listed in our chapter contacts link.