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

July 2010 Meeting


July 22nd, 7:00PM
at Bass Pro Shops in Sevierville.  For a directional map to BPS <click here>

Bruce Wankel - Virginia Creeper Fly Fishing will give a 45 min presentation on " year-around quality fly fishing opportunities in southwest Virginia and North East Tennessee"

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

Great Smokey Mountain National Park Service biologists are trying to aggressively remove rainbow trout found in Lynn Camp Prong to a level that will not allow them to reproduce.  
This involves more electro-shock sampling to capture the rainbows. 
To do this, 2 - 3  volunteers are needed each day the work is scheduled.

URGENT NOTICE: Due to weather the work for the week of July 12th has been cancelled and the new work has been scheduled for the week of July 26th.  We now need help on a priority basis for the week of July 26th. Please check updated schedule below..
Charlie Chmielewski ~ charlieflyfish@gmail.com

Video and Story courtesy of WBIR


Fish-shocking survey reveals trout sabotage in Smokies

[Video] ~ Brook trout restoration sabotaged in Great Smoky Mountains

[Video] ~ Steve Moore Brook Trout Interview

 

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Up-Coming Events:

  • July 17-18 ~ Acid deposition sampling ~ Cosby Creek – Dave Carson, Little River Abhrams – Ken Hendersen, Oconaluftee – Mike McKinsey and Alum Cave Road Prong – Chad McFall.

< Click Here > "for the complete"
2010 Smoky Mountain NP Fisheries Sampling Schedule and Volunteer Needs List [in PDF]

Future 2010 Meetings:

  • July - @ BPS ~ Bruce Wankel - Virginia Creeper Fly Fishing [ BPS or MVBC ] 45 min presentation on " year-around quality fly fishing opportunities in southwest Virginia and North East Tennessee"
  • Aug - Jim Habera - TWRA Update on trout fishing
  • Sept - River Johns - "Picnic and fishing tales on the river"
  • Oct - Fly Tying Demonstration - MVBC
  • Nov/Dec - Liar's Contest @ MVBC

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

 

NEW YELLOWSTONE - The People NEW
Mike Kasic - The Fisherman

Take moment to look at the Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in a new light..
< Click on the link above >

[ special thanks is extended to Linda Good for finding this link for us all to enjoy ]

2010 Fisheries Volunteer Schedule 
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/

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"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 ~

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.