Overmountain Chapter Newscaster
July 2000

Volume 5
Issue 5

Contents:

Fishing for Smallmouth Topic at July Meeting
FLY-OF-THE-MONTH
Inactive TU Chapter Donates Funds to Overmountain Chapter
Take a Kid Fishing
Catch Trout Unlimited television on ESPN 2
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Web Site
LEADERSHIP TEAM
NEW MEMBERS
New members contest
 

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Fishing for Smallmouth Topic at July Meeting

 Fishing for smallmouth bass in the North Holston, Clinch and New rivers of Virginia will comprise the program monthly meeting July 13  at 7 p.m. at the House of Ribs, 3100 N. Roan St., in Johnson City.

Barry Loupe, owner and guide of the Northfork Guide Service in Saltville, Va., will share his years of experience with us.
Charles Martin will tie the Mod. King River Caddis at the fly-tying demonstration beginning at 6:15.

Come  and bring a friend or two.
 The social hour begins at 6 p.m. followed by a brief business meeting at 7:00.

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Inactive TU Chapter Donates Funds to Overmountain Chapter

Frank Gentry, of the inactive Nolichucky chapter of Trout Unlimited, has presented the Overmountain chapter with a check for $1,010 from funds remaining in the defunct chapter's accounts.

Be sure to express your gratitude to Frank and other members of the Nolichucky chapter when they visit our July meeting.

Thanks, folks, and we hope to see more of you at our meetings. We need your help.
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Take a Kid Fishing

The annual Take a Kid Fishing program sponsored by Overmountain Chapter will be from July through September.

Details will be announced at the July meeting.

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Catch Trout Unlimited television on ESPN 2

Tune in to your favorite episodes from "TUTV's" premier 1998 season. Shows are broadcast every Thursday from 6:00-6:30a.m. EST. Some episodes will appear again later that day from 4:00-4:30p.m. EST.

View the schedule at   http://www.tu.org/active/ll/issues.html
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FLY-OF-THE-MONTH

Modified King’s River Caddis Tied by Charles R. Martin

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August 12--Overmountain chapter joins with Lake clean-up group for the first time for the South Holston Stream Clean-up

September 16 — Burleson clean-up on the Doe River in Roan Mountain

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WEB SITE ADDRESS

To keep up-to-date on Overmountain Chapter activities and coming 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
 George Grant          926-2063

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome our new members.

Robert King
John Princince
John Smith
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New members contest

The contest began at the February meeting and will continue until the January, 2001 meeting. Three prizes will be awarded to those recruiting the most new members, and they will be awarded at the January meeting. Leadership Team Member Tom Hensley will be announcing the winners.