Category Archives: News

Once again the Gary Borger Chapter will be participating in the Great Outdoor Expo in Woodstock, IL.  The dates of the Expo are Saturday March 3rd and Sunday March 4th at the Woodstock North High School.  Like last year we will be hosting a booth where we can inform the folks at the Expo about [...]

FENNIMORE TRIP – NOTE THE CHANGE IN DATES TO THE NEXT WEEK – APRIL 20 AND 21 ! Due to a newly arising conflict with a major TU workshop, the Fennimore trip has been moved back one week, to April 20 and 21. Great news!  Our GBTU Chapter is headed back to Fennimore, WI for [...]

The Illinois Council of Trout Unlimited will again be holding its Conservation and Fly Fishing Camp along the banks of the fabled Au Sable River from July 29th through August 3rd. Campers will learn more about conservation and fly fishing in a week at this camp than most of us learn in a lifetime. Camp [...]

Fly Tying, A Great Night Out Last month we were excited to have over twenty people come to GBTU Fly Tying Night. Thanks to all that made it possible, especially Darwin Adams that took the newer tiers through some good solid basics, and Allen Rupp for sharing his vast knowledge of picking hair for various [...]

I am very pleased to announce that GBTU elected the following slate of Officers and Directors at last night’s chapter meeting: President: Darwin Adams (2 Year Term) Vice President: Kyle Kamp (2 Year Term) Treasurer: Bob DeGraff (2 Year Term) Secretary: Fung Chin (2 Year Term) Outings Director: Kurt Meier (2 Year Term) Conservation Dir.: [...]

Arkansas Trip 2012 The first GBTU trip of 2012 is now set. The location is Gene’s Trout Fishing Resort, 324 River Acres Drive, Salesville, Arkansas 72653-9796. Website: www.norfork.com/genes/  Phone: (870)-499-5381 The resort overlooks the North Fork River. Our two cabins have 19 individual beds, a pool table, DVD, 2 televisions and a stereo. Check-in is [...]

The GBTU meeting originally scheduled for Jan.12 has been rescheduled for Thursday Jan.19 with Pat Elhers still our speaker.  See you then.

A GBTU special meeting is being called for ratifying the chapter by laws and voting on the current slate of officers.  Download the proposed changes to the bylaws here. All members should plan to attend as the voting needs to be in person- no proxy voting is allowed. Need A voting quorum of at least [...]

GBTU Member Jim Tingey and Trout in the Classroom mentioned in a National Science Teacher’s Association report. http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=59154