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Roanoke Valley Trout Unlimited
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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: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:34 AM
September 17, 2008 Meeting Agenda September 17, 2008 - Mike Rigney of Orvis will present the Glade Creek Project. Karl Miller will update members on the Trout in the Classroom project. Update on Gathright project. South Holston Fishing Trip - November 13-14 & 15 We are planning another trip to the Holston! This trip was presented and planned at the last special called meeting to discuss the VA Outdoor Sportsmen's Classic in early August. If interested please email me and I will add you to the list. The cabins can accommodate eleven people. I may be able to make arrangements for more people if requested. Trip must be paid for no later than our next meeting on September 17, 2008. The cost per person will be around $40.00 per night ($120.00 total) and then we will split the food cost as always. Those signed up so far include the following below. Thanks, Jon
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Outdoor Sportsmen's Classic - Summer Addition - Click
here for pictures Chapter 308 will have a booth at Sportsman Classic and are in need of Volunteers. Please call or Email Jon if you are able to work.
July 19, 2008 Annual TU Picnic Click here for pictures. Virginia Stream Restoration Guide - Available Here Name That Stream- New picture has been posted. Please reply with your answer. Dick Taylors newest short story has been published. You will enjoy!!! Click here to read. Summer News Letter available here. Blue Ridge Mountain Council, V-Da-Li District, Cub Scout Day Camp 2008-Click here for pictures and story. June 18, 2008 Meeting- Click here for more details and links to meeting notes. May 21, 2008 - Monthly meeting 7 p.m. Marvin Huffman and Bill Bainter will report on the status of the Gathright turbine project. They will also report on a recent trip to survey Cawtaba Creek. Click here for complete story and details of meeting. Christy Gabbard and Ned Yost of the Cawtaba Land Care will present a proposal for Cawtaba Creek. Click here for complete story and details of this chapter project. Pat Klingensmith will talk about his steelhead fishing trip. Roanoke County students learn environmentalism on the fly. Our member Jamie Hutton is profiled in the Roanoke Times. Click link below to read story. http://www.roanoke.com/community/swroanoke/backfence/wb/161055 Upcoming Roanoke TU sponsored fishing Trip. I learned about River Bend Farm from Walt Cary and one of the fellows from the Shenandoah Valley Chapter on Saturday at Gander Mountain. They said we really need to try this place. From what they told me sounds like it is stocked with a lot of quality fish. They told me to call Mossy Creek Fly Shop to book a trip.I called and spoke to Ryan. I had him book us a trip for the first available dates he had which are Friday June 27th and Saturday June 28th. The rate is $60 per person per day, but if we get 10 per day to sign up it is $30 per person per day. They do not allow fishing on Sundays. I think it must be owned by Mennonites. If anyone wants to stay over night they allow camping on the property. They do have a portapoty and that is all. Or I'm sure there are motels near by if anyone had rather stay in a motel. If anyone wants to check it out the can go to www.mossycreekflyshop.com and click on private waters and select River Bend Farm. There is a link to pictures at the bottom of the page. River Bend Farm is located on approximately 2 miles of North River. This unique stretch is one of the largest trout fisheries in the state. The waters here are fed by spring seeps through its limestone bedrock as well as the waters from Mossy, Spring, and Beaver Creeks. Dry River, one of Virginia’s finest brook trout fisheries, runs into the North just downstream of farms property. This large stretch boasts some incredible insect hatches of drakes, caddis, hendricksons, blue wing olives, and giant eastern stoneflies. Wayne Showalter has been generous enough to open this beautiful piece of trout water to the public. This property is a fly fishing, catch and release, barbless hook fishery. River Bend Farms is open for fishing Monday-Saturday. Free overnight camping may be arranged with prior notice. Rod Fee- $60 a day per person. Rods are booked on a first come first serve basis. Groups of 3 or more will be guaranteed to have the stream to themselves. Individual anglers may be booked with 1 to 2 other anglers at River Bend Farm. Below please find those who have signed up. Email Jon to have your name added!
