North Coast Site Tour

On Wednesday, October 23rd, 7 members of the Tualatin Valley chapter of Trout Unlimited met for a tour of the projects we have been involved in over the years. In attendance were Erle Norman, Jon Pampush, Greg Fritts, Mike Coddington, Robert Williams, Michael Ellis, and the leader of the tour, Doug Ray.

Cedars, bull rushes and sedges getting established

Deschutes Die-off - Oregon TU responds

John Hendricks/KTVZ.COM

Oregon TU and the Deschutes Chapter have reacted to a recent fish die-off on the Deschutes River just south of Bend [ODFW News Release] according to Tom Wolf.

PNW Fly Tyers Rendezvous

Update Info!

Welcome to the 2013 NEW & IMPROVED

Pacific Northwest Fly Tyers Rendezvous

Date: Saturday, NOVEMBER 9, 2013

NEW 2013 Location: JACKSON ARMORY - 6255 NE Cornfoot Road [near the PDX airport]

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Admission: $3.00 [includes a door prize entry]

Make the NEW project a GOOD ONE!

Dairy Dell Creek

Tigard, Oregon

Sunday October 27, 2013

It's close; it's local; it's OUR water.

Make this a good one and show support for the efforts made with this new partner!
[and don't forget about November 2 at Circle Creek EAS!]

Contact: MICHAEL ELLIS

Did you miss it?

You know....the Fall River Outing? Passing along a few rumors from Andy who says that although he has been fishing the Fall for over thirty-years [yes that is 3-0 years], he has never seen rain to the extent experienced during the TVTU outing this year! Heavy rain storms often come and go in a few hours this time of year he said but never the ENTIRE trip. You may recall this outing was during the September 27th weekend with the record rainfall and flooding in the Portland area.....

Rested from the Metolius / State Project?

Come out and help - Saturday, November 2!

The Circle Creek EAS Project!

On November 2nd, TVTU will have some hands-on efforts on the new Off Channel Wetland Complex near Seaside.  The Chapter helped fund this Project through the Embrace-a-Stream Program. It is the second such funding effort - and is a continuation of the 2010 work in that area. We need your help!!

DESCHUTES...BE THERE!

Deschutes River Outing
[It's this weekend....Harpham Flats CG]

UNIQUE Opportunity!

On October 23rd Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited will be having a tour of our work projects on the North Coast! Doug Ray - commander of all that is the Necanicum will act as your Tour guide. ALL TVTU MEMBERS and friends are invited to attend!!

Byron, Bill, Doug, Jeff & Dave at the Coho Sanctuary

Tie Flies? PLEASE HELP!

Fancy yourself a tyer? Mastered your whip finish and want to go public for a good cause? Then clamp a few hooks in the vise and DONATE some of your work to the Fly Fishing Arts and Conservations Society's [FFACS] annual PNW Fly Tyers Rendezvous! Your flies will be used in the SILENT AUCTION at the meet on November 9th at the JACKSON ARMORY.

Nestucca River Passage Project Complete

By Alan Moore

The Farmer Creek fish passage project on the Nestucca is about done. It took about 3 years to piece together the funding, design, permitting, right-of-ways and all that fun stuff. Paving was done October 4. This is a 70-foot span concrete bridge (that’s a biggun, as these things go) rated to handle loaded trucks replacing a severely undersized, completely rusted out and collapsed fish-barrier culvert on Farmer Creek, a major Nestucca spawning and rearing tributary for chinook, steelhead, coho, cutthroat and lamprey.