October Newsletter
Sorry I am running a little late with the October Newsletter but I have been lazy…...........(er.. busy). Well it is one of the two or a combination of them, I am not sure which. I think that this is my favorite time of the year with the cooling of the weather, the changing of the leaves and the spawning colors of the brook and brown trout at their height. Now is a great time to get out and enjoy nature and catch a beautiful trout for a vivid color picture. Some of us from the chapter did just that as our chapter trip to the Smokies was filled with good conversation, lots of laughs and some enjoyable fishing. We moved around to be sure and catch all three species of trout and got some colorful pitchers of the Smokies fall foliage and some little brookies. I think it is safe for me to say everyone from our chapter who went is ready to go again and a spring trip is in the making.
I want to make sure everyone from SMTU knows about our November meeting featuring some of the good people from the National Committee for the New River (NCNR). We had these folks over earlier in the year but due to scheduling conflicts for several of our members we have invited them back hoping to give everyone a chance to meet the people from NCNR. This group has done so much for the New River and its protection that our chapter feels that working with NCNR is a good way to meet SMTU conservation goals at little cost to us and is in the early stages of forming a close working agreement throughscheduled spring and fall clean ups on the upper New where there is a good trout and smallmouth bass population. Courtney Wait, who is the spark plug in charge of organizing the efforts, set up this past fall clean up in an area that holds a decent brown trout population, therefore meeting NCNR’s goal and SMTU’s conservation goal also. Many of us use the New River for both trout and smallmouth bass fishing and feel this is one of the best conservation efforts we have as a small chapter with limited funds. So please check this program out and get involved in giving back to our resources like the New River.
I would also like to mention that if all goes well we will be setting up our first Trout in the Classroom aquarium at East Wilkes Middle School in November. We will be discussing this at the November meeting and will touch base on the up coming banquet also. SMTU has something for all its members and we invite you again to get involved to make sure the environment we leave for our children and their children is as close to what we have enjoyed as possible.
Your President,
Jeff Payne
Posted by Busta Brown on October 18, 2009.
