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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/
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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.
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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
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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.
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Christmas Party!
Save the Date ! It’s Back !
Ted Trueblood Chapter
Annual Christmas PartyWednesday, Dec. 6, 2023
from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Annual Christmas PartyWednesday, Dec. 6, 2023
from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Smoky Mountain Pizzaria Grill
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.
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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!
Trout Unlimited volunteers have not yet put away the work clothes and glove just yet!! We had one more project for this year (that we know of) in late October with ReWild Planting at Marianne Williams Park.
The ReWild Project is finishing up their 2 year project along the Boise River with a big planting of native plants this fall. At the site we are sponsoring with the City of Boise in Marianne Williams Park we did some fall planting, this in addition to what we did there a year ago. ReWild evaluated the site and determined a couple hundred more native plants in a few locations would be appropriate.
We had between 15 and 20 volunteers to get all the plants in the ground on Saturday October 28. Thanks to all the TU members and friends who turned out, including a number of our youth Woolly Bugger families!
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A Busy September
Our Ted Trueblood Chapter was busy last month. First, we had the 2nd annual Angler Celebration on September 14 at Kristen Armstrong Municipal Park. We had about 100 people in attendance. It was a great opportunity for anglers to reconnect and share summer fishing stories.
Saturday September 30 we held our outdoor gear sale and despite the poor weather for the outdoor event we raised more than $4,000 for our chapter youth program, including the annual youth Trout Camp and the Boise Valley Woolly Buggers youth group.
While our chapter outdoor gear sale was happening we also had a couple leaders attending the annual the national Trout Unlimited meeting, held this year in Spokane, WA.