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Roanoke Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter 308 |
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PO Box 11725, Roanoke, VA 24022-1725
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PO Box 11725, Roanoke, VA 24022-1725 |
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Click here to for more past archives.LATEST NEWS!! This page was last updated: Thursday, April 21, 2011 08:17 PM
April 20, 2011 Meeting We have an exceptional presentation scheduled for our regular meeting on Wednesday, April 20th. Please join us for an Introduction to Tenkara Fly Fishing, by local TU member Kevin Kelleher, author of "Tenkara: Radically Simple Ultralight Fly Fishing", recently published by Lyons Press/Globe Pequot. This inexpensive and easy to learn fly fishing method is great for beginners and liberating for the experienced, and is especially suited for small streams and the backpacking angler. In addition to some brief audiovisuals, Kevin will bring a sampling of tenkara rods and examples of the traditional Japanese flies. Take a look at the Youtube Video links below. Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Location: Hollins University - Moody Student Center - Goodwin Rm - 1st Floor Time: 7:00pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufZHI7u-z8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXpuqvKv5kk Hope to see you all on Wednesday night! Bill Bainter President Roanoke Valley TU Just as a reminder, here's the schedule for the week. Rain or shine! Release Date - Release Location - # Students+adults - School - Teacher - TU Representative(s) - Tu Back-up
(Click on Logo to visit their website) Fishing
With Fly Guide Service Spring Clean Valley Day - Saturday, April 9, 2011 The
Clean Valley Council has set the Spring Clean Valley Day for Saturday, April 9,
2011. In the past we have been able to complete our cleanup at Green Hill
Park in the mornings. This year the Susan G. Komen walk/run is scheduled
for Saturday morning and Green Hill Park is closed to other events until noon.
Due to this conflict, our Cleanup is being moved to Saturday afternoon, April
9th at 1:00pm. Komen race participants or others may be using the picnic shelter
for an after-race luncheon, so we will have to meet near the shelter.
Please come out and participate in this chapter initiative. If you plan to
participate, please reply to this email. Thanks, Hans and Anke Loberg Stocking
and Cleanup Committee March 16, 2011 Meeting The next regularly scheduled meeting for the Roanoke Chapter is Wednesday, March 16, 2011. We meet at Hollins University in the Goodwin Room in the Moody Student Center at 7:00pm. Our guest speaker will Doug Lane. Doug is the owner and operator of Angler's Lane, a full service fly shop located in Forest, Virginia. Doug will present some new fishing opportunities to us along with details about the gear, services, trips, and lodging options they offer. Come out and enjoy this informative presentation and hear updates about TU happenings. Invite a friend, family or neighbor to attend with you. Hope to see you all on March 16th. Bill Bainter, President February 16, 2011 Meeting Our
next regularly scheduled meeting for the Roanoke Chapter is Wednesday, February
16, 2011. Usual time of 7:00pm at Click here to visit the link to Dover's interview with Fox News Stocking Report - Green Hill Park and Salem Section - Monday 1/24 and Tuesday 1/25/2011 Click here to read story and view slide show. January 19, 2011 MEETING January
19, 2011 Meeting - Greetings and Happy New Year! Our
next TU meeting will be Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 7:00pm HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011
Robert Marek's Santa's Little Hopper - he tied a grass hopper in a Santa suit for my Christmas Collection. His wife, Cindy wants little reindeer for next Christmas. Now she wants him to start on an Easter Bunny. There will me no meeting Wednesday, December 15, 2010- Jack,
Bill, Dick andWhit would like to wish you and your family a Merry
Christmas and Happy Holidays
WE-WE THOMPSON - November 29, 2010 - another short story by our famous writer, Dick Taylor. Click here to read. November 17, 2010 Meeting The
monthly meeting of the Roanoke Valley TU Chapter will be Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010
at 7:00pm in the Goodwin Room of the Moody Student Center at Hollins University.
Map attached for those who need directions. The Moody Student Center is
building #20.
