Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited (BTU). Our name pretty much underscores the goals we’re aiming to accomplish – ensuring healthy populations of bonefish and tarpon for the future. BTU is a 501.C.3, not-for-profit organization based in South Florida, but with a worldwide presence. It is BTU’s belief that by bringing together recreational anglers, guides, lodges, the marine industry, and other business interests, we can raise the funds and other support needed to conduct this essential research. BTU’s ability to bring together fishing experts, media personalities, business leaders, and marine scientists gives us the respect that is needed to lead the international effort toward research, conservation, and enhancement of bonefish and tarpon.

Casting for Recovery is a national non-profit support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer. We provide an opportunity for women whose lives have been profoundly affected by the disease to gather in a beautiful, natural setting and learn fly-fishing, “a sport for life.” Just as importantly, we offer an opportunity to meet new friends and have fun. Our weekend retreats incorporate counseling, educational services and the sport of fly-fishing to promote mental and physical healing. Founded in 1996, Casting for Recovery has been offering free retreats across the country. We rely on local volunteers and organizations to support our community based retreats.

Family Tyes is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that connects youth, schools, families, communities and businesses. Family Tyes utilizes a shared interest in fly-fishing as the vehicle to enhance family relationships and youth development. Family Tyes offers an in-school or after-school membership program that organizes classes in rod building, fly tying and fishing. Family Tyes also sponsors local, overnight and “Montana Dream Trips” for youth and their families, a Mentor Program and looks for volunteers to support club efforts.

The idea to create a national federation of fly fishing clubs by people who also were willing to take action, seems to have sprung up on both coasts in the early 1960’s. In June 1965, the first Conclave of the Federation of Fly Fishers took place in Eugene Oregon and was hosted by the McKenzie Flyfishers. It was immediately a national organization with the inclusion not only of West Coast fly fishing clubs, but also the Theodore Gordon Flyfishers from New York. Twelve clubs had joined the Federation by the end of 1965, and by the second Conclave held at Jackson Hole Wyoming in September 1966, the number of clubs had risen to 29.

Today the FFF has grown to over 300 clubs, and the organization is moving more and more toward being an organization comprised of individual members. Our goal is to support fisheries conservation and educational programs for all fish and all waters. Anywhere fly fishers have an interest, the FFF can and does play a role.

Project Healing Waters salutes all of our brave armed forces, and strives to serve those who have come home wounded and aid in their physical and emotional recovery by introducing or rebuilding the skills of fly fishing and fly tying.

Reel Recovery was founded in 2003 by a group of avid fly-fishers, inspired by their fishing buddy’s ongoing battle with brain cancer. Witnessing first hand the beneficial impact fly-fishing provided their friend, the group created Reel Recovery to provide the same opportunity to other men battling the disease. Combining expert fly-fishing instruction with directed “courageous conversations,” the organization creates a unique experience for men with life-threatening cancer: a time to share their stories, learn a new skill, form lasting friendships and gain renewed hope as they confront the challenges of cancer.

Founded in November 1996 through a unique public-private partnership, Roaring Fork Conservancy has become one of the most respected watershed conservation organizations in Colorado. Roaring Fork Conservancy’s offices have been located in Basalt, the geographic center of the watershed, from the time of its inception. We are currently funded through individual donations, grants, special events, and program fees. In 2000, Roaring Fork Conservancy formed the Rivers Council to help raise funds for the organization’s four program areas: watershed education, land conservation, water resources research, and water quality monitoring.

Take Me Fishing was created by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase participation in recreational angling and boating and thereby increase public awareness and appreciation of the need for protecting, conserving and restoring this nation’s aquatic natural resources.

The Michigan River Guides Association (MRGA) is made up of dedicated professional river guides and supporting businesses. The purpose of the organization is to improve guiding standers, maintain quality services to clients, inform the public of services offered and promote and strengthen Michigan guides through cooperative efforts. MRGA member guides work to preserve, protect and perpetuate all game animals and fish while protecting their environment through sound conservation practices. The MRGA is a non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian organization.

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) unites the nation’s leading hunting, fishing and conservation organizations on select issues and creating a national electronic grassroots network of millions of individual sportsmen and women. Working together, we can ensure that America’s lands will always have clean water, healthy habitat, bountiful fish and wildlife populations and ample opportunities for all Americans to fish, hunt and enjoy the outdoors.

Trout Unlimited’s mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.TU accomplishes this mission on local, state and national levels with an extensive and dedicated volunteer network. TU’s national office, based just outside of Washington, D.C., and its regional offices employ professionals who testify before Congress, publish a quarterly magazine, intervene in federal legal proceedings, and work with the organization’s 152,000 volunteers in 450 chapters nationwide to keep them active and involved in conservation issues.

Founded in 1992, the Wild Salmon Center is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting Pacific salmon, steelhead, char and trout stocks and their ecosystems. We are committed to identifying the last, best Pacific salmon habitat and devising practical and scientifically-sound strategies to protect forever these extraordinary places and their biodiversity. The Wild Salmon Center is the only organization working pro-actively to ensure a sustainable future for salmon across the Pacific Rim. We are working in partnership with universities, governments and private organizations - the top experts in salmon and steelhead conservation and management from Russia, Canada, Japan and the United States.