Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited

When: Sept. 27, 2012 (4th Thursday of the month).  Dinner served around 7:00 p.m. Come earlier for casting and fishing.

Where: River John’s Island – located on the Little River, just northeast of Maryville on Cave Mill Rd. (Map)  http://www.riverjohns.com/

Directions: From the last Pellisippi Pkwy exit, go left on Hwy 33, right on Sam Houston, left on Wildwood, right on Cave Mill. (Map)

Program: No set program, just good food and the opportunity to bring your gear and chuck some flies in the river. This is a chance to pick up tips on casting and fishing tips from some of our more learned members. Food and soft drinks will be provided by the Chapter.

This is an excellent opportunity to bring a water craft and fish up or down Little River from River John’s. John has canoes/kayaks available to rent also. The flow is excellent and the water is clear at present. Smallmouth and redeye have been feeding near the banks and from under structures. Suggestion: try drifting a crawfish imitation through seams in the ripples.

We just add a new link  to the Links section of our webpage the  Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center. It is the Ovris go to website for Fly fishing.  The website has Video Lessons. Flash Cards, Quizzes,  Podcasts, Animated Knot and How To Articles. I will be going more in depth about the different section in a later post but for now please take time to check out this new website. Oh don.t forget to enter the “Firehole Ranch trip for Two” Sweetstake.

This full-length video from Zach Matthews and his blog  The Itinerant Angler, www.itinerantangler.com.  The video will show you how to set up a fly reel (for trout) from the arbor knot on the reel all the way to the leader. Learn the Double Surgeon’s Loop, the Nail Knot, the Perfection Loop, and the Loop-to-Loop Knot, and how and where to use them to set your fly reel and line up from scratch. The video is 15 minutes long and is aimed at a new anglers or someone that never set up a fly reel.  If you just need to see a certain knot go here.  Zach Matthews was featured at Troutfest with his (One-on-one Casting Clinic).

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