Screening of “Beyond the Stream” – canceled

We are canceling the “Beyond the Stream: Michigan’s TU Youth Conservation and Trout Camp” showing at S2S on Monday, October 27; however, we are providing a link to the film for your personal viewing and another to donate to the Youth Camp.

It is critical to TU’s future that we inspire and educate the next generation of conservationists and fishing enthusiasts, and this camp plays a significant role for Michigan TU chapters. If you can support the Youth Camp with a contribution, please click below and put “youth camp” in the message box.

For those wishing to view the film in a public setting, the Kalamazoo Valley Chapter will be showing the film on Thursday, October 16 from 6-9 p.m. at Lucky Wolf Theatre in Paw Paw. You can register here.

“Beyond the Stream: Michigan Trout Unlimited’s Youth Conservation and Trout Camp” was created to benefit the TU Youth Trout Camp

In 2024, the Kalamazoo Valley chapter of Trout Unlimited contracted with fly fishing filmmaker Robert Thompson (“The River” and “Night of the Hex”) to produce a documentary film capturing all that is our Michigan Trout Unlimited Youth Conservation and Trout Camp. The result of this partnership is “Beyond the Stream: Michigan Trout Unlimited’s Youth Conservation and Trout Camp”.

“Beyond the Stream” captures the heart and soul of our youth camp: the generational connections formed between campers, new and experienced alike, and the volunteer counselors, many of whom have been a part of camp from its earliest days. Much like his film “The River”, Thompson is able to connect the viewer to the men and women, girls and boys that come together on the banks of the storied Au Sable River. It’s a story that started many years ago with an idea and a mission, and “Beyond the Stream” offers both a heart-warming narrative as young people like Madeline, Ben, Cece and Lily find themselves and each other as they become immersed in fly fishing along the river upon which Trout Unlimited was founded, but also a hopeful glimpse into the future of cold water conservation as those same youth connect with TU volunteers like Greg, Lori and Jon.