Joining or Renewing TU Membership

Using Membership Application

New members can join TU for FREE by completing the Special Introductory Membership Application Form.   Print and mail the completed form with your $17.50 payment to the Trout Unlimited address on the form. Once your membership is accepted and we can verify that you are assigned to our chapter, we will reimburse you the $17.50 if you bring your receipt to our chapter meeting or email a copy of your receipt to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or mail it to Potomac-Patuxent Trout Unlimited, P.O. Box 2865, Wheaton, MD 20915. As an alternative, you can email the completed form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will mail the completed form with our check for $17.50 to Trout Unlimited, P.O. Box 98166, Washington, DC 20090-8166.

Joining Using the Website

New members also can join TU online at www.tu.org/intro.  The special introductory rate of $17.50 for new members is only offered online through this link.  To ensure our chapter is credited properly for rebates, please select our chapter, "236 - Potomac Patuxent", under the Mid Atlantic council.  The new member enters their name, address, email, and credit card information.  Please ensure spelling is correct as this information is automatically added to the TU database system. Once your membership is accepted and we can verify that you are assigned to our chapter, we will reimburse you the $17.50 if you bring your receipt to our chapter meeting or email a copy of your receipt to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or mail it to Potomac-Patuxent Trout Unlimited, P.O. Box 2865, Wheaton, MD 20915.

Renewals for TU Members

Existing members should be renewing their membership to TU by any of the following methods:

Changing chapter affiliation

National TU has had a process where members who renew are cross-checked for their ZIP codes.  If the ZIP falls in another chapter's jurisdiction, the member has been reassigned automatically to that other chapter.  When you receive your membership card after renewing, please verify to what chapter you are assigned.  Call the membership number above to have your affiliation changed to any chapter at any time.  Also ask that your membership record be flagged so that no changes in chapter affiliation will happen in the future without your specific request.