Our 40th Year!

2010 School Dates: June 11, 12 & 13, 2010

Location: Ranch Rudolph (12 miles south of Traverse City - on the Boardman River) - Visit their website!

The Michigan Trout Unlimited Fly Fishing School is indeed one of the country's finest. The school runs from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. Beginners are instructed in the basics of fly casting and fly fishing and are introduced to a wide variety of angling interests. Experienced fly fishers will improve their skills, technique and knowledge of the sport. Even experts are sure to learn something new.

The School's courteous and highly talented instructors provide challenging and constructive guidance to students of all skill levels. More importantly, there are plenty of instructors on hand to assure very personalized attention.

Three levels of instruction are offered. The beginner level of instruction is for people who have never tried fly casting before. Intermediate instruction is designed for those with some fly fishing experience who want to brush up on fundamentals and casting techniques while learning more about their application. Advanced instruction is reserved for those whose skills are proficient and who want to learn more challenging techniques and methods.

The Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting the Michigan Youth Trout Camp July 11 - 15, 2009 at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center on Higgins Lake, in the heart of Northern Michigan trout country. The four-day Camp is designed to educate our 12-16 year old boys and girls, who will become our next generation of conservation leaders, about the importance of protecting our coldwater resources.

All Camp applications, recommendation sheets, and the prospects' essays are due NO LATER than April 15.

For More information visit the Kalamazoo Valley Chapter website: www.kvctu.org

Buy Your Groceries, Save A Trout Stream

Michigan Trout Unlimited announces a new, easy way to support TU in our state and the work that the Council does.  AND, IT DOES NOT COST YOU ONE DIME.

If you do your grocery shopping at Kroger or its affiliate stores in the state, your grocery purchases will earn cash for Michigan TU through the company’s Kroger Community Rewards Program.

With a simple one-time registration into the program, Kroger will donate 5% of your grocery purchases each and every time you do your shopping.  That’s right…your grocery shopping generates a cash donation to TU from Kroger!  That’s right…no cost to you!

This program is a ridiculously easy way to donate a few bucks a week to coldwater conservation every time you do your grocery shopping.  Kroger’s program uses your existing Kroger Plus customer card…there is no separate card, matching payment, or minimum purchase requirement.

The Kroger Community Rewards Program can potentially raise thousands of dollars a year for Michigan TU efforts to preserve and protect wild trout and salmon.  The key is that YOU NEED TO SIGN UP…AND GET YOUR BUDDIES, CHAPTER MEMBERS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO SIGN UP TOO!

SIGN UP NOW.  THAT MEANS NOW.  IT’S QUICK AND EASY TO DO FROM YOUR COMPUTER.  YOU’LL ONLY BE AWAY FROM YOUR FLY TYING BENCH FOR FIVE MINUTES…HONEST!

HERE’S HOW TO SIGN-UP AND TURN YOUR GROCERY DOLLARS INTO CASH-FOR-COLDWATER-CONSERVATION.

• Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com

• Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign up.
• If a member does not yet have a Kroger Plus card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
• Click on Sign In/Register under Welcome! (top right hand side of page)
• Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box at right.
• Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions
• You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
• Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
• Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number (towards bottom of the screen). Save changes.
• Update or confirm your information.
• Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm.
  Enter 83407
  Select MICHIGAN COUNCIL TROUT UNLIMITED
  Save Changes
• To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name at the bottom of your information page.