Kiwanis Fishing Day with the kids - April 26, 2008. Click here for story and pictures. Readers
Cast - Don't Do It Clyde ~ by our own Dick Taylor Sign up for Gander Mountain Grand Opening May 1st through 4th, 2008. Click here for more details, pictures and story.
Gander Mountain would like the manpower to work as greeters and Shoot for Savings. It still does not give specifics as to who we report to or exactly what is expected of us. It does state that Gander Mountain will make a $1500.00 donation to Roanoke TU and that over the last three years and 30 new stores a local organization such as TU has always accepted the task and donations from the grand opening events.
The schedule is as follows: It does have a note that shifts/tasks can be split among two people
Thursday, May 1, 2008 from 9 am to 4 pm - at least four people to work setting up and task include filling and tying balloons, prepare giveaways for weekend and etc.....? Shows working the entire time period.
Friday, May 2, 2008 from 7 am to 8 pm - at least eight people throughout the day to work as greeters. The schedule shows at least two people working each category for 4 to 5 hour shifts.
Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 7 am to 8 pm - at least ten people throughout the day to work as greeters and Shoot for Savings. The schedule shows at least two people working each category for 4 to 5 hour shifts.
Sunday, May 4, 2008 from 8 am to 8 pm - Same as Saturday, just an hour later to start.
We still need several more to make this happen.
If you have any questions on specifics for the grand opening please feel free to contact Dover. If you would like to be added to the volunteer list please email me your name, date and times you are available and I will post to website. Thanks, Jon
Click link below for write up on the Fly Fishing Festival. http://www.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/hooked/20583/ TU mission, VCTU Mission, and TU Social Contract 4/20/08 - Click here for more details. Check out the Event Picture Slideshow. Current show is of our Meadow Lane Lodge Trip and a trip that George, Barry and Jon took just a couple of weeks later. Additional slideshows also posted Click here for details. April 16, 2008 Meeting. Click here for more details. Roanoke Trout Unlimited Delegates to the State TU Council. Bill Bainter, Marvin Huffman, Ron Herring, Tom Brown, Dick Vipperman and David Wilson At
the last member meeting Dover passed out a copy of the State TU's Strategic Plan
and asked that the members review the plan and send any comments or concerns to
the delegates. So I guess we would also need a request for comments,
concerns or suggestions regarding the State TU Strategic Plan be sent to any
Delegate. The Delegates will discuss and vote on this plan at the State TU
council meeting on April 19 Spring Clean Up - Clean valley Day - Saturday, April 5, 2008, 9:00am,Roanoke River and river bank, Green Hill Park. Click here for more details.Stocking Special Regulation Sections at Green Hill Park and Salem April 2, 2008 Click here for story and pictures. March 19, 2008 Meeting Andre Horodysky and Dr. Robert Jenkins willl present on “Roanoke Regional Trout Bugs, Natural and Tyed” Click here for more details and minutes of the meeting. Upcoming Events Spring Clean Up - Clean valley Day - Saturday, April 5, 2008, 9:00am, Roanoke River and river bank, Green Hill Park. Call Hans and Anke for more details and to sign up.
Kite Festival - April 19, 2008, Call Dover for details. TU to work booth with Orvis at Green Hill Park.
Fly Fishing Festival - Waynesboro, VA April 19 and 20, 2008.
Kiwanis Fishing Day with the Kids- April 26, 2008 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Need volunteers for guides, cleaning and packaging fish, tackle setup, teaching casting, conservation, and safety. Call Dick Vipperman for details and to volunteer.
Heritage Day - Call Hans and Anke for details.
Looking for Fishing Reports!!! Please send reports and stories to me at jon@roanoketu.org.
Youth Event- April 26, 2008 at Blue Ridge Mountain Council of Boy Scouts of America - Would like for us to teach fly fishing etc... Call Dover for more details.
Hollins Project- Stocking and posting of property, Call Dover for details.
Project Healing Water- Program to be started at the VA Hospital in Salem. Call Bayes for details.
