Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited

President’s Corner

Ernie Frey  

ernest.frey@comcast.net

Newsletter

It’s September and summer is almost over.  Fishing is good and catching is improving.  I have heard good reports on both the Clinch and Little River.  Orange is the color of choice for flies with the coming of the fall or October caddis. A well drifted Adams will always catch fish.
Joyce and I just returned from Missoula, Montana.  This was our first hosted fly fishing trip, hosted by Richard Witt out of the Curtis Wright Fly Shop in Weaverville, NC.  All I can say is that it was a trip of life time. Can we say private chef!

Remember, Octobe5, 6 and 7 is the chapter camping trip Smokemont camp grounds. Please let Pat Tully know if you intend to go camping. There is some great fishing water in the area and camping is fun too.

September’s meeting will be Tuesday the 25th at Barley’s Maryville. Social hour starts at 6pm and the business meeting will start 7pm.  Will Davis will be doing a fly tying demonstration. Will is one of our young tiers and has an interesting take on fly tying.

President’s Notes  

Ernie Frey  

Well it is August.  Fishing is good as always but catching is tough.  To catch, you have to fish early or late in the day and up high where the water is cooler.  Remember autumn is just a few weeks away so time may be better spent preparing for the fall season by tying flies or cleaning equipment.  The Little River Chapter has received an award from the Tennessee River Basin Network for our water quality sampling efforts.  I would like to thank Matt Culp of the Park Service for nominating the Chapter for the award; the founding members for developing the Chapter’s charter which is to assist the Fisheries Department of the Park and Charlie Chmieleski for all those years of coordinating the volunteer efforts.  Our August meeting will be on Tuesday the 28 th at Barley’s in Maryville. As usual, social hour will start 6pm, the business meeting at 7pm.  Jon Ellis, the manager of the Tellico Trout Hatchery has agreed to be the speaker at the August meeting.  He will be discussing the Tellico fishery both wild and stocked streams.  Joe Hatton will be leading the August meeting.