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Trout on Tap Returns May 7
Join the Ted Trueblood Chapter for our Trout on Tap on Tuesday May 7 at White Dog Brewery! Come meet the new TU staff and hear a presentation on Apache Trout. We will gather at 6:30 pm at White Dog Brewery, 705 W. Fulton in downtown Boise
Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited is looking towards
IdahoGives, April 29 through May 2.
A big part of our fundraising success depends on
your participation and networking.
- Your IdahoGives donation to ourTrout Unlimited Chapter this year will support our three youth programs: The Woolly Bugger Kids’ Fishing Club, the Trout in the Classroom Program and our annual Kids’ Summer Trout Camp.
- We’d appreciate you helping us grow our network by lettiing your network know about us and ask your friends to do the same.
- Be a Fundraising “Champion!” Help drive others to our Idaho Gives profile on April 29 – May 2 and become one of our Champions by promoting our fundraising effort. Simply click the “Champion” button next to “donate” on our Trout Unlimited IdahoGives Page.
- Plan on donating to all your favorite Idaho nonprofits,
including Ted Trueblood Youth Program, April 29 to May 2.
Thank you in advance for your support!
April 24 Chapter Meeting
RSVP here – https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Achieving-Healthy-And-Abundant-Salmon-And-91710?redir=1
Read about our panelists here – https://tedtruebloodtu.org/salmon-panelists/
March 13 Meeting
Join the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited for a presentation about the South Fork Boise River Watershed Collaborative
Time: 6:30-7:00 Social / 7:00 Program
Date: March 13
Location: Smoky Mountain Pizza in Park Central
Andy Prisciandaro, the Trout Unlimited South Fork Boise River Watershed Collaborative Manager and Daniel Ritz, Communications and Outreach Coordinator for the Idaho Wildlife Federation will walk us through this exciting new group. The collaborative was formed to identify, prioritize and implement of improvements to the South Fork Boise Watershed between Anderson Ranch Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir. This interdisciplinary, multi-agency group officially began in October of 2023 to conserve and enhance the watershed with benefits to our shared community, fishery and anglers. The Collaborative has begun brainstorming ideas and investigating the feasibility of projects ranging from simple changes to signage up to large side channel reconnection projects. Come learn about their scope of work, potential projects, as well as how you can provide input and stay engaged with their work!
Combined with Daniel’s storytelling ability and personal experience fishing the river we are sure this will be an exciting ad informative presentation!
About the presenters:
Anthony Prisciandaro a former fish biologist and current Trout Unlimited South Fork Boise River Watershed Manager past experience with the South Fork Boise has includes everything from tracking fish by helicopter to collect data to create flow and water quality models.
Daniel Ritz is Communications and Outreach Coordinator for the Idaho Wildlife Federation, Editor of Swing the Fly Magazine and ANGLERS Fly Shop. Photo: Daniel Ritz/IWF
We want to congratulate Adare Evans on her recent retirement from Idaho Fish and Game after 31 years of service. And thank her for all she has done through IDFG’s wildlife and hunter education programs there. One program our chapter cooperates in is the Trout in the Classroom – we will miss her involvement there. The TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM program has grown leaps and bounds over the years thanks to her efforts. Learn more about TIC :Troutintheclassroom.org and more information on our website.
Warm Springs Creek Update
Our project work at Warm Springs Creek confluence with the Boise River continues to roll along. We plan to do some additional habitat restoration work later this year after we get some permit renewal completed.
Meanwhile, check out this video of a bobcat that jumped the creek a couple nights ago:
Fishing for Redfish in Texas!!
Fly fishing for Redfish at Bay Flats Lodge, Texas was an amazing experience. Big water, big sky, excellent boats with very good guides and lots of hungry fish.
Five local trout fisherman from Idaho headed to Texas to catch a species they had never caught in their lives. Three of them will discuss how the trip was organized, the difference between salt and freshwater fishing, what to bring, and most importantly what you should do prior to heading out. They’ll share some stories (not others) and photos of an amazing trip.
Date: February 7, 2024
When: 6:30 – Social Hour
7:00 – Presentation
Where: Smokey Mountain Pizza, Parkcenter Blvd., Boise
Jan. 10, 2024 meeting
YOUTH SALMON PROTECTORS
Youth Salmon Protectors (YSP) is a program of the Idaho Conservation League working to build a coalition of young people across the Northwest dedicated to honoring tribal treaties, breaching the 4 lower Snake River dams and saving wild salmon and steelhead. These young people are passionate and well informed. They are well organized, active and passionate about their mission. The Youth Salmon Protectors are actively participating at events and presenting for various interest groups here in the Boise Valley AND beyond. This presentation will be unique and inspiring! Come join us and listen to the YSP presentation about preservation of wild salmon and steelhead!
Date: January 10, 2024
When: 6:00 – Social Hour
6:30 – Young Salmon Protectors Presentation
Where: Smokey Mountain Pizza, Parkcenter Blvd., Boise
Learn more about YSP here: the Youth Salmon Protectors and instagram.
Christmas Party!
Annual Christmas PartyWednesday, Dec. 6, 2023
from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
After a four year hiatus, the TU Christmas Party is BACK !
Come join us to celebrate the holiday season and the end of another year. Enjoy a snack and beverage with your fellow conservationists.
Nov. 8 Program on Selective Trout
Date: Wednesday, November 8
Time: 6:00 Social Hour
6:30 Program
Location: Smoky Mountain Pizza (415 E. Parkcenter)
Speaker: Chris Gerono from Boise River Guides
Program Topic: Selective Trout
We enjoy fly fishing because it is fun. However we have all experienced that trout on that difficult stream that is sipping something that we can hardly see and just cant get the fly pattern right or the drift is slightly off. Fooling these trout is the ultimate reward in our sport. I designed this presentation to help you catch that fish that keeps giving you the middle fin. This presentation has a little bit of everything. I will go through fly selection, rise forms, casting techniques, fly presentation and the little tricks to make you a better fly fisher. I look forward to sharing knowledge with you.
Chris Gerono: From Boise River Guides
My name is Chris Gerono and every major decision I’ve made for the last 30 years has been based on fly fishing. I have been lucky enough to have been guiding now for 23 years with 14 of those years as a Fly Fishers International certified casting instructor. During that time I have been guiding for my passions; trout and steelhead. The majority of this guiding has been in Montana (including Yellowstone Park), Idaho and Oregon. Other states I’ve guided in include Colorado, Pennsylvania and of course Alaska. I have been an avid fly tyer my entire fly fishing career, creating fly patterns and a specialty fly tying base with 3 vices for step tying. Along with guiding I’ve been conducting fly fishing retreats, schools and classes. Common Lines https://youtu.be/09j1Ayq-4RU is a short that was filmed during my advanced fly fishing school “trout camp” in Montana! If you are a Hank Patterson fan, check out one of the adventures I’ve been lucky enough to take part in, https://youtu.be/B2Pr6z_c-OQ. I am also a published author and photographer.
I look forward to sharing time on the water with you!