The Clinch River Chapter
of Trout Unlimited
Dedicated to conserving, protecting,
and restoring the
natural environment of the
Clinch River Watershed
The Clinch River Chapter
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Join our chapter!
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needed to help remove intruding rainbow trout from the brook
trout restoration area in Lynn Camp Prong above Tremont in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. Working is proceeding as quickly as possible in
hopes of getting the rainbows -- apparently clandestinely stocked by
anglers resentful of the restoration project -- out of the brookie area
before they can spawn. Anyone interested in helping should contact Charlie Chmielewski at charlieflyfish@gmail.com, who is handling the scheduling. Some hiking is involved; waders, lunch and water will have to be transported to the work site. Volunteers may want to take a day pack, although the Park Service will have some backpacks also. Because of the electro-shocking, waist high or chest high waders are required for safety. Also, plenty of water will be needed during hot days -- Charlie takes 60 to 70 ounces for himself each day. |
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PROGRAMS
AND EVENTS FOR YOUR CALENDAR:
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HOW TO FISH THE CLINCH OUTDOOR WORKSHOP RESULTS BUG HUNT
RESULTS: Outdoor
Meeting:
"The Aquatic Invertebrates of Clear Creek".
Check out the results with photos at
http://www.crctu.com/BugHunt2010.htm
RESULTS of Arbor Day Tree Planting Event in Coal Creek
RESULTS of Combination Adopt-A-Highway and
Annual Shoreline Clean-up --
Saturday, April 17, 2010.
Clinch River Trout
Unlimited members and friends held their annual shoreline/roadside
clean-up on as part of Keep Anderson County Beautiful/Keep America
Beautiful. Twenty volunteers cleared seventy bags of
trash along the Clinch River area in Anderson County. Trout Unlimited
chapters across the country held similar events on Saturday.
Check out the group photo! |
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 ANNUAL
CHAPTERBEGINNING FLY TYING CLASS
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MONTHLY MEETINGS: Unless otherwise noted, the chapter meets on
the second Thursday of each month at 7:00pm at St. Francis Episcopal Church
in Norris, Tennessee. Public is invited!
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August 1 –
CLICK HERE FOR
RESULTS! August 15 --
CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS! |
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 See
results of chapter Fly Tying Class 2009!! |
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Read Bob Hodge's feature
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Trout in the Classroom Program
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MONTHLY MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The Clinch River Chapter Trout Unlimited meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00pm at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Norris, Tennessee.
DIRECTIONS to St. Francis' Episcopal Church: PROGRAM IDEAS FOR MONTHLY CHAPTER MEETINGS: What kinds of programs would interest you for our monthly meetings? Do you have any speaker suggestions? Would you like to present a program? Please send your ideas or volunteer for a meeting to clmoore@geoe.com |
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 Results
ofCoal Creek Health Day 2008 |
 See photos from Chapter's Annual Fly Tying Class 2008 |
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WARNING!!
DIDYMO
Read This!
LEARN MORE ABOUT this invasive algae -- 'Didymo' found in Tennessee River |
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Clinch River
Trout Study Results "The attached graphs show our mean electrofishing catch rates (for the 12 monitoring stations) since 1996. Catch rates went down in 2004 and 2005 because of the high flows in the tailwater, but came back nicely in 2006. In fact, we reached or exceeded our management plan objectives for trout 14" and over (30/hr.) and for trout 18" and over (8/hr.) in '06. We had exceeded the management plan objective for trout 7" and over (200/hr.) in 2003, but the catch rate fell off in '04 and '05. It's on the way back up now (about 170/hr. in '06).” |
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Chapter member,
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Chapter's efforts featured in TROUT Fall 2006 issue!! Back the Brookies: The Tennessee Council of TU acted to provide an educational DVD about the “Back the Brookies” project. If you would like more information or wish to make a donation to the funding of this project, contact Steve Brown at wsbrown@nxs.net. |
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See results and |
 Chapter's
annual shoreline and roadway clean-up. See results! |
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 Clinch
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SEE PHOTOS AND RESULTS |
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 Annual
Fly Tying ClassRaises funds for chapter's conservation efforts |
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 Coal Creek
Bank Stabilization projects affect Clinch River |
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Our chapter partners with the efforts to
improve the quality of life in the Coal Creek Watershed that flows into
the Clinch River. What happens in Coal Creek affects the Clinch. |
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Clinch River Chapter
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JANUARY
MEETING SPEAKER
Chapter
member
