2021/2022 Chapter Meetings
With an abundance of caution, the board has decided to resume in-person chapter meetings starting on January 12, 2022. Our monthly meetings are part of the glue that holds the chapter together and are vitally important to our mission of fly fishing education and cold water conservation. But with the delta variant menacing, we will follow CDC and TU guidelines and do our part to not become part of the problem.
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Water Master Sweepstakes!
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Win a Water Master, Kodiak Raft, Expedition Model
What better way to support local cold water fisheries conservation, protection, and restoration than a chance to win your very own Water Master? The Kodiak Raft, Expedition Model will take you where you need to go to catch your dream trout. The sweepstakes package is a $2,045 value!
Learn more and buy tickets by clicking the button below!
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WSCTU UM Scholarships Awarded!
The University of Montana Foundation has awarded two $2,000 scholarships funded by the WestSlope Chapter. This is one of the programs that the chapter is most proud of.
Awardee Leah Joyce, a fourth-year PhD Candidate in the Wildlife Biology Program, is researching how beaver dams and ponds in Glacier National Park affect disease and parasite occurrence in amphibian populations.
Awardee Jennifer Mendel is in her junior year of the Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management Program. She hopes to work in policy with the Forest Service, National Parks Service, or BLM in the future.
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Missoula Fly Gals Wade in Wednesday's are BACK!
Join the Missoula Fly Gals September 15th and September 29th to get some fall fishing in. Sign up using the button below!
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Fly Pattern of the Month: Crane Fly!
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Mosquito Hawk, the Gollywomper, The Skeeter Eater,
The Flying Long Legs
The Crane fly is an incredible “wild card” particularly in the month of September when anglers often find themselves between the trico/terrestrial time frame and the fall mayfly/October Caddis hatches. >> Learn the pattern
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Think Small for Big Fish, By Mark Kuipers
"Many people in this age of Kelly Galloup mega-streamers don't know is that sometimes a micro-streamer is just what the trout want."
Find out what these surprise streamers are... >>Read More
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Youth Fly-Fishing Education for Rocky Mountain Hemophilia & Bleeding Disorders Association
Chapter members John Rincher and Mark Kuipers spent a pleasant afternoon on Flathead Lake teaching a group of young people aged 14 to 18 about fly fishing and cold water conservation. >>Read More |
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Casting for Recovery
Casting for Recovery (CfR) provides healing outdoor retreats for women with breast cancer. Check out how WSCTU and MFG got involved in this year's retreat and view photos from the weekend. >>Read More
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Bug ID + BBQ with WEN
Missoula Fly Gal's annual Bug ID + BBQ event co-hosted with Watershed Education Network was a hit! Check out what the gals got into on the river. >> Photo Gallery |
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Fly Fishing Film Festival
Board members Kate Hasterlik, Laurie Lane, Carrie Graham, Joe Hertig, Mike Peterson and Mark Kuipers sold WSCTU Logo merchandise and raffle tickets for the Water Master. We had a great time talking with people, selling products and pitching the raffle tickets. Held outside at Ogren Field, attendance was a bit light but we sold over $1,000 of merchandise and tickets. Kate even won herself some new rod racks!
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Community Feature: The Picard's
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The Picard family enjoys a few days on Montana's Smith River, which is considered one of the crown jewels of the National Wild & Scenic River System!
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Enjoying a cold one on one of Montana’s most prized pieces of public land, the Smith River.
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Do you have a fishing adventure you'd like to share?
Click the button below to fill out a quick form to be featured in our next newsletter and on social media!
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***NOTE: this form will only work for folks with a Gmail account. If you don't have a Gmail account and still want to fill out the form, please email: westslopechapter.tu@gmail.com ***
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