Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited

The Chapter’s Annual Picnic is Back On!

The Annual Picnic at River John’s Outfitters is coming up; remember it’s Thursday night the 4th of August starting at 5pm. Some fly fishing games and fishing in the Little River along with good food makes this a highlight of our Chapter’s year. I hope you can make it. Please let us know if you are planning to attend at lrctu.newsletter@gmail.com so we can get a head count for the Burgers, Hotdogs, and fixin’s that the chapter will be supplying. Otherwise, bring yourself, a chair, a dish to share, and a rod if you wish (smallmouth country!) and enjoy each other’s company.

River John’s is located at 4134 Cave Mill Rd, Maryville, TN.

STREAMS OF THOUGHT – NOTES FROM THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT

It’s good to stop running around. Sometimes, one should just look at things and think about things without doing things.

— Hobbes of the “Calvin and Hobbes”

Heat—the standing in front of a blast furnace without a switch kind or maybe the so many activities or demands or things to do kind. This past month has been all of the above for me. Firstly, Trout Camp was completed successfully, although not without some sweatin’ chasing excited 14 young teen campers around for 5 days. These folks pictured above are some of the many volunteers that made this year’s camp a success; they are heeding tiger Hobbes’ advice, just watching and not doing things—a welcome break. Sweatin’ also included the physical kind; my Friday at camp involved a 9 mile foray up Lynn Camp for Brookies; ‘my camper’ did good with 5 while I think my fishing shirt soaked up about 5 quarts of sweat for the day—whew! The end of camp was a welcome break. A day the following week was with a friend who has discovered fly fishing and can’t get enough; while he ran and did, I spent some time looking and not doing which was very enjoyable. Hopefully your summer will be a balance of doing (including fishing) things, looking at things, thinking about things, and not doing things.

And while you’re thinking, think about participating in some of the many volunteer activities the Little River Chapter has to offer. Firstly, our July meeting will be a picnic at River Johns on July 21st; hopefully you will be ‘doing’ that one! Richard Barnes has a lengthy list of activities that need help; think about them and then do!!

Tight Lines—Steve Y

July 2022 Newsletter

STREAMS OF THOUGHT – NOTES FROM THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT

TROUT CAMP 2022

Next week, I will be sharing the joys (and tribulations!) of fly fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains with 14 youth at the 11th session of the John Thurman Trout Adventure Camp. While no longer the director (in fact maybe because of it!) I am looking forward to making new friends and sharing new fishing adventures with these campers along with working with the camp staff to make this happen! Trout Camp becomes more popular each year with over 40 applications again for this session. The dedication of the Camp Staff is essential to this popularity; each member volunteers their time to make this happen. We are always looking for more staff as others move on with their lives; a great place to make an impact on young people! Also, perhaps a prayer for their comfort this year as temps are to be in the 90s during the week—Yikes. An ‘accidental’ slip and slide into the creek may be a more common occurrence this week!

Tight Lines—Steve Y

June 2022 Newsletter