2010
Raffle Prize Winners Meadow
Lane Lodge 2 night stay - Anke Loberg – Boot
and Hip Wader Drier - Jim Moras - Meadow
Lane Lodge - NRVTU Conservation Celebration- 11/6/2010 Please accept this
invitation from the New River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited to our
Conservation Celebration on November 6, 2010 at New River’s Edge in Pembroke,
Virginia. This event will feature lunch, music, casting competition, vendors,
door prize, a raffle, and workshops from professional fisherman Rod Salyers. The
venue is located at a prime spot on the New River, offering excellent wading
access. If you would, please forward this email to your chapters and encourage
any interested anglers and conservationists to attend. Proceeds from the event
will be used to assist ongoing conservation projects of NRVTU as well as our
expanding Trout in the Classroom program. If you have any questions, please feel free to respond to myself, or Todd Lowe at toddlowe@gmail.com. Thanks. Tight Lines, Andrew Green Secretary, New River Valley Trout Unlimited Directions to New River’s Edge: From I-81 Take exit 118B, Christiansburg/Blacksburg. Follow signs for 460 West towards Virginia Tech. You will bypass Blacksburg and enter Giles County. As you enter the Town of Pembroke, slow to 45 miles per hour. Take a left (not sharp, kind of veers rather) onto Snidow Road just after the Subway Restaurant. You will pass the telephone company on your right and take a left onto River Road. NRE is 1 mile from here. Go past boat ramp and over the railroad tracks and bridge. New River's Edge is on the rightthrough a green pipe gate. From I-77 Take US 460 East from Princeton, WV to Pembroke, VA. Once in Pembroke turn right just before the BB&T bank across from Cascade Drive. At stop sign, turn left and then take an immediate right onto River Road. This is a tricky turn (approx 320 deg.). NRE is 1 mile from here. Go past boat ramp and over the railroad tracks and bridge. New River's Edge is on the right through a green pipe gate. Effect of hatchery brook trout on wild populations Project Healing Waters Event – Back Creek Jack
Ward and Bill Bainter participated as guides at a Project Healing Waters Event
held on Back Creek in October 20, 2010 Meeting - Raffle and More The
next meeting of the Roanoke Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter will be on Wednesday
October 20. The meeting will be held in the Goodwin Room in the Moody
Student Center at Hollins University. I have attached a map of the campus
for those not familiar with the campus. The Moody Center is building #20
on the map. All vacant parking place including faculty parking are
available for parking. The main focus of the meeting will be our annual
raffle drawing. Everyone should have received tickets by mail. If
you have not mailed your tickets back you can bring them to the meeting.
If you did not receive tickets and want to purchase tickets you can do so at the
meeting before the raffle. We have some very exceptional prizes that
includes an Orvis Over/Under 12ga. shotgun, an Orvis
5 wt. 4 piece Helios rod and Battenkill LA reel, a Henry
44 magnum riffle, 2 nights for 2 at Meadow Lane Lodge in
the River House with fishing on the Jackson River, 2
nights for up to 3 at the South Holston Cabins with access to the South Holston
River, a Guided Fishing Trip for 2 with Rod Salyers of
Dark Side Drifter either day or night fishing on the South Holston and
a Boot and Hip Wader Drier. You will also be able
to purchase tickets at the door for a 50/50 drawing. 100 percent of the
proceeds from both drawing will go to support Roanoke TU Chapter Programs.
We are still looking for someone to fill the Chapter Secretary's position for
next year. If you are interested please let Bayes Wilson, Bill Bainter or
me know. Hope to see you at the meeting. Jack Annual Man Hour Reporting Due at October Meeting! Hi,
Folks, It's
that time of the year again and as the TU fiscal year (October 1 - September 30)
screeches toward an end, there are all kinds of reported data that
must be submitted to VCTU. Here is the link to the official form: Annual
Man Hour Log Form for reporting volunteer hours worked - Click
Here for link. One is "Volunteer
Hours". I need that information from YOU. With
all the projects that the Chapter has supported in the past year, there should
be many hours to report. The reporting categories are:
Please take a few minutes to quantify and describe the Volunteer Hours you have accumulated in the past year. I would really appreciate your cooperation. Please e-mail (dickvipp@aol.com) your information or give it to me at the next meeting. Thank you. Dick Vipperman Event pictures from Fall 2010 TIC Egg delivery, Fall Cleanup, Franklin County Kids Fishing Rodeo, Stocking and More! Click here to view Slide Show. Franklin County Kids Fishing Rodeo Saturday 10-09-10 Had
the usual variety of events - fly tying, casting and "bug id".
Stocking Report - Green Hill Park and Salem Section Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Green Hill Park, Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 - We had a lower than normal turnout of volunteers due to a number of conflicts. The day started with pouring rain before 9am, but when Andy arrived with the stocking truck the weather was looking up and we tucked away the rain gear. Andy provided us with a nice combination of lively Browns and Rainbows from the Paint Bank hatchery. Many jumped out of the buckets trying to get to the river quicker. The stocking took us about 1hr, 20mins. Then we had to conduct a search and operation in an attempt to find Dick Taylor’s missing cellphone. It was eventually found by Anke as we traced our route, repetitively calling Dick’s cell phone number. The volunteers consisted of Bob Crawshaw, Hoppy Holsinger, Anke Loberg, Hans Loberg, Richard Pitts and Dick Taylor. Thanks to all, great job.
Salem Section
Roanoke River - Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 - A wet start didn't dampen the
spirit and enthusiasm of TUer's and friendly waiting fisherman.
The Colorado section was stocked heavily with nice bows and browns, more
large fish than normal. Karl Miller
saved the day by providing his ATV and trailer to transport our fish laden
buckets to the various stocking points along the Greenway.
We stocked over 1,100 pounds of fish over a two hour period.
Several folks helped for part of the time but as one would leave another
jumped in to help. When you see Karl
please thank him for the use of his machine, without it we would have been very
short handed. Both the Salem Police
and Conservation Police visited and promised to keep a careful eye on the area.
Signs need to be refreshed in places, a good project for these beautiful
fall days along with matching the hatch for some of the lunkers. Fall Cleanup, Green Hill Park, Saturday, October 2, 2010, 9:00am Fall Cleanup Report, Green Hill Park, The bi-annual clean up of the Roanoke River and river bank between the Greenway and the river in Green Hill Park went over quite well in spite of a lower than usual turnout. We started at the picnic shelter with coffee and some of Anke’s coffee cake and zucchini bread. Fortunately, the section along the Greenway was much cleaner than usual and only Dick Taylor managed to find the one spot with enough trash to fill his bag. No big items this time, mainly glass and plastic bottles, soda cans, plastic bags, picnic leftovers and waterlogged diapers (they get heavy), some shoes and clothing. The participant were Bill Bainter, Dick Cole, Whit Ellerman, Anke Loberg, Hans Loberg, Dick Taylor and Jack Ward. Click here for picture of crew. 2010 Raffle Items - Click here to view this years raffle items. September 15, 2010 Monthly Meeting The Roanoke Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold it's monthly meeting on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010 at 7:00pm at Hollins University in the Goodwin Room of the Moody Student Center. The speakers for this month's meeting will be Bryan Decker of VDGIF and Elise Robison nurse for the TU Tri-State Conservation and Fish Camp. Bryan is a fisheries biologist at the Coursey Springs Fish Hatchery in Bath County. Bryan will give a presentation on the new state of the art Coursey Springs facility. If you have not toured the hatchery since it's rebuild you will not want to miss Bryan's presentation. Elise is the nurse for the TU Tri-State Conservation and Fish Camp which is held each year at Graves Mountain Lodge. Elise will give us a report on this years camp. The Roanoke Chapter sponsored 2 kids to attend the camp for a the second year in a row. This will be a good opportunity for everyone to get an insight into what the camp is all about. Meeting will be held in the Moody Student Center. You can park in any vacate parking place including those marked for faculty. Hope to see you Wednesday. Jack Flyline News Letter -- Late Summer 2010 - Click here to view. Celebrate Catawba Event - August 14, 2010 The Roanoke Chapter will have display set up at the Celebrate Catawba on August 14 from 10am until 3pm at the Virginia Tech farm in Catawba. We will have fly casting and fly tying demonstrations along with displays about TU, Trout in the Classroom and Healing Waters. Anyone interested in helping let me know by email. We will start to set up around 9am. August
18, 2010 - Monthly Meeting Our regular chapter meeting on August 18 at Hollins University. The meeting this month will be held in room 119 in the Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center across the street from the building where we normally meet. The main speaker will be Rod Salyers of Darkside Drifter. Rod is a fishing guide who targets monster size Brown Trout on the South Holston. So if you want to learn how to catch monster Brown Trout you will not want to miss this meeting. Jack TU Annual Picnic - Saturday, July 17, 2010 - Click here to view Pictures and Story. Our annual picnic will
be Saturday July 17th at Wysor Smith's cabin in
Directions to Wysor's:
From
Roanoke, take 581 North past Valley View Mall and Peters Creek Road, then take
the I-81 South (fork to the left). After getting onto I-81, you will
take the first Buchanan Kids Fishing Carnival - Click here to view picture. Streamcare in Action event on the N. Fork of the Roanoke Please let Ned or Todd know if you have any volunteers who would like to help. It appears that the TU involvement will be primarily with fly tying. Please see the attachment. TU Mossy Creek Fishing Trip Click here to view pictures. June monthly meeting - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 The Roanoke TU Chapter will hold our June meeting on Wednesday June 16 at 7:00pm in the Goodwin Room in the Moody Student Center at Hollins University. A map of the Hollins campus is attached. We will be showing the video Red Gold. This a video about the controversial Pebble open pit copper, gold and molybdenum mine proposed in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. This is in the heart of the largest wild Pacific salmon runs in the world. If you are interested in saving the wild Pacific salmon you don't want to miss this video. We will also vote on an amendment to our by-laws. The by-laws committee is proposing to change the Secretary-Treasurer as outlined in the by-laws to 2 positions consisting of a Secretary and a Treasurer. The chapter has been operating with a Secretary and a Treasurer all along so this will be a change to make the chapter's officer structure compliant with the by-laws. Our annual picnic is scheduled for Saturday July 17 at Wysor Smith's. This is a family affair so make plans to attend and bring the entire family. And don't forget to bring your fly rod. Wysor has 2 ponds stocked with trout for catch and release barbless fishing. I will send out a follow-up email around July 1st with directions to Wysor's place and to get a head count. See you Wednesday evening, Jack Click here to view agenda for meeting. Click here to for more past archives. |
