Newsletter - Land O' Sky TU

Jeff Curtis gave a presentation on fly fishing in the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Local Fly Fishers on Television

Kevin Howell and Rick Hartman won the Fly Fishing Masters Invitational. Kevin Howell also won a Hyde drift boat.

Rocky Fork Watershed

Brad Sprinkle

It has recently come to my attention that the 10,000 acre Rocky Fork watershed, located in NE Tennessee along the border with North Carolina, is under threat of development. A group of out-of-state developers and investors is now attempting to purchase the tract for private development, primarily a gated residential community.

I have fished this area and several of my students also use the area for fishing and recreation. Rocky Fork Creek has long been recognized as a State Blue Ribbon Trout Stream, its headwaters and tributaries providing excellent habitat for native (and potentially threatened) Appalachian brook trout, as well as wild rainbows. Development would have a negative impact on the trout species and much of the prime fishing waters might be inaccessible due to the gated development.

Please visit http://www.saverockyfork.org/ for more information. I encourage each of you to send letters in support of no development to the email address provided on the website. Less than five percent of wild brook trout's original habitat remains. We need to protect what is left in order to save the wild brook trout.

North Mills Stocking Dates 2006

We have traditionally as a chapter considered the North Mills River as one of our home waters. Through the efforts of Don Bellm and others, the chapter has stocked the North Mills. Without these efforts, the remote and inaccessible parts of the stream would not get an even distribution of fish. Your participation is greatly appreciated in carrying out the stockings. If you would like to participate please contact Don Bellm.

Please Contact Don Bellm at: dgbamb@charter.net if you will be there so we will know many will be helping on that stocking day.

Hartwell Carson of RiverLink and Mark Vanderhoff of Black Dome Mountain Sports paddled 219 miles of the French Broad from headwaters near Rosman, NC to Knoxville, TN over 16 days in September. You can read about their trip on their blog. Click here.

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