Overmountain Chapter Trout Unlimited
Conserving, protecting and restoring the Watauga, South Holston, & Nolichucky watersheds in Northeast Tennessee.
Our Next Chapter Meeting
Tailwater Aquatic Insects
by David Matthews
Join us for a discussion with David Matthews, an aquatic zoologist from TVA, as he presents the findings from the latest studies on aquatic insects in the South Holston and Watauga Rivers. With over 20 years of experience at TVA, David brings a deep well of expertise to the topic.
Social time and dinner begins at 6:00 with the program beginning at 7:00.
WHEN
Tuesday, September 17th
6:00PM
WHERE
Golden Corral Buffet & Grill
3104 Browns Mill Rd
Johnson City, TN
OMTU 2024 Fly Fishing Tournament
WHERE
OMTU’s region of Tennessee: Watauga, South Holston, and Nolichucky watersheds. Kickoff will be via announcement on OMTU’s website and facebook page on October 4th at 5:00 PM. All rivers, lakes, and streams are fair game, but you must stay within OMTU’s regional boundaries. No pay pond or guided fishing, please; anyone found in violation will be subject to disqualication from the event.
HOW
You will take a photo of every fish you catch that you wish to enter, next to your call card, on your bump board. Your call card must have the secret passcode, which will be announced on the afternoon of October 4th, written with black sharpie and visible on the call card in the photograph of the fish. Please send photos to tournament judges at overmountainTU@gmail.com. Every photo submitted will be acknowledged by an OMTU judge with intermittent updates of leaderboards being placed on the OMTU Facebook page.
TO WIN
There will be one grand champion of the tournament that will be awarded to the person with the best overall score, plus divisional winners for men, women, and youth. Prizes will also be available for biggest (length) rainbow, brown, and brookie.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Top 3 trout (length) caught by each person will be scored. The sum of the lengths of these fish in inches will be the final score for that person. Brown, Rainbow, and Brook Trout all count. Brook trout will be given 2x the points at the time of scoring to offset size inequalities between them and the other species. Scoring will be as below.
Scoring Example:
Person A 14.5" Brown Trout, 15.25" Brown Trout, 8" Brook Trout
Score 14.5 + 15.25 + 8 (x2)
= 14.5 + 15.25 + 16 = 45.75 pts
OMTU strongly promotes catch & release and insists all participants follow state licensing and limitations.
Tailwater Temperature Monitors
The cellular temperature monitors for the South Holston and Watauga Rivers are now operational, with 5 of the 6 transmitters installed. The final transmitter, for the upper Watauga River, is expected to be installed within the next week. You can find the data at the links below.
South Holston River Temperatures
2024 Fly Fishing Film Tour
Mark your calendar!! F3T Fly Fishing Film Tour is back and better than ever. The Overmountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Blue Ridge Guide Association are co-sponsoring this fundraiser at the Stateline drive-in located in Elizabethton, Tennessee. This unique venue is perfect rain or shine and will be tons of fun for a great cause. Our focus is raising funds for both organizations by offering food and beverages available for purchase. We also will have a silent auction table where you will have the opportunity for some high end items such as guide trips, overnight stays and all sorts of fly fishing gear. Get your tickets and we hope to see y’all there! Doors open at 5:30 PM. Film starts at dusk!
Womens Intro to Fly Fishing
Our class in now full and the registration has been closed.
Bill Beazell & Allen Robbins Memorial Tailwater Roundup
Thanks to everyone that came out to make the Tailwater Roundup a huge success. Over 120 people showed up to do their part in cleaning the rivers!!! A special thanks to Jason McReynolds, Jon Hooper, Jonathan Huckaba and Patrick Fulkrod for all of the planning that went into this event. We would also like to thank all of our sponsors for donating money and/or items.
239 Flies
828 Flies
Asheville Anglers
Asheville Fly Fishing Company
Barrett's River Lodge
Boone's Fly Shop
Cheeky
Competitive Angler
Cortland
Crooked Creek Holler
Douglas
Due South Outfitters
Eastern Fly Outfitters
Elk Creek Outfitters
Flying Soho Guide Service
Foscoe Fly Shop
GoGuides
High Country Boats
High Country Guide Service
Holton Distributing
Mahoney's
Mike Adams Fly Fishing
Mountain Sports
Orvis
Overmountain Chapter
Shane Griffith Fly Fishing
South Holston River Company
South Holston River Fly Shop
South Holston River Lodge
Southern Drifters Outfitters
Tailwaters Lodge
The Fly Box
Trophy Waters Guide Service
TVA
Watauga River Guides
Thank you!!!
2023 Fundraising Banquet
Our 2023 Fundraising Banquet was a huge success. This year we raised over $5500 that will go towards our chapter's programs and conservation projects. Thank you to all that attended and contributed to our banquet and raffle. We would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors. Please help us show support to our sponsors by supporting their businesses.
Grand Slam Level Sponsors
Scott Abel (Brook Trout Rod)
Brookie Level Sponsors
Brown Level Sponsors
Rainbow Level Sponsors
Sculpin Level Sponsors
Carrabba's Italian Grill
Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
Holiday Lanes
J’s Corner
King City Distillery
Mahoney’s Outfitters
Red Lobster
Stir Fry Restaurant Group
Texas Roadhouse
The Chop House
OMTU Story
Here is a video that was made by OMTU members back in 1999. It tells about the mission of OMTU and some of the past projects that we have worked on as a chapter. The narrator of the video, Paul Anderson, recently passed away so we decided to post this video in his honor. The projects that we have worked on over the years may have changed, but the mission remains the same.
