WestSlope Cutty Crew
This is a group dedicated to youth fly fishing. Use it as a forum to learn about everything fly fishing to conservation and beyond. Post your best pics!
17/09/2023
Attention Bitterroot boaters…
Join us for a free Youth Fly Fishing event at Travelers State Park, July 21st, 10am-noon! There will be lots of fun learning stations and prizes including a Fly Rod Outfit!
Bring the kids to our free fly fishing event July 21st from 10am-noon at Travelers State Park! We’re giving away a Fly Rod Outfit!
12/07/2023
FREE Youth Flyfishing event on July 21st at Travelers Rest State Park! We’re giving away an LLBean Fly Rod Outfit and swag! Bring the kids out to learn about Lolo Watershed and more. So much fun!
08/07/2023
Hello TU community - the daughter of a TU leader in Idaho has gone missing. Please share in your networks, especially folks in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada.
Rainbow trout eggs for Trout in the Classroom! We get 200 eggs from the hatchery. These are eyed up eggs. The black dots are their eyes! The second stage they are called Alevin and will survive off of their yolk sacs. The next stage is called swim-up fry. A female rainbow trout will lay 400-3000 eggs based on her size. Only 1-2% will survive to spawn depending on watershed quality and other factors!
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14/02/2023
Since it's Valentine's Day... We love Trout in the Classroom! It's the best hands on education for youth to learn about the trout species in our local rivers and to know why keeping the rivers cool, clean, and connected is important. And, Missoula has fabulous watersheds. WSCTU sponsors several schools participating in this program and more want to participate. This is a WIN for the future of conservation. These kids will be voting in a short time and they will be the next stewards of our rivers. Let's make sure the future is in good hands! Thank you to all our donors. We ❤️ you!
28/01/2023
Free Ice fishing clinic for kids! 😃
We hope to see you at the MTSFW where we will be handing out hot cocoa and hot dogs! Also, we will have gun raffle tickets and membership information available. See you there!
25/01/2023
Come see the exclusive sneak peek of The Montana Fishing Film Festival at The Still Room. Free and open to the public!
Our next Chapter Meeting is taking place February 8, 2023, at The Still Room, 6:30pm! Be sure to get there early for a seat! Open to the public.
Mark you calendars for our Annual Banquet taking place on February 25th. Details coming soon...
Montana River’s are beautiful. It’s cool to protect them so our kids can enjoy them. Go to to help. Here’s to a happy healthy 2023 with more free flowing clean rivers….
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25/12/2022
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Would this fly work or should it be an ornament?
"The things fishermen know about trout aren't facts, but articles of faith" JOHN GIERACH
Happy Holidays from all of us at WSCTU!
Fly from the vise of Matt Spangler, Missoulian Angler fishing guide and professional fly tier.
20/12/2022
Please help protect our wild trout habitat and fishery!
Comments Needed on FWP Fish Creek Recreation Plan - Montana Trout Unlimited Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks needs to hear from you about protecting native and wild trout in a prime spawning tributary of the lower Clark Fork River.
20/12/2022
Comments Needed on FWP Fish Creek Recreation Plan - Montana Trout Unlimited Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks needs to hear from you about protecting native and wild trout in a prime spawning tributary of the lower Clark Fork River.
11/12/2022
Come see what's happening with our WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited Youth Programs and Watershed Education Network. Tony Reinhardt from Montana Trout Outfitters will share tactics to get us into the fish and out of trouble. The entertaining, IFlyFishMontana, will be tying a surprise fly starting at 6:30. Event will be December 14th, at The Still Room, 1609 W Broadway, Missoula.
10/12/2022
Lot's happening at the WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited meeting December 14th, 6:30 at the Stillroom, Missoula!
22/10/2022
Have you ever wondered about who owns the river and who can fish there? WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited is hosting Micael Howell and the fight to keep local water public. Details below.
We're back at it and excited to see everyone! If you care about public river access then you're going to want to come hear Michael Howell's story about the fight to keep Mitchell Slough public.
We're at a new location this year - The Stillroom, 1609 Broadway.
Please share this and we'll see you there!
Investing in our youth is a win for the future of conservation! This free crash course to teach kids how to fly fish was a group effort between non-profits, parks and business. A huge win for everyone! Big thanks to our WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited volunteers❣️
05/08/2022
WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited making it happen for our Westslope Cutty Crew Youth! This is made possible by our chapter members and donors. Thank you!
FUN, FREE,FLY FISHING! Bring the kiddos this Friday, July 29th to and we’ll teach them the basics of fly fishing with and .and.company. Maybe they’ll win a fly rod of their own!
09/06/2022
Family time well spent! Kids learning about our local trout. Start them young!
Freeing the fingerlings! Thanks to WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited for sponsoring Trout in the Classroom the teachers and students at Hellgate High raised over 100 rainbow trout from eggs and released them into the local approved pond. Such an exciting project!
08/04/2022
Good job Hellgate High students and science teachers! Thanks WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited and Watershed Education Network!
Hellgate High School students release rainbow trout into Silver's Lagoon The students helped raise the fish as part of the new Trout in the Classroom program.
Tomorrow is the big day when these beautiful rainbow babies are released to their new home! Thanks to WestSlope Chapter TU for sponsoring TIC and to the teachers and students at Hellgate High for raising them from eggs, to alevin, to fry, to becoming parr. They’re about two inches long and hungry. Did you know female trout lay between 5-7000 eggs and on average only two survive in the wild? Those are not great odds and that’s why conservation is so important. We started with our fertilized hatchery eggs in December with a little over 200 eggs and have had a successful survival rate! TIC, or Trout in the Classroom is a national environmental program started decades ago via Trout Unlimited. Check it out…
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30/03/2022
The rainbow fry are getting big and ready for their new home waters. Stay posted for their graduation party to the big pond! WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited Hellgate High School Trout Unlimited
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The tiny trout are eating now and growning fast! They've been through the stages of eyed eggs, hatching into alevin, and swim up fry. They look larger thean they actually are. Aren't they beautiful? Thanks to our science teachers, Hellgate High School WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited
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Exciting news! The trout eggs have hatched and are begining to look like little fish with big orange bellies. At this stage they are call Sac Fry or Alevin. They will live off the nutrients stored in the yolk sac protruding from their underbellies. The water must be cold, clean and well-oxygenated. Do you know what temperature the water must be for optimum results?
04/01/2022
We’re having babies! It’s been a long time in the making. In December we received our fertilized trout eggs in the ‘eyed ova’ stage. We partnered with Hellgate High School science teachers and students to raise trout eggs in the aquarium sponsored by WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited. Trout in the Classroom is a successful program set up by TU to introduce youth to the trout species and what it takes to have clean rivers to support healthy fisheries. Thanks to Stephanie and Jeff from Montana FWP. Thanks to Eric,Patrick and Bill from . Follow along as the eggs hatch!
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Teaching kids to fish is one of the greatest gifts you can give to a child. Think about who taught you to fly fish and what it did for you! Please feel free to share and comment!
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