Hello Trout Loving Friends,
There’s just under 2 weeks, so please be planning to attending May’s meeting:
Place: Barley’s Maryville
Time: Tuesday, May 28
Social hour at 6pm, Business Meeting at 7
Speaker: Bill Stiver – Wildlife Biologist for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
“It’s unbearable what he’ll be talking about.”
You’ll have to figure out the subject of his talk yourselves!
See you then and happy fishing!!
The release dates have been scheduled. All releases will take place at the KOA Campground in Townsend. Two to four volunteers are needed at the KOA by 8:30 am to assist with the activities. If you can join us, please call, text, or email Joyce Frey at jmfrey@comcast.net or 865-518-1975. Thanks for helping out!!!
Wednesday May 1 – John Sevier Elementary 3rd graders
Thursday May 2 – Porter Elementary 4th graders
Tuesday May 7 – Townsend Elementary 3rd thru 5th graders
Wednesday May 8 – Tates School 4th graders and Lenoir City Middle 6th graders
Wednesday May 15 – Lonsdale Elementary 5th graders
Thursday May 16 – Episcopal School 3rd graders
Thursday May 30 – Clayton Bradley 2nd graders
From the Desk of the Prez
Ernie Frey
ernest.frey@comcast.net
Spring is finally here! The Park and the Chapter had a successful clean-up on April 6th. Stan Starkey did the lunch and the pulled pork shoulder was excellent. The Chapter has another clean-up on May 11th on our adopted stream Pistol Creek.
The chapter is sponsoring two participants in Trout Camp this year, one girl and one boy. If you are interested in volunteering to help at the camp or the outings contact Steve Young and he can help you find the right activity.
We had our first fishing outing yesterday. We met at Little River Outfitters and made our way up to Lynn Camp. The water was high so we went up high. The fishing was great but the catching was a little slow. Pat Tully will be leading the Saturday outing group. He will let us know what date he has chosen. The Wednesday group will meet again in mid-May.
The casting class we are doing with Parks and Rec had our first class on April 6. There are eight students in the class and the class so far seems successful. The next two classes will be on the water at the Duck Pond and on Pistol Creek.
Chapter meeting will be on Tuesday April 23rd at Barley’s in downtown
Maryville. Social hour starts at 6:00 and the business meeting will start at
7:00. We meet in the upstairs banquet room.
Have a good Spring and get out and fish!
-Ernie
