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The Mecan River Project is Underway CWTU and EDTU members getting their hands dirty to protect those trout!
For the second consecutive year we joined forces with the Central Wisconsin Chapter, the Trout and Salmon Foundation and the Wisconsin DNR for a restoration project. This year it's the Mecan River near Wautoma. Youth Camper Lands First Steelhead on the Flyby Grant Brown Joe Crosson, Youth Camp Scholar with his first steelhead
Joe Crosson age 14 of Chicago landed his first steelhead on the fly. Joe was the 2009 recipient of The EDTU Youth Conservation and Fly Fishing Scholarship. We expected great things from Joe since he returned from the school. TU National Leadership Council Representative Greg Prosen said, "Joey was the star of the school." It seems youth education works because this kid is hooked for life. Way to go Joe! Spring Orvis Daysby Jeff HoffmannOrvis Chicago (142 East Ontario) has some great seminars and events coming up this weekend, including a FREE fly-fishing school! Here is the schedule, for details click on "Read the full article": April Meeting Details Guest speakers Joe Bailey (left) and Dr. George Patterson (right) hosting a seminar in Chile!
WOULD YOU BELIEVE FLY FISHING FOR THE MIND? President’s Angle on the Fundraiserby Grant BrownThe final tally is in and we were just shy of a $10,000 profit. That's a bit more than last year and it seems that everyone enjoyed the Erie Cafe as our new venue. There were numerous folks who made it work and the generosity was outstanding. Orvis Chicago Wine and Cigarsby Jeff HoffmannOrvis Chicago is having an after hour event in conjunction with Stonefly Vineyards including free wine tasting and cigar sampling. Blues musician Keith Scott will be here playing and local trout artist Tom Sasser will be displaying some of his prints. Each year 5% of the total sales from Stonefly Vineyards is awarded to conservation organizations such as Trout Unlimited. World Record Troutby Grant BrownTwo world record trout were caught last week, one of them right here in the midwest on the Manistee River. Iceland Tripby Sue MathewsonIceland Trip: "Openings on the Hofsa River are available for Atlantic salmon unheard of in years past. With the Krona down, it's a great time to go and see this lovely island nation." ..... The AuSable Trip Scores for New Member!by Grant BrownNew Member Jeff Hoffmann scored a Trophy Trout Hat from Hawkins Outfitters while on this years chapter trip to the Wa Wa Sum Lodge. Jeff joins a distinguished list of EDTU members to bag a 20+ inch trout on the trip. 4th-graders’ class pets are no longer small fryby Tara Malone, TRIBUNE REPORTER"Maggie Maher, 9, said she was a little sad about the sending the fish off into the wild as she wrote her poem: "Some of my friends die. But I was still a fry. I didn't want to say good-bye." Rusty Gates Receives FFF Conservation Awardby Grant BrownThe Federation of Fly Fishers has awarded long time friend of the chapter Rusty Gates their 2008 Conservation award. The FFF wrote in their Conclave publication, "Whether leading stream clean-up work, engaging in critical lawsuits or advocating for fisheries, Rusty Gates of Grayling, Michigan has made extraordinary personal contributions to our fisheries." ”Muskie on the Fly”by Robert S. TomesThe September meeting will kick off this years speaker series with Robert S. Tomes, author of "Musky on the fly." If you have caught your fill of Trout, Robert will share stories and tactics on how to conquer the elusive muskellunge. There will be copies of his book available for purchase to be autographed. Mason Tract Logging Cutting up Residentsby Sheri McWhirterSome nature lovers wonder if state officials can't see the forest for the trees. Stately oaks and pines -- some 100 years old -- are being clear cut at the Mason Tract, a 4,700-acre swath in southeast Crawford County that has roots as a conservation gift to the state. Hawkins Bans Bottled WaterHawkins Outfitters is taking a small stand against bottled water Trout Leap to Freedom in Incredibe Escapeby By NICK McDERMOTT
The Daily Mail The Grand Slam Breakfastby Grant BrownA compromise of passions turns into a worthy quest. Pollution saves fish is like man bites dog.by Kirk Johnson, New York TimesOut of Old Mines' Muck Rises New Reclamation Model for West Troubled waters: South Branch Root Riverby Chris Niskanen, outdoors writerYou can fall in love on a trout stream, and you can fall in love with a trout stream, and I've done both with the South Branch Root River in the southeast blufflands of Minnesota. 2006 Chapter TripsThe dates for the Spring Creeks trip (April 28- April 30), Wolf River Trip (May 19-May 21) and the Au Sable trip (June 14-18) are firm. |
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