FTTU’s monthly meeting for April will be held on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at the Nimick Family Education Center in Ligonier. This month we have a special guest – Kylie Hogan.
Kylie is a recent graduate of Pitt Johnstown and is currently a science teacher at Conemaugh Valley Sr/Jr High Schools. She will be doing a slide show/video presentation on her experiences in TU’s 5 Rivers Odyssey. In this program she spent a month exploring southern Alaska fishing for five species of wild Pacific salmon and learning about conservation issues there.
Note that this meeting will be starting at 7:00 pm instead of 6:00.
See you there!

FTTU’s March meeting will be Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the Nimick Family Education Center.
This month, representatives from the Loyalhanna Watershed Association, Westmoreland County Conservation District, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will update us on ongoing and future projects in our area. This is a rare and unique opportunity to hear from all these major conservation groups at one time in one place!
FTTU business meeting starts at 6:00 pm, the program starts at 7:00.

See “Meeting Info” on the sidebar for directions to the NFEC.

FTTU’s February meeting will feature our popular annual “Slide Show n’ Tell”. Members will have photos and/or video of their fishing or outdoors adventures to share with us. In the past we’ve had shows from Alaska to Patagonia and from the Blue Ridge to the Rocky Mountains. Our members get around! The show is open to all, just bring your media on a flash drive and we’ll put it up on the big screen. Your trip need not be from an exotic location, anything from Loyalhanna Creek and beyond is acceptable and of interest to us.

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 6:00 pm at the Nimick Family Education Center in Ligonier (see “Meeting Info” in the sidebar for directions). Business meeting at 6:00, slide shows begin around 7:00. Come for the meeting and learn about FTTU’s exciting projects and activities for 2019.

Should we need to cancel due to inclement weather, a notice will be posted under “Announcements” on the homepage of forbestrailtu.org by 4:30 pm the day of the meeting.

See you there!

This month we have a historic slide show of photos from Russ Mason’s collection. Stream projects, float stockings, clean-ups and other chapter activities from the ’70’s and ’80’s. Learn about FTTU history or reminisce about the good old days, Russ took photos from almost the very beginnings of the chapter.

Have any old/vintage tackle? Bamboo fly rods, old reels or accessories? Bring your articles to the meeting for an evaluation. We’ll have reference materials and we’ll see if we can find some information or a value for your stuff!

Business meeting at 6:00 pm, slide show at 7:00 pm.

See You There!

FTTU’s annual meeting will be held Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Nimick Family Education Center – 6 Old Lincoln Highway West, Ligonier, PA.

Here we will set our line up of officers and directors, review the chapter’s finances and budget and projects for 2018-19.

After the business meeting, we will have a roundtable on steelhead fishing and a fly tying session. If you have a favorite or unique steelhead pattern, bring your materials and share it with us. Extra vises and tools will be available for those who would like to try fly tying.