Little River Chapter of Trout Unlimited

This year, Troutfest is proud to provide a unique experience for visitors with a special presentation by Jason Borger, author,  experienced angler, stand in and  fishing consultant for production of the movie,  A River Runs Through It.  This year marks a milestone in the film’s 20th anniversary of its release. The Saturday night event will include dinner,  Borger’s presentation and a free showing of the movie.   Buy your tickets ahead of time here on the website or at the Troutfest store. Also, tickets will be available at Little River Outfitters in Townsend through Friday, May 18th.  Tickets can be purchased at the door the night of the event.

You can read more about Jason’s role in the movie on his website Fish, Flies & Water  in his article A River Runs & Casting.  The movie at the time brought a whole new generation to fly fishing and was a boom to the fly fishing industry. The movie is based on a book by the same name written by Norman Maclean. If you get time to read the book it is well worth it. You can see the Movie trailer at the link below

We will meet at Metcalf Bottoms picnic area (9:00AM) with Park Fisheries.  Matt Kulp and Steve Moore  Park Fishery Biologists  will divide volunteers in to teams and are assign a section of stream along Little River road.  We usually start at the park boundary in Townsend and work our way to Elkmount campground. We try to eat  lunch around noon at Metcalf Bottoms that is provide by our chapter members. That leaves the rest of the day to enjoy fishing.

Hope to see you there.

The link below you should find our 2012 fisheries volunteer schedule.  Note these are tasks most conducive to working with volunteers.  Some are close to the trail, others several miles in, so please contact Charlie or I if interested to discuss physical requirements.  Also note dates are subject to change due to inclimate weather.

2012 GSMNP fisheries volunteer schedule

Thanks to everyone for all your help.  We look forward to seeing you on the
stream!

Sincerely,
Matt

Matt Kulp
Fishery Biologist
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(865) 436-1254