The Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is committed to Protecting & Restoring Cold Water Resources and Watersheds in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

March 2010 Meeting


March 25th, 7:00PM
at Monte Vista Baptist Church in Maryville.

"Eddie George Award ~ R&R Presentation "

We will be presenting the annual Eddie George Rod - awarded each year to a deserving member who serves our chapter above and beyond... Also, please come and enjoy a presentation from Ian and Charity Rutter on "Fly Fishing with Streamers" it is sure to be interesting and informative .

Please be sure to mark you calendars to attend.. & bring along a friend..

 

Up-Coming Events:

  • Saturday - March 6th - A benefit premier of the Confluence Films, RISE and DRIFT
    to help benefit Casting for Recovery
    Pollard Technology Conference Center - 210 Badger Ave - Oak Ridge, TN
    (Tucked behind the Double Tree Hotel and the American Museum of Science and Energy)
    Doors open at 5:30pm
    ~ DRIFT begins at 6:30pm
    ~ RISE begins at 8:00pm

    The evening will include light hors d'oeuvres, beverages and door prizes.
    Tickets are $15 & can be purchased and at the door or on-line at:
    https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=d9dea5

  • Feb 27 - Mar 6 : Spring Classic Fundraiser - Tentative - Bass Pro Shop
  • March 20 Saturday and/or Sunday March 21 - Acid deposition sampling ~ Charlie Chmielewski
  • April 10th : Little River Clean-Up & Buddy Fishing - Metcalf Bottoms, GSMNP
  • May 14-16 : TROUTFEST - Townsend, TN   ---   www.troutfest.org

Future 2010 Meetings:

  • Mar 25th - Eddie George Award & R&R Presentation - Ian & Charity Rutter - MVBC
  • Apr 22nd - Bamboo Fly Rods - Stan Smartt
  • May 27th - TROUTFEST - No Meeting
  • Jun 24nd - Picnic & Fishing-Casting Clinic - River John's
  • Jul 22nd - TBA - MVBC or BPS
  • Aug 26th - TWRA - Update on Trout Fishing - Jim Habera
  • Sep 23rd - Picnic & Fishing - River John's
  • Oct 28th - Fly Tying deomonstation - MVBC
  • Dec 2nd - Liar's Contest - MVBC

MVBC = Monte Vista Baptist Church, Maryville, TN
BPS = Bass Pro Shops, I-40, Exit #407

NEW2010 Fisheries volunteer schedule  NEW

Notice there are a number of opportunities for folks to get out and help
our fisheries operations by giving of their time and talents.
Contact: Matt Kulp - Fishery Biologist - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(865) 436-1254

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The Way of a Trout
"A Conservation Classic" © 1969

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Information for scientists and others interested in
All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

TROUTFEST 2009 Memory Pictures and Music
~ Be sure to watch this now..! ~

TROUTFEST 2009 TV Coverage - Watch it now...

TROUTFEST 2009
~ Fly Fishing Exposition and Fundraiser held in Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. All profits earned from this event minus some seed money for next year’s event are donated to Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fisheries Department for brook trout restoration and other fisheries projects in the park ~

Here are some great articles to improve your fly fishing success from Ian & Charity Rutter:
http://www.randrflyfishing.com/articles/

 

NPS Logo
"Dispatches from the Field"
~ Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management & Science information link to see science, research, and resource management projects firsthand, and to find information about volunteering and educational opportunities in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ~

Read the latest issue of TVA River Neighbors - now available online.
~ an electronic newsletter for people who use and benefit from TVA-managed reservoirs ~

View pictures of Chilhowee Lake drawdown...

Check out the LRCTU Chapter Hatch Chart..!
[courtesy of Joe Hatton]

Fishing information : Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stocked Trout Waters of Tennessee Webpage

TWRA Trout Management Plan for Tennessee 2006-2016 

Quadrangle Maps of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Clinch River Map
[in PDF format]

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TWRA Didymo Website

Get to know Didymo..!

Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers..!


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The Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited is a non-profit 501C (3) organizaiton.
All donations to the Little River Chapter and TROUTFEST are tax-deductable to the extent permitted by law.
 

For the latest road closings <click here> and weather information in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park you can call the NPS by dialing 865-436-1200.  Once you hear a voice, dial extension 631 for road information or extension 630 for a weather forecast.

To read the latest info on road closings, trails, campgrounds and picnic areas in the park please direct your internet browswer to:  http://www.nps.gov/grsm/gsmsite/roadinfo.html

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The next meeting is on the fourth Thursday March the 23th, 7:00 P.M.  The meeting will be upstairs in the seminar room at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Hwy 66 Kodak Tn. 

The next chapter meeting is Thursday August 24th at 7:00PM at the Monte Vista Baptist Church in Maryville.  Our two speakers this month are both fly fishermen and love the sport as well as working with wood.  One will bring his drift boat and the other his strip canoe.  Andrew Sonner deals with storm water for the City of Alcoa for his day job.  He will have a presentation showing the process he used to build his drift boat.  Chase Vandervelde teaches at Maryville High during the day and became interested in building canoes at MHS where canoes are built in a class.  With the help of a good friend he built his first canoe at home and is in the process of getting ready to build some more that will be for sale.  This should be a very interesting meeting - be sure to be there.