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Land O' Sky Chapter Newsletter
The Land O’Sky Chapter of Trout Unlimited will meet on Monday, August 6, at Three Brothers Restaurant at 6:30 pm. Meeting Topic:
Project Healing Waters
A fly fishing retreat geared towards the recovery and
well-being of disabled veterans.
Presented by Steve Hannah
Similar in aspect to Casting for Recovery, a great way to
share your fishing skills and help another person in the process!
July 14, 2007
Rivercourse was a tremendous success this year. We had 15 campers,
12 boys
and 3 girls. Their ability levels were very mixed; ranging from
those who had never
held a fly rod to those who had been fishing for years. They
all learned a lot from
the speakers who covered topics that included entomology, wildlife
regulations,
fish biology, cold water conservation, reading the water, equipment, and
a whole
lot more. The volunteers also had a wealth of information that
they passed on to
the kids - knots, casting, equipment, stream etiquette, and of course
fly tying. We
spent many hours at the vices, and the campers had a great time
learning to tie
and honing previously acquired skills. Fly tying and fishing are
always their two
favorite activities during their week at Rivercourse.
Thanks to all of you who donated flies, each camper had a wonderful
collection
of flies to use during the week and great examples of fly patterns to imitate
at
the vice. We had enough flies donated that each kid had a fly box
full of flies to
take home at the end of camp. Thank you very much for all of your
hard work - I
really appreciate your support of Rivercourse and the kids wanted me to
pass on
a special "Thank You" from them as well. Let's do it
again next year.
Thanks, Jeff Curtis
Rivercourse Camp Director
Curtis Wright Outfitters
For more information, visit the Rivercourse website. May 30, 2007 Thanks to the BBQ fund raising committee: Parker Andes, Jeff Curtis, Rob Kraich, Starr Nolan, Peter Perretti, John Stock, and Mark Taylor for putting together a fun and successful event. We had a profit of $2766.84 after all known expenses.
We have a new project manager for the Pigeon River project. Tim Bumgarner, who lives in Canton and frequently fishes the area, will be monitoring the kiosk, scheduling the stockings, and sending out the yearly sponsorship letter. Thanks to Tim for being willing to take on this position.
March 28, 2007 April 2nd Meeting presentation: Topic: Strategies for fly fishing the Great Smoky Mountains Speaker: Roger Lowe At the end of Roger's presentation he will tie a few Smoky Mountain fly patterns for us. May Presentation: Topic: Fly fishing for brook trout on Flat Laurel Creek Speaker: Bill Lemke Includes Bill's amazing underwater photography of native brook trout
March 29, 2007
Sycamore
Flats kiosk dedication in the name of Craig Larson will be April 13th
at Sycamore Flats, 2 pm. I’m sure many of your members remember
Craig as a president of PCTU and dedicated conservationist to the
Davidson River Project which PCTU continues to preserve and support
as a chapter project.
Many
thanks, and we hope to see many of your members there.
Dale
Klug
President
– Pisgah Chapter, Trout Unlimited
March 30, 2007
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