A Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Welcome to the Gunnison Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Our chapter was chartered on December 5, 1969. We are a relatively small chapter with about 140 to 150 members, about half of whom are from outside the state of Colorado. Our local members are mostly residents of Gunnison, Almont and Crested Butte. We have been a fairly active chapter and have several special events and activities over the course of the year. We have won awards from Colorado Trout Unlimited with some of our previous projects such as collecting dead kokanee salmon to prevent the spread of whirling disease and using electro-shocking to collect insect samples from streams.

Here are some of our activities:

Superfly – The Gunnison chapter initiated this in 1989 and have held it annually every year since with one exception when we cancelled due to drought conditions.

Projects – In the past we have done willow plantings, building check dams, electro-shocking insects for studies and collecting dead kokanee salmon to help control whirling disease,

Awards – We have won many awards in the past, including the CTU Golden Trout Chapter in 1997.

• 1990 Best Chapter Event - Superfly
• 1995 Most Improved Chapter
• 1995 Best Chapter Event - Superfly
• 1997 CTU Golden Trout Chapter
• 2000 TU River Steward Award
• 2001 Exemplary Project - Kokanee Pickup
• 2002 Outstanding Chapter Communications