{"id":1512,"date":"2015-07-19T15:10:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T15:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2015-07-19T15:25:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T15:25:54","slug":"july-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=1512","title":{"rendered":"July Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

P r e s i d e n t \u2019 s C o r n e r<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Bryant\u00a0\u00a0 (mjbryant1954@hotmail.com)<\/p>\n

Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n

The month of June proved to be a very busy month that included volunteering at Trout Camp,\u00a0 grandkids staying with us for ten days followed by an eight day fishing trip to Colorado.\u00a0 We had a great time with the grandkids including picnics in the Park, playing in creeks, swimming and of course some fishing.\u00a0 It was a great opportunity to introduce fly fishing and fly tying to our eight year grandson.\u00a0 I coordinated the evening fly tying classes at Trout Camp, so my grandson tagged along for most of the nights.\u00a0 He had the opportunity to watch and interact with the big kids.\u00a0 We had already started his journey on fly tying, and he cast his first line into a Park stream this year.\u00a0 But his exposure to Trout Camp elevated his interest in the fly fishing.\u00a0 It was a great reminder on how small actions on our part can have such a big influence on the next generation, especially when comes to exposing them to the great outdoors.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Trout Camp was another great success.\u00a0 Great job by John Thurman, Steve Thompson and the entire volunteer staff!<\/p>\n

After Trout Camp,\u00a0 John Reinhardt and I went to central Colorado for eight days of fly fishing.\u00a0 Our timing was off a bit given high flows still existed in most of the major streams due to snow melt runoff.\u00a0 The rivers were dropping, but were definitely high. So we made the most of it and started searching for higher elevation streams. We found a couple of gems.\u00a0 We caughtbrowns, rainbows and brookies, but oddly no cutthroats were brought to hand. Multiple days we had the opportunity to cast to rising fish, including some 16\u201d rainbows that were poking their noses above the surface to suck down hatching Pale Morning Duns.\u00a0 We were early for the caddis hatch so John didn\u2019t get to use his 48 Elk Hair Caddis flies he brought or any of my two dozen CDC & Elk patterns.\u00a0 But I did tie a great little nymph pattern that fooled a lot of 12\u201d wild brown trout.\u00a0 Good fishing in a beautiful part of the country!<\/p>\n

Typical of summer, fishing is a bit tougher in the Park right now.\u00a0 Nymphs down deepand the ever popular Green Weenie are still working.<\/p>\n

Have a safe and great summer!
\n-Mike<\/p>\n

July Chapter Meeting – Thursday,\u00a0 July 23<\/span><\/strong>
\nAs in the past, our July Chapter Meeting (Thursday, July 23) will be held outside at River Johns Outfitters (Map)<\/a> \u00a0http:\/\/www.riverjohns.com\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Just outside of Mayville, River John\u2019s is located on a beautiful stretch of the Little River.\u00a0 Dinner is free!\u00a0 The July meeting will be a joint chapter meeting with the Great Smoky Mountain Chapter.\u00a0 You can fish along the shoreline before and after dinner.\u00a0 Last year I hooked but lost a rather large smallie on a hellgrammite pattern.\u00a0 So bring your gear and an appetite. Dinner will be served around 6:00pm<\/p>\n

Annual Clinch River Cleanup<\/strong><\/span>
\nLove to fish the Clinch? Want to help keep it beautiful? The third annual Big Clinch River Cleanup will be Saturday,\u00a0 July 25 and the first 125 volunteers to register can enjoy a big free breakfast at Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway in Norris.\u00a0 More information can be found at http:\/\/crctu.org.<\/p>\n

Smokemont Trip<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe annual fishing trip<\/span> at Smokemont is set for September 25 \u2013 27.\u00a0 This is a great trip,complete with excellent fishing, even better food and great fellowship.\u00a0 More details to follow in the next couple of months, but mark your calendar for this awesome trip right in our own backyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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