Trout in the Classroom- Jamie Hutton, Chairman, is working on the details. Call him with any questions or details. Meadow Lane Lodge, Jackson River Fishing Trip - March 14, 15 and 16, 2008. Meadow Lane Lodge, on the Jackson River in Bath County. Another awesome trip our chapter members took. Click here for more details and pictures. Click here for Dick Taylor's Dream Day!! 27 inch + Brown + 16 inch girth = 8.6 pounds!!! March 13, 2008 Trout taken in the Salem section of the Special Regulation near Apperson Drive. Click here for picture taken by Jack Ward with nice 30" 10lb. trout taken by one of our own Ken Seagle! Also a picture of Jack with a nice rainbow. Trout taken in the Salem section of the Special Regulation near Apperson Drive. New River Trout Unlimited Request for help. The
information below is from our sister chapter in the New River Valley. I
think we should post the info regarding the tree planting on Josh Williams, Veteran - Project Healing Waters - fishing trip on Cedar Creek in Lebanon Click here for pictures and story. Updated fishing report by Dr. Jenkins, Click here for details. FOR SALE: Orvis 711, a storied Orvis Superfine 4 weight - Go to the Bulletin Board for details!!! News of Interest Go to your local
bookstore or fly shop, grab a copy of the new Fly Rod and Reel issue and park
yourself in a chair long enough to read Ted Williams' February 20, 2008 Meeting Click here for more details. Click on link to view the newest newsletter by Chip Davis, Secretary - Winter 2007-2008 Newsletter Roanoke River, Green Hill Park DHS, 8-15-16-20 Feb 2008, by, Bob Jenkins New River Valley TU Chapter Special Program, 2008 Fly Fishing Seminar Wednesday, February 6, 2008, George Daniel and Tangent Outfitters guest speakers. Also door prize given by Orvis, Roanoke Store. Click here for details and map to location of meeting. Monday, February 4, 2008 Stocking of Special Reg. area - Salem and Green Hill Park Trout stocking on the Special Regulation Section Roanoke River will take place on Monday, February 4, 2008 at 9 a.m. Click here for details and pictures. February 20, 2008 - John Bass of Project Healing Waters and he is going to attend our Feb meeting. He will be making
a presentation about the Project Healing Waters and
looking for volunteers to participate in their project.
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Worth mentioning at
next meeting and maybe putting a notice on the website and newsletter?
Read about the disease when perusing the Vermont Fish & Game website to
check on out-of-state license costs. Headed to Vermont in late June for a class
reunion and though I might have a chance to fish a day or two. This sounds
terrible and can be spread probably the same way that the "Didymo" is
around here now and through infected fish and contaminated water. Says it's in
27 species up there including brown and rainbow trout. No
known cure. Anybody contemplating at trip to upstate NY, Wisconsin,
Michigan or anywhere near the Great Lakes ought to be aware of what's there now.
Dick Taylor In 2005,
a new fish disease known as Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) was discovered in
Lake Ontario, after a fish kill involving thousands of freshwater drum, round
goby, and muskies. In just two short years between the spring of 2005 and the
fall of 2007, the VHS virus spread rapidly to the St. Lawrence River, Lake Erie,
the Niagara River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, Lake Huron, and Lake
Michigan. It has also spread to several inland waters (waters without any direct
connection to the Great Lakes) in Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York. Dozens of
fish mortality events have now occurred in these areas resulting in the deaths
of tens of thousands of fish. Unfortunately, there is no vaccination or cure for
the disease, thus it cannot be controlled - only contained. Containing the
spread of this deadly fish virus and preventing it from entering Vermont will
require restrictions on the movement of live fish and water, and fish testing
and surveillance programs. Go to website and check it out at: http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/vhs.cfm Check out our new Calendar of Events From the link you can view up coming events and meetings. As a member you will be able to update calendar. More information will be emailed out to the members on this feature. January 16, 2008 Meeting The January meeting will be a planning meeting for the year. Click here for story, pictures and more details. 2008 Committees Click here for more details. Please let me know if I missed anyone. Thanks, Jon
2008 Officers and Board Members Click here for more details. Chapter sponsored fishing trips. Meadow Lane Lodge, on the Jackson River in Bath County. We have room for a total of 10. This trip will be March 14 and 15, 2008. The cost will be around $125.00 per person for two nights and includes rod fees. Meals will be done as before on trips. Click here to for more past archives. |
