About Jersey Shore Trout Unlimited
The Brook Trout - New Jersey's State Fish
Trout Unlimited's mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America's trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. It is a private, non-profit organization with 125,000 members in 500 chapters nationwide. The Jersey Shore Chapter was established in Oct 1989.
The members of the Jersey Shore Chapter of Trout Unlimited primarily reside in the central New Jersey coastal counties of Monmouth and Ocean. Our conservation activities include yearly stream cleanups and helping with the Sea Run Brown Trout stocking program run by the New Jersey Department of Fish and Wildlife. Our members enjoy both fresh and saltwater fly fishing, and the chapter runs a variety of trips and educational activities throughout the year.
Regular Monthly Meeting - 9/17/2019
Welcome back after our summer break! Our regular monthly meeting for September will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at our usual Fireman's Field meeting location in Oakhurst, NJ. Our special guest speaker will be Tim Flagler who has been a speaker at JSTU meetings several times in the past. His presentations are always interesting and informative - info about Tim's talk and his bio follows. Don't miss this one! As usual, fly tying will precede the meeting at 6:30pm. Visitors always welcome.
Tim Flagler's Presentation on the Kootenai and Yaak Rvers:
The Kootenai and Yaak rivers of northwestern Montana don’t get the recognition that others in the state like the Madison and the Missouri do. This is actually a good thing. Imagine five days of fishing from a drift boat without seeing another one on the river or wading miles and miles of a crystal clear alpine stream and never seeing a soul. That’s what fishing is like on the Kootenai River and the Yaak drainage with the Linehan Outfitting Company. Presentation is entirely video-based.
Tim Flagler's Bio:
Manasquan River Cleanup - 10/13/2019
JSTU will be hosting a special cleanup event on the Manasquan River on Sunday, October 13, 2019. The cleanup will start at 10:00am and run until 3:00pm, will volunteers meeting up at Howell High School. There will be a friendly competition between NJ TU chapters for the most trash collected. After the cleanup, Pig Farm Ink will be hosting an "Iron Fly" event at the nearby Woody's Roadside Tavern. Come on out and help cleanup one of our local rivers, and have lots of fun in the process. Contact Paul Ruzzo for more details.
Regular Monthly Meeting - 10/15/2019
Our regular monthly meeting for October will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at the usual Fireman's Field meeting location in Oakhurst, NJ. Our guest speaker is TBD. As usual, fly tying precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Visitors always welcome.
Regular Monthly Meeting - 11/19/2019
Our regular monthly meeting for November will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at our usual Fireman's Field meeting location in Oakhurst, NJ. Our guest speaker will be Jeff Dement from the American Littoral Society. Jeff manages the society's salt water tagging program which covers the whole Atlantic coast from Florida to Maine. Come join us for this interesting presentation - visitors always welcome. As usual, fly tying will precede the meeting at 6:30pm.