JULY/AUGUST
NEWSCASTER COPY
LET’S HAVE
A PICNIC INSTEAD OF AN AUGUST MEETING
The Overmountain
Chapter will sponsor a picnic at The Ledges on August 9 in lieu of the
regular monthly meeting. The Chapter will furnish hamburgers, hot dogs,
drinks, et cetera; if you’d like to bring a covered dish or dessert, please
feel free to do so.
The gathering
begins at 3 p.m. and ends whenever you get too full or too tired. If you’re
like me and don’t know how to get there, here are Mike Adams’s lucid directions:
Hopefully everyone
knows the way to Watauga. There is only one main street in Watauga.
If coming from Elizabethton, turn left onto E. Ninth St. at the old location
of the Hot & Juicy Bar-b-que restaurant. Coming from Johnson
City, turn right onto E. Ninth St. at the old location of the Hot &
Juicy restaurant. Follow this street to a cattle guard, cross the
cattle guard onto Ledges property. Keep to the right at the fork
of the drive, continue past the barn, down through the pasture (the drive
is paved all the way to the pavilion). The pavilion is next to the
river at the bottom of the drive.
Chapter Contest For Custom Rod Giveaway Continues in August
Over the years
the Overmountain Chapter has offered a number of truly fine quality fly
rods as a part of Chapter fund raising efforts. This year we are
giving away as fine a rod as has ever been given away in any Chapter fund
raising effort. Mike Adams, our master rod maker, will complete a
2 piece, 9 foot,
5 weight,
fast tip action rod using the same blank used to manufacture the Orvis
Trident line of fly rods. The rod will have titanium line guides,
a fiddle back maple reel seat with nickel hardware and a Flora cork handle.
The rod will be offered based on a drawing. One hundred entries will be allowed. Each entry costs $10 and provides three chances in the drawing. The drawing will occur when all entries have been sold. You do not need to be present at the drawing to win. You can enter as many times as you like. To enter the drawing please fill out all three of the below chances and pass the completed chances and $10 cask or check payable to "Overmountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited" to Charles Martin or mail the completed chances along with a check for $10 to
Charles Martin
512 Fleetwood Court Unit F
Kingsport, TN 37660
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South Holston
clean-up Set for August 11
The South Holston
Lake and River Clean-up is an 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. event, but the river clean-up
is from 9 till Noon with registration at the Weir Dam.
Activities,
including a picnic furnished by the Job Corps, live music, prizes, and
exhibits, will begin at Observation Knob about 4 p.m.
To reach Observation
Knob:
Take route
394 from Blountville where it runs into Route 421. Approximately 10 miles
past the Speedway turn left at Darten’s Sports Center on to Route 44.The
Knob is several miles on Route 44 on the right side
Seven Chapters represented at TU Council Meeting in July
Because of
time constraints, not every chapter was given time to report at the semi-annual
Council meeting.
Jack Knowles,
the Council’s new secretary/treasurer, was named co-ordinator of communications
for the Council. Chapters are to email relevant information to Knowles,
who will then put it on the Council web site. Event information is being
particularly sought, but a list of officers should be provided by all chapters.
Highlights from the Cooperative Program for Enhancing Coldwater Streams Meeting July 21
Bill Beazell
and Don Kreh represented the Overmountain Chapter, along with representatives
from TVA, TWRA, The Corp of Engineers,and USFS, at the Cooperative Program
meeting in Knoxville.
Here are meeting
highlights as reported by Bill and Don:
? More than
a million trout were stocked in state tailwaters in 2000, including 25,000
Northern Strain brook trout and 90,000 fingerlings in the Watauga.
? TWRA is
spending almost all budget research money on tailwater studies, with some
being spent of genetic evaluation of spawning stock.
? TWRA’S TOTAL
BUDGET FOR 2001 WAS CUT 32 PERCENT.
? Because
of clogging problems at the South Holston Weir Dam, TVA is planning minor
monthly cleanings to supplement two annual major cleanings.
Space limitations
preclude a report on all the the areas discussed in the Newscaster, but
that information will be placed on the chapter’s web site at a later date.
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TU Urges
Congress to Preserve USFS Authority to Protect Water Resources
(From TU News
releases)
Washington,
DC…Trout Unlimited and other conservation groups urged a U.S. House of
Representatives subcommittee to preserve
the Forest
Service’s authority to protect fish and wildlife resources and prevent
draining streams dry.
That authority
– known as bypass flow authority – gives the Forest Service the right on
behalf of all Americans to put conditions on people who come onto the National
Forests to build dams and waters conveyance facilities. The conditions
require that some water is left in the streams, to not only support fish
and animals, but for people who enjoy a splash of water in their streams.
The use of
bypass flow authority grew out of Congressional directives to the Forest
Service in the 1970’s to protect water resources when issuing water permits.
Since then, the Forest Service has used its bypass flow authority rarely—only
12 times nationally. Usually, the Forest Service reaches negotiated agreements
that protect fish and wildlife in streams instead of using its regulatory
authority. However, the authority is now under attack by large water users
and others who believe it infringes on their unrestricted use of water
in the national
forests.
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Redesign
of TU Logo
In an effort
to obtain a logo that is more easily understandable and recognisable, TU
is considering changing its logo. You can submit a suggestion for
a new logo by visiting the TU web site tu.org or following the information
in the Spring issue of Trout Magazine
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Precedent
Setting Agreement Between Environmentalists and Maine Salmon Farmers
(by Charles
Martin)
On May 31,
the principal salmon conversation groups and Maine's salmon farmers signed
an agreement putting in place a framework to create standards and reporting
requirements to reduce the accidental release of farm raised salmon into
the waters of Maine.
The agreement
brings together parties who have in the past been at odds and is a result
of nearly a year of dialog.
The agreements
is focused on a regulatory climate for the aquaculture industry that will
minimize interactions between sea run salmon and farmed salmon. A
key element of the agreement is independent audits of containment systems.
With this
new agreement TU hopes the recovery of native Maine salmon will be significantly
enhanced.
TU National
Convention 2001
The TU National
Convention will be conducted on August 14 - 19 at the Colombia River Double
Tree Inn in Portland, Oregon. The convention is open to all TU members
and will spotlight the Pacific Northwest's salmon heritage and offer
guests the
opportunity to enjoy some fantastic fishing and stunning scenery.
Please see Charles Martin for details.
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Did you
know…
That Blue Wing Olives often emerge in choppy water? It is believed that they prefer choppy water because they emerge in the film, and the choppy water facilitates emergence.
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News Briefs
If you have
items of interest you would like to share, get them to Paul Anderson (753-9926
or paulandeliz@xtn.net) or Vicki Adams.
Fishing Reports
If you want
to share information on fishing experiences, please get the information
to the Newscaster as soon as possible.
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
August 11--South
Holston Lake & River Clean-up
September
15--Todd Burleson Memorial Clean-up and Picnic
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WEB SITE ADDRESS
For to keep
up-to-date on Overmountain Chapter activities and events, check out our
web site at:
www.xtn.net/~chasekr/
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LEADERSHIP TEAM
Here are telephone
numbers for members of the Chapter Leadership Team if you need to contact
them:
Charles
Martin 245-4960
Tom
Hensley 735-7062
Bob
Sherrill 540-623-0863
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NEW MEMBERS
Jim Burleson
jimcommieb@aol.com
Teddy Johnson
Scott Lewis mariac@mindspring.com
Dwight Owens
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