Past Events, Trout Unlimited, Emerald Necklace Chapter2007 - 2008 SeasonTuesday. September 4, 2007 (Member Meeting) Mr. Phil Hillman, ODNR Division of Wildlife, was be our guest speaker. Mr. Hillman is the District 3 Fisheries Management Supervisor. Phil provided us with a Steelhead Program Update. His presentation included a history of the steelhead program, statistics on steelhead successes, and planned future expansion of the steelhead program. 2006 - 2007 Season Monday(s). May 7 and 14, 2007 Please visit their website at www.sunnybrooktroutclub.com or contact Doug at (419) 625-8353 to learn more about their membership offer. Tuesday. March 20, 2007 (Member Meeting) Our guest speaker was Mr. Scott Cieniawski from the U.S. EPA. Scott talked to us about the Ashtabula River Harbor Cleanup and the Great Lakes Legacy Act. Tuesday. February 6, 2007 (Member Meeting) Our guest speaker was Mr. Eric Stroup, Founder and Co-owner of the Spruce Creek Fly Co., Eric is anoted fly fishing guide, fly tier, speaker and writer. He spoke to us about “Fly Fishing Central Pennsylvania”. His presentation included fly fishing the Little Juniata, Spruce Creek, Penns Creek, Spring Creek and many more brookie streams. Tuesday. January 9, 2007 (Member Meeting) Our guest speaker was Mr. Mike Durkalec, Aquatic Biologist, Cleveland Metroparks, Mike spoke to us about Night Fishing for Steelhead. He covered strategies, equipment, and regulations regarding fishing at night. Many of the strategies Mike covered apply to big brown trout as well. Tuesday. December 12, 2006 (Member Meeting) Our guest speaker was Matt Hynes from Chagrin River Gillies. Matt spent the summer guiding the rivers of Alaska and provided us with some advice for fishing Alaskan waters. Tuesday. November 7, 2006 (Member Meeting) Our guest speaker was Jerry Darkes. Jerry subject was "Big Water Smallmouth - You Don't know What You're Missing" Tuesday. October 3, 2006 (Member Meeting) Craig Lewis of Erie Outfitters was our guest speaker. Craig gave us some pointers on swinging streamers for steelhead. Tuesday. September 12, 2006 (Member Meeting) Our guest speaker was Mark Kasubic of the Chagrin River Gillies. Mark provided us with some tips for finding and landing some steelhead. 2005 - 2006 Season
Tuesday.
April 18, 2006 Meeting scheduled for 7 PM at the Orange Branch Library, Pepper Pike. Jim Geary, our new Conservation Chairman, will talk to us about Family Tyes a new initiative we hope to get started in the Lakewood Highschool. Family Tyes is an after school club type organization were the kids learn how to fly fish and teach other younger kids. Yu can learn more at www.Familytyes.com.
Monday(s).
April 17 and 24, 2006
Outing at Sunnybrook Trout Club. Maximum 15 anglers. Cost will be $75 per angler, cash or checks (no credit cards) made out to Doug Lamb or Sunnybrook Trout Club. Fishing will be from 9 AM to 5 PM and lunch is included. Thanks again to Doug Lamb and the Sunnybrook Trout Club for hosting us for 2 days of fabulous fly fishing at his beautiful facility near Sandusky. The atmosphere and fishing were simply wonderful. To top things off, Doug made a generous $500 cash donation to our Chapter. I am pleased to offer our heart felt thanks to Doug for being such a good friend and supporter of TU. Please visit their website at www.sunnybrooktroutclub.com or contact Doug at (419) 625-8353 to learn more about their membership offer.
March 11-19, 2006 Sportsman and Travel Show at the Cleveland IX Center. This will be the 1st year we will have a booth at the show. Our goal is to promote TU's conservation mission, recruit new members, and conduct a raffle fund raiser. The Sportsman Show was a great success - Our volunteers did a great job promoting TU's conservation mission. They spoke to hundreds of visitors and handed out nearly 600 TU Magazines and over 400 new member applications. Fourteen new members signed up at the show. We didn't make much money but we didn't loose any either. A final financial report will be provided once we have all the figures in. I would like to offer a special thanks to the following members for volunteering their time to man our booth: John & Pat Gallagher, Ray Labuda, Suzanne Faeber, Jan & Lee Seabeck, Wes Perusek, Charles Frawley, Kathy & Mark Ulicki, Carl Kocian, Craig Strachan, Guy Jardine, Tony Evangelista, Scott Dennis, Tom Korn, Keith Brewster, and Steve Zayac.
Tuesday.
February 7, 2006 Meeting at Westlake Porter Library, Westlake, OH. Guest speaker will be Mr. Craig Lewis from Erie Outfitters. Craig will talk to us about Center-pin Fishing. Center-pin fishing is similar to traditional fly fishing but the reel has no drag and your leader is rigged with a series of lead shot and topped with a bobber. Don't worry - no worms! We will also discuss our need for volunteers at the up coming Sportsman Show at the IX Center March 11-19, 2006.
Tuesday.
December 6, 2005 Meeting will be held at a Independence Library in Independence, OH. Guest speaker will be Andy Burt, ODNR. Andy will provide an update on the native Brook Trout program and will provide us some information on the 2005 trout stalking programs across the state. Members will also vote on the Board of Directors for the coming year and also vote on our By-Laws for incorporation in the State of Ohio.
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have reserved two dates for fishing at SunnyBrook Trout Club near Tuesday, March 8, 2005
at You should have or will soon receive a green card reminding you of our March meeting featuring speaker Brian Flechsig. TU’s mission is conservation and that is what I want us to concentrate on, but we need to have some fun along the way too! Brian will talk to us about fly fishing for Carp! 2003 - 2004 SeasonDecember 2004Break from meetings for the Holidays. Tuesday, October 14, 2004As has been the custom over the past several years, our first Chapter meeting of the 2003-2004 season will be held at Pine Lake Trout Club. In place of a speaker, members are invited to signup for an afternoon of fishing at the club followed by a dinner and a membership meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting. Tuesday, May 18th, 2004May will feature a special presentation called Alaska On Your Own by Jeff Schmitt. Probably no place in North America lives in the dreams of those of us who fish more than Alaska. The fish, the wildlife, the remoteness and the adventure make Alaska the ultimate fishing destination. However, Alaska can be one of the most expensive places in the world to fish.....at least if you do it using the standard guided flyfishing lodge. Many anglers spend $5,000 to $10,000 per week to fish the great rivers of Alaska, making the experience unreachable to all but the very wealthy. That is unless you're willing to do a little planning, sleep in a tent, cook your own meals and experience "Alaska On Your Own." Jeff and Cyndie Schmitt were a two career couple from Austin Texas when, in 1995, they quit their jobs, rented their house, moved into an RV and set out to see the great rivers of the Western US, Canada and Alaska. During their 5 year "mid-life break", Jeff and Cyndie spent two full summers in Alaska and have since returned to Alaska several more times for self-outfitted adventures in the Great Land. Alaska On Your Own is the story of our midlife break to Alaska. The program is a PowerPoint based slide show built from the thousands of photos we took during our adventure. It features 6 Alaska rivers that can be fished on a self-outfitted basis, either from the road system or as fly-out wilderness trips. If you're thinking of planning a trip to Alaska, the program will provide you with valuable information. If you're still dreaming of making the trip someday, the program will provide with inspiration. Some of Jeff and Cyndie Schmitt's slides on Western Rivers and Alaska can be viewed at www.justtakinabreak.com. April 2004 SPECIAL EVENTApril's gathering will be a dinner meeting held in conjunction with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Trout Club. The speaker will be Prof. Robert Behnke. Widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on salmonids, Prof. Behnke has written more than 100 articles and papers on fish and fisheries, as well as several books. The cost for this special event will be about $30. April 30, 2004 CLUB OUTINGA special Chapter outing is planned to Oil Creek in Northwestern, PA. Details available in attached flyer
March 21, 2004 Our Chapter has been invited back to fish at Sunnybrook Trout Club on Sunday afternoon, March 21st. See the upcoming newsletter for more information. Tuesday, March 9th, 2004March will feature Kay Carlson from the Nature Conservancy. Kay is the Lake Erie Watershed Program Director. Ms. Carlson will speak about the variety of TNC efforts that are underway here in Northern Ohio, including one that is focused on the headwaters of the Grand River. Tuesday, February 10, 2004For our February meeting, our featured speaker will discuss steelhead stocking and fishing in the Vermillion River. Tuesday, January 13, 2004Our second Chapter meeting of the 2003-2004 season will feature Steve Madewell from the Lake County MetroParks. The focus of Steve's talk will be steelhead fishing in Lake County. 2002 - 2003 Season Saturday, November 1, 2003Our annual Conservation banquet was held at the Cleveland Athletic Club. Monday, October, xx, 2003Our first Chapter meeting for the 2003-2004 season was held at Pine Lake Trout Club. Numerous members spent the afternoon fishing followed by dinner and a Chapter meeting. The day was a bit rainy, but most members still were able to catch fish. Monday, September 29, 2003Doug Lamb hosted our Chapter at Sunnybrook Trout Club where Chapter members had approximately 1.5 miles of Spring Creek fishing to themselves. Doug graciously offered to donate the money raised to the Chapter coffers. Weekend of March 28-30, 2003The Chapter outing this month will be held at the Mohican State Park, along the Clearfork River. We have reserved 6 non-smoking cabins (about 24 people) but there's room for more in the Lodge. Tuesday, March 11th, 2003Mr. Rich Cochran, executive director of the Chagrin River Land Conservancy, will speak on the upcoming Sulphur Springs project. The meeting will begin at 7PM and will be held at the CAC. Friday, March 1, 2003Take note: today is the "likely" deadline for the ODNR to have received your postcard for admission to the Trout Fishing Lottery held at Castalia each year. 100 lucky anglers will have the opportunity to enjoy a half-day of exclusive use of this very interesting spring creek. Trust me, they do rise to a well presented fly, even mid-day in late July! Tuesday, February 11th, 2003The February meeting will be held at the CAC at 7:00PM. Mr. Tony DalPra will speak about the trout angling opportunities available at the nearby Clearfork River. Please join us for an interesting discussion. The chapter will have the opportunity to fish the Clearfork over the last weekend in March. Tuesday, January 14th, 2003The next meeting of the season will be held at the CAC at 7:00PM. Our speaker will be Andy Burt, a fisheries Biologist from the ODNR Division of Wildlife, District 3 Office. Andy will present the status and future plans of the Wild Brook Trout re-introduction program in the Chagrin River Watershed.
The Chapter will also address four other issues of broad interest: the formation of a conservation committee, the possibility of a March weekend outing at Clearfork, an offer from the Wolf Creek Trout Club for Chapter members (fishing access), and finally an offer to purchase trout-related fine-art prints for the membership. For more information, contact Chris Steffen. 2001 - 2002 Season Tuesday, February 12th, 2002The next meeting was held at the CAC at 7:00PM. