UP THE CREEK DEC 2017 Blue Ridge Mountain Trout Unlimited Chapter 696 Meets the second Saturday of the month at 9 am at Faith Presbyterian Church 56 Mountain Street Blue Ridge, GA 30513 CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR SPONSOR/PARTNERS & MORE INFO Blue Ridge Mountain Trout Unlimited NEXT CHAPTER MEETING Chapter Meeting for December will be the Holiday Party at Mercier's in Blue Ridge. December 2 @ 6 PM, $30 per person. Full meal and 2 drinks. Please choose chicken, pork or fish and email Lynn Brincks at lynnb@tds.net with your reservation. Please bring canned food item and/or child gift - plus this year... Ugly Sweater Contest - with Prizes!
WORK DAY ON THE UPPER TOCCOA RIVER Delayed Harvest Trout Streams Anglers fishing delayed harvest streams must release all trout immediately and use and possess only artificial lures with one single hook per lure from Nov. 1 May 14 annually. The use of additional dropper lures on one line is permitted as long as each lure contains one single hook. restrictions do not apply from May 15 Oct. 31 of each year. The following streams are currently under delayed-harvest fishing regulations: Amicalola Creek from County Road 192 (Steele Bridge Road) downstream to GA Hwy 53. Chattahoochee River from Sope Creek (off Columns Drive) downstream to US Hwy 41 (Cobb Parkway). Chattooga River from GA Hwy 28 bridge upstream to the mouth of Reed Creek. Smith Creek on Unicoi State Park from Unicoi Dam downstream to the Unicoi State Park property boundary. Toccoa River on U.S. Forest Service land from 0.4 miles above the Shallowford Bridge upstream to a point 450 feet upstream of the Sandy Bottom Canoe Access. Visit www.gofishgeorgia.com to see maps of Delayed Harvest Streams and learn more about this program. Read More
GIVING BACK SERVICE Veterans Week was very busy in the North GA Mountains with 5 events (1 concert and 4 fishing trips) set up for our veterans. The concert raised $2,000 for Project Healing Waters and a great time was had by all at the fishing events. Thank you all for your service!
TU EDUCATION BRM TU will be working with Fannin County High School, Cherie White, to develop a Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program there. We will be getting equipment set up in the next few weeks so the High School class can start raising trout early next year. See Roger Johnson or Carl Riggs for more information. CONSERVATIONS PROGRAMS Many thanks to John Damer for the shocking truth about the good health of a local stream (Stanley Creek). John was helped by BRM TU members who netted the local water borne wildlife. UPCOMING EVENTS December 2 State Council Meeting, Gainesville December 2 Holiday Party @ Merciers 6 PM January 13 BRMTU Chapter Meeting @ 9 AM @ Faith Presbyterian Church, Blue Ridge Toccoa River Tailwater Hatch Chart courtesy of Unicoi Outfitters Contact Unicoi Outfitters: PO Box 419 7280 S. Main Street Helen, GA 30545 (706) 878-3083 UnicoiOutfitters.com FLY FISHING & FLY TYPING TIPS
FISHING REPORT MEMBER NEWS Jan and Marie Fetzer are the proud grandparents of young Lucas Fetzer - 10 lbs 14 oz! I hear UGA's Kirby Smart has already dropped by to wish everyone well. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES The Blue Ridge Trout Festival & Outdoor Adventures event allows our chapter to make significant donations to many worthy causes aligned with our focus. Again this coming year we'll have many volunteer opportunities at the Trout Fest on April 28th. Please volunteer and thanks for your support. Here's your contacts: Event Chairwoman: Lynn Brincks 706-374-2390/cell: 678-232-9155 Event Communications: Bob Borgwat: 706-838-5259 Email:BlueRidgeTroutFest@gmail.com Website: BlueRidgeTroutFest.com Find us On Facebook
Dream Trip: Five days hosted fishing / six nights lodging in Idaho July 22 27, 2018. Tickets are $10 and benefit Georgia Council of #Trout Unlimited conservation and educational programs. The flyer is available at this link:http://georgiatu.org/wordpress/wp- content/uploads/2017/10/2018-tu- DreamTrip-flyer.pdf Read More TROUT UNLIMTED DREAM TRIP CHAPTER CONTACTS BRMTU Chapter 696 Contacts The BRMTU Board of Directors and chapter officers encourage your participation in club leadership, activities and events, and solicit your comments and suggestions for improving the chapter's direction and commitment to its Mission Statement and support of Trout Unlimited. Please contact any of the standing officers to share your ideas and to volunteer for chapter leadership positions and committees. President Jim Reich 4044237622 jimreich72@gmail.com Director At Large/Trout Fest Director Lynn Brincks 7063742390 lynnb@tds.net Education Chair Roger Johnson 7068384851 rogerj@tds.net Director At Large Howard Winkler hwinkler@southernco.com Vice President Sam Miller 4045804121 malolact@yahoo.com Recording Secretary Mark Belongie 7708557378 mrkblng@yahoo.com Conservation Chair Sandy Reinauer 7064552886 sreinauer@hotmail.com Website Chair Bob Borgwat 770-827-6577 bwanabob@tds.net Treasurer Bob Wetzsteon 3037753529 bwetzmail@gmail.com Membership Chair Jan Fetzer 7066330699 janfetzer@tds.net Newsletter Editor John Mullineaux 6787785230 jmulnx@tds.net BRMTU Chapter PO Box 2745 Blue Ridge GA 30513