Meetings

Look out! Our monthly MEMBER MEETINGS have started again! We have moved the meeting location due to accessibility concerns and so far have gotten some great feedback about the Old Market Pub location - if you have a chance, please come support our speakers and venue - grab a board member and let us know your thoughts.

CHAPTER MEETINGS 
Where: OLD MARKET PUB - Garden Home [6959 SW Multnomah Blvd]
When: second Wednesday each month [except July and August].
Time: 6:30 p.m. gathering time - 7:00 p.m. program start.
What to Expect: The meeting room is on the 1st Floor - look for it past the shuffleboard room; you can also ask a server for the location! There is usually a brief update on Chapter news and events; we ask that new members introduce themselves; allow short tales of any recent member fishing exploits; all that leads directly into the feature presenter.
Raffle: throughout the evening you will have a chance to purchase raffle tickets from our raffle organizer – Ron Reinebach – who assembles some handy and attractive take-homes for the lucky contributor*. You cannot win if you don’t enter - so help further support the Chapter! 
Food and Drink: available for purchase at the OMP meetings. Included in our rental agreement is a full-time server so ordering SHOULD be painless! Keep in mind, food/drink purchases are supportive of our venue and because we have proven ourselves reliable so far, OMP has decided to support our chapter by not charging a meeting room fee!
Speakers: we schedule a wide range of interesting and informative speakers at each monthly meeting so there certainly will be many of interest to you. The topics range from fishing guides and instruction to conservation – we even have some Chapter members who have presented on some of their most awesome destination fishing trips! If you have a suggestion for a speaker – please contact us and let us know.
So please plan on stopping by and taking part – and bring your best fishing stories! We hope to see you soon!
* All proceeds go directly and solely to the Tualatin Valley Chapter to support our projects, meetings, and outings. Must be present to win.
2022 SCHEDULE
The Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited and TVTU invite you to a combined in-person and Zoom presentation outlining TU’s campaign to remove the four lower Snake River dams. This is an opportunity to hear the reasons this is being pursued, how TU is advocating for it and how you can help. This is a live program where you can ask questions and get answers. Eric Crawford is TU’s North Idaho Field Coordinator. He came to TU following a lengthy tenure with Idaho Fish and Game and an avid angler with a mean looking spey cast. He knows the Snake River basin, the issues and the science.
The Deschutes River Alliance is a science-based advocacy organization seeking collaborative solutions to the threats facing the Wild and Scenic Deschutes River and its tributaries. We advocate for cooler, cleaner water, a healthy ecosystem, and the recovery and protection of robust populations of resident and anadromous fish.
DRA has a simple vision - a lower Deschutes River that is the confluence of a healthy ecosystem, sustainable economy and vibrant community.
Our friends at DRA will come and give us an update of the progress, conditions and activities related to our beloved Deschutes River. They will also let us know where it goes from herel!.
June 8: Jennifer LaFollette - "All Things Spey"
Straight from Royal Treatment Fly Fishing in West Linn, Jenn is a one-time Oregon fly fishing guide with home waters on the Rogue where she grew up learning about summer steelhead and native cutthroat on bamboo spey rods with pre-WW reels. These days, Jennifer can be found teaching spey and single hand lessons drawing from her competition experience at the international distance spey competition in San Francisco, Jimmy Green’s Spey-O-Rama, and as a winner of the Long Beach Casting Club Spey Tournament. Her passions for everything fishing include dry fly for brown trout in the Rockies, hosted adventures featuring warm saltwater and local species. She enjoys helping to protect wild steelhead and wild trout and is as committed to conservation and service as she is to her world renowned collection of vintage Hardy reels and her backyard chickens.
Eric started fishing carp around this area about five or six years ago and has built a successful and entertaining program over that time. Most of his pursuit occurs in the Willamette and the Columbia systems and it is all sight fishing. Eric has customized his boats with a poling platform and guides them with push poles for fishing in 3 foot or less of water - just like chasing fish on the tropical flats! The PNW 'Golden bones' get big, well over 20 pounds and clients usually have quite a few shots throughout the day. It has become one of Eric's absolute favorite things to do in the summertime.
Eric Leininger has worked at Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters in Portland, Oregon. 
August - NO MEETING; GO FISHING!! 
September 14, 2022 - Rick Hafele - "Fishing Oregon Lakes"
Rick's slide show presentation will cover hatches, patterns and tactics to be successful fishing the stillwaters of Oregon!

2020 Schedule
January 8: Jeff Morgan - "Winter Flyfishing for Trout"
February 12: Rick Hafele - "Nymph Fishing Rivers & Streams"
 March 11: Josh Linn - "Untangling the Euro leader"
 April 8: Sarah Zwissler - "The Salmon Superhighway" CANCELLED

2019 Schedule
January 9: Marc Williamson - "The Art & Science of Reading Water"
February 13: Jonah Sandford - Exec Director Deschutes River Alliance
March 13: Mike McCoy - "Euro-style nymphing"
April 10: The Sheppard's
May 8: Josh Linn - Salmon Fly, The Ribeye of the Sky
June 12: Rob Crandall - "Deschutes Trout fishing"
August: no meeting
September 11: J. Michelle Swope - "Cutthroat on the Fly!"
October 9: Brian Marz - "Oregon's Flyfishing Mecca"
November 13: Curt Mykut - "Chicken Creek Restoration Project
December 11: Marc Williamson - "The Art & Science of Fishing Spring Creeks"

2018 Schedule
January 10: Marc Williamson - "Flyfishing Central Oregon Lakes & Rivers"
February 14: Chris Santella - "The Tug is the Drug"
March 14: Jason Borger - "Nymphing concept"
April 11: no meeting/cancelled.
May 9: Joel LaFollette - "The Oregon Trout Trail"
June 13: Simon Gawesworth - "All Things Fly Lines"
July 11: Annual TVTU picnic.
August: NO MEETING!
September 12: Kaitlin Lovell - "Salmon Sanctuaries in Portland"
October 10: Michael Gorman - "All Things Nymphing"
November 14: Kyle Smith - "Oregon's TU Sportsman's Conservation" 
December 12: Jeff Morgan - "Traditional Wets vs. New Nymphing"

2017 Schedule
January 11: Jeff Morgan - "Winter Flyfishing for Trout"
February 8: Dave Hughes - "Tenkara: Unburdened"
March 8: Ben Walczak/ODFW - "Wild steelhead - locally"
April 12: Jonah Sandford, Executive Director of Deschutes River Alliance
May 10: Marty Sheppard - "A Year of Fishing in Oregon"
June 14: Jeff Morgan - "Flyfishing the Oregon Cascades"
July 12: Annual TVTU / CRTU Picnic!
August: No meeting.
September 13: Stacie Kelsey - "Trout fishing in SW Washington"
October 11: Michael Gorman - "Effective Stillwater Fishing"
November 8: Sarah Zwissler - "Salmon Superhighway"
December 13: Rob Crandall - "Spring Fishing Opportunities"

2016 Schedule
January 13: Jeff Morgan - "Fishing Yellowstone National Park"
February 10: Rick Hafele - "Five Mistakes You Do Not Need to Make"
March 9: Marc Williamson - "Fishing Fall River"
April 13: Bob Wolfe - "Why Fish Chironomids"
May 11: Hal Gordon - "Wyoming Cutthroat and the Cutt Slam Award"
June 8: Andy Andrews - "A Wilderness Survival Kit for Your Car"
July 13: Annual TVTU Potluck Barbecue
August: No meeting.
September 14: Scott Richmond - "Ancient geology and biology of the Deschutes country"
October 12: Michael Gorman - "Steelhead fly fishing;Guerilla Flyrod Tactics"
November 9: Annual State of TVTU meeting.
December 14: Rob Crandall - "Spring Fishing Opportunities" 
2015 Schedule
January 14: Bernie Taylor - "Timing the Salmon and Steelhead".
February 11: Dave Hughes - "Trout from Small Streams"
March 11: Jeff Morgan-"The Oddballs"
April 8: Rob Crandall-"Steelhead Mysteries-Winter and Summer"/Water Time Outfitters.
May 13: Melissa Brown-"Urban Fish: Making a Living in the City"
June 10: Isabel LaCourse-Tualatin Riverkeepers "Kids Fishing Camp"
July 8: Annual Chapter Potluck Barbecue!
August 12: NO MEETING!
September 9: Preston Singletary-"The Sea-Run Cutthroat"
October 14: John Pomplin-"Self-guided Alaska Fly Fishing Adventure"
November 11: Tom Wolf-"Comments on ODFW and legislature"
December 9: Scott Richmond-"The Gold Fly Box"

2014 Schedule
January 8: John Weinheimer, WDFW District Fish Biologist - trout fishing in SW Washington.
February 12: Jason Borger - “Approach/Presentation Strategies for Trout.”
March 12: Lizanne Saunders/World Salmon Council - Salmon Watch program.
April 9: Scott Richmond - the seven seasons on the Deschutes River.
May 14: Joel La Follette/Royal Treatment Fly Fishing - "New Challenges".
June 11: Doug Ray - TVTU coastal projects review.
July 9: annual Chapter potluck barbecue!
August 13: NO MEETING!
September 10: David Moskowitz/Deschutes River Alliance.
October 8: Brian Marz/PNW Salmon attack.
November 12: Annual State of the Chapter meeting.
December 10: Marc Williamson - fishing the Crooked River.

2013 Schedule
January 9: Doug Ray: Necanicum projects update.
February 13: Rick Hafele: everything emerger.
March 13: John Bracke: Native Fish Society.
April 10: Rob Crandall: steelhead.
May 8: Joel LaFollette: Metolius River.
June 12: Peter Baxter: fishing Southern Africa.
July 10: Annual TVTU picnic/fundraiser at Cook Park!
August 14: NO MEETING
September 11: Mia Sheppard: T. Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
October 9: Tom Wolf: TU Lobbyist.
November 13: Hank Hoffman: hackle developer; Annual Meeting.
December 11: Doug Ray: 2013 projects wrap-up.

Tualatin Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited
633 NE Kristie Court
Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
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