MONTHLY
PROGRAMS:
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February 11th: Ian Rutter will be speaking about Smoky Mountain
Brook Trout He will also sign/sell books. Their
newest titles are Fly Fishing for Brook Trout in Great Smoky Mountains
National Park and Fly Fishing with Streamers.
http://www.randrflyfishing.com/ |
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Saturday,
February 13th
– CLINCH RIVER TROUT
UNLIMITED PUBLIC ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY TRASH PICK-UP
On Saturday, February
13th from 10:00
a.m. until Noon, the Clinch River Trout Unlimited will sponsor the
chapter’s Adopt-a-Highway cleanup along Norris Freeway and River
Road. Volunteers will meet at 10:00 a.m. at Island Home Church on
Norris Freeway to obtain safety vests, trash bags, and section
assignment. Doughnuts will be provided. The weather forecast
will be checked on Thursday, February
11th, and a go or no decision
will be made about the event. Members will be notified by e-mail and
on the chapter’s web page at
www.crctu.com if the event is rescheduled due to inclement
weather. The more volunteers who show up, the faster we get done! |
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March 11th: Jim Habera, TWRA Region IV Cold Water Fisheries
Biologist and TWRA’s Fisheries Biologist of the Year, speaking on
Trout Management in East Tennessee. (Buzz Buffington) |
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April: Outdoor: Clear Creek bugs (Thurman) |
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May: Outdoor: Seminar on fishing the Clinch (Jerry Van Fossen) |
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June 12th: Kids Fish Free Day (Carol Moore) |
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July 8th: TVA Watershed Team on watersheds |
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August 12th: To be decided |
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September 9th: Fishing the Big South Fork by Stee Bakaletz, Big
South Fork NRA aquatic biologist (Thurman) |
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October 14th: Big Rivers, Big Fish by Chip Drozenski,
Charlotte, NC (Thurman) |
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November 11th: Swap and Sell meet |
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December: Christmas Party |
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 JANUARY
MEETING SPEAKER
Fly
Fishing Argentina's Patagonia
From high country lakes and
rivers to spring creeks to
the pampas, Destination Fishing's Dave Teffeteller shared
his knowledge of fly fishing central Argentina's Patagonia.
http://www.destination-fishing.com
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ARE YOU
INTERESTED IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH BOY SCOUTS?
The chapter has undertaken a project to help Boy
Scouts earn merit badges associated with conservation. The plan
began with the Fly Fishing Merit Badge at the Pellissippi District
Camporee 18-19 and 20 September. We need Counselors. There are
overlaps, or common requirements, in many of the Merit Badges. For
example, we can help with the scouts earn a Fly Fishing Merit Badge by
completing some of the requirements for the Fishing Merit Badge.
Merit Badges involving Environmental Science,
Fish and Wildlife Management, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Insect study,
Nature, and Soil and Water Conservation are some of the merit badges
that we can help with and further our commitment to Conserve, Protect
and Restore. The job of a counselor is to help the Boy Scout with the
requirements, and when all requirements are met, sign a
certificate certifying that the Scout has satisfied the requirements. It
is not a time consuming job, and we know that we have members of the
chapter qualified to serve as counselors.
If you are interested in participating with
the Boy Scout projects, please contact Bill Guinn at (mguinn06@comcast.net
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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!
Photos by Dwane Wilder, LaFollette Press
Kids Fish Free Day 2009
Read story of record
Trout caught at this site
on the Clinch River |
26 June 2009
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August 1 –
CLICK HERE FOR
RESULTS!
ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY TRASH PICK-UPAugust 15 --
CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS!
In-River Clean-up --
The Clinch River is an
East Tennessee treasure to be preserved and protected. Unfortunately,
there are still a lot of folks illegally dumping their trash and
debris.
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 See
results of chapter Fly Tying Class 2009!! |
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 Kids Fish Free Day 2008
See the results page here!
Read Bob Hodge's feature
in
Knox News Sentinel about
this Saturday's event
Read Ray Blakney's story from The Courier News |
Trout in the Classroom Program
 Our
first ongoing
"Trout in the Classroom"
project at Briceville School!! |
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:
I-75
North to Norris/Clinton
exit, turn towards Norris to Highway 441, turn left toward Norris Dam.
Travel about 1 mile and turn right on West Norris Road. St.
Francis'
Episcopal Church is about 3 blocks on the left.
We meet upstairs in the Parish Hall.
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
of
Coal Creek
Health Day 2008 |
See
photos from Chapter's
Annual Fly Tying Class 2008 |
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 Chapter member Terry Douglas watched a
demo on the DIY Network about 5 years ago and as his wife says, "became
obsessed" with the hobby. Terry studied everything he could find
on building rods and has made 28 rods since he started and he can't
quit. Terry brought a couple of his finished rods and also some
of the bamboo at different stages of the process and explained the
basics of the process from start to finish at our October 2007 meeting. To check out some of Terry's work, visit his web site
at
http://www.douglasflyrods.com/index.htm
Read article in the Clinton Courier News |
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Kids Fish Free Day
on the Clinch River
9 June 2007 |
 Introduction to Coal Creek
Aquatic Invertebrates
(Looking for Bugs and
Critters in Coal Creek)
RESULTS AND PHOTOS!
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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
TWRA conducts annual
electro-shocking studies on the Clinch River
tailwater as part of its trout management plan. According to Mr.
Jim Habera, TWRA Region IV Coldwater
Fisheries Manager,
"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).” |
 Adopt-A-Highway
Clean-up Results!
See results from our chapter's
Saturday, November 4th Quarterly Adopt-A-Highway
morning with the Clinch River Chapter Trout Unlimited on a two-mile
stretch of road in Norris.
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Chapter member,
Buzz Buffington,
recognized as
Anderson County Hero
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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
photos of
Kids Fish Free Day
2006ear
featured in the news |
 Chapter's
annual shoreline and roadway clean-up. See results! |
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Scott Baker's
Fly Tying program
November 2005
See photos and read about the fun |
 Chapter May Meeting
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Introduction to Clinch Tailwater Aquatic Invertebrates |
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Fly Tying Class
2006 |
 Clinch
River
Chapter Members
participate in Coal Creek Health Day |
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SEE PHOTOS AND RESULTS
OF KIDS FISH FREE DAY
ON THE CLINCH RIVER
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Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s fly casting instruction class
with Instructor Linda Good |
 Annual
Fly Tying Class
Raises funds for chapter's conservation efforts |
Clinch River Chapter featured
in national TROUT magazine |
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 Chapter
member
John Thurman
named Anderson County Hero |
 Clinch
River Chapter Board member and volunteer receives
Trout Unlimited 2004 Volunteer Conservationist Award |
 Coal Creek
Bank Stabilization projects affect Clinch River |
 Chapter
members participate in
Coal Creek Health Days |
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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.
Visit
www.coalcreekaml.com |
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 CASTING
INSTRUCTION AT CLINCH RIVER CHAPTER TROUT UNLIMITED
MAY 2004 MEETING
Click to see photos |
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Our chapter's Adopt-A-Highway
work day on 28 February 2004 |
Read the article in
The Clinton Courier News titled,
"The art of tying a Woolly Bugger" |
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Click here to see news articles
Visit Anderson County Tourism |
See
results of chapter Fly Tying Class 2009!!
Results
of
