Monthly
Meeting
The Land O’Sky Chapter of Trout Unlimited met on Monday, October
3, at Three Brothers Restaurant. This will be our
new permanent meeting place (for at least the next 6 months).
It is located at
183 Haywood Street
, (on
the corner of Montford and
Haywood Street
just up from Hunter Banks.) The
phone number is 253-4971. The restaurant owner is a TU
member and has offered us a quiet and relatively private
section of the restaurant free of charge.
Thanks to Rich Witt for doing an extensive search of
all the suggested meeting locations.
The
speaker for the October meeting was Powell
Wheeler, NC Wildlife District 9 biologist. His topic was
“Trout Stream Classification and Reintroduction Projects.”
He spoke about the Onion River restoration project. He
showed a video about the project. Several methods of
restoration were presented. It was very informative.
North
Mills Stocking Dates 2005 - 2006
November
3rd - Thursday
March
2nd - Wednesday
April
6th - Wednesday
May
2nd - Monday
Usual
time and place.
Contact
Don Bellm at:
dgbamb@charter.net
to let him know
you can help.
Laurel
Stocking Dates 2005
November 1st
North
Shore Road Update
For current information see: http://www.northshoreroad.info/
Land
O Sky Trout Unlimited Banquet
The
date for the 2005 banquet is not set. More details as
they are available.
Back
the Brookie Coffee Fundraiser
Little
River Roasting Company is teaming up with Trout Unlimited to
help "Back the Brookie". They are donating $1.00
from the sale of each pound of their "Back the Brookie
Blend". Click here
for more information.
Pigeon
River Project
Sponsors
are still needed for the Pigeon River Project.
The river is filled with wild rainbows and some of the
stocked browns are definitely still around. The
application for Pigeon River Sponsors is on the net. Click here.
Sulphurs a.k.a Ephemerella invaria and
rotunda
Steve Parrott
Fall is coming and time to start making those pilgrimages
to the South Holston tailwater in East Tennessee to fish some
of the best Sulphur hatches in the East. The water is
always a constant temperature being a tailwater and the flies
will hatch daily between 1 and 2 o’clock. As for the
bugs, the Ephemerella invaria and rotunda also known as
the Eastern Sulphur, are the Eastern equivalent of the
pale morning duns of the West. They produce some of the
finest dry fly fishing when the weather is bright and
sunny which is a plus on those cold winter days when you
wonder if you should have stayed at home.
Before you see the first flies on the water, the nymphs and
beginning to stir on the bottom so swinging a small
pheasant tail in the water column will produce a few fish. Some
days, you will arrive and the fish are feeding
everywhere in the river with not a single bug on the water. The
South Holston has a phenomenon called Behavioral Drift that
takes place. This is where the nymphs will release from
the sub-surface and drift for a certain distance and then
re-attach themselves to the bottom. It does not happen
very often, but if you are lucky enough to be there at the
right time, you will be greatly rewarded with a great day of
nymph fishing.
As you get closer to the actual hatch, a Sulphur emerger
swung just under the surface will work. since it take a long
time for the Ephemerids to unfold their wings. Make sure
you pay close attention to the rise forms in the river help
figure this out. Rings with no bubbles will usually
signify trout taking the emergers just under the surface. If
you are seeing splashy rises during this time also, try a
little Black Caddis in a #20 or #22 since the caddis usually
hatch just before the Sulphurs.
When you begin to see the flies on the water, a Sulphur
Comparadun put right in the rise form will work great. You
may have to give the fly a little action depending on the day
but just watch the flies on the water and try to imitate their
movement. Some days on the South Holston are just not
fair. There will be trout rising and you will make
several good casts and have perfect drifts over these fish
with no results. When this happens, try a no hackle
pattern that sits low in the water.
The spinner fall will usually occur right a dusk and is
worth fishing if you are willing to stick around that long.
The duration of the spinner fall varies from 45 minutes to 1
hour and 15 depending on the day and how many bugs hatched
that day.
Local
Flies Page
We
are adding pictures to this page.
We want the pictures to be of flies tied by LOS TU members.
Please submit your ties. If it is a pattern we do not have
listed yet submit a recipe also. Thanks Brad S.
Fishing
and Stream Reports
Report
from Hunter Banks
Southern
Fly Fishers Forum
We
will add other sources of fishing and stream info as we can.
Just
A Thought
Take
a friend fishing.
Invite
a friend to a TU meeting.
Please
take a grocery sack of trash from streamside with you when you
leave.
Just
a Thought :)
Report
a poacher
Reporting
Wildlife Violations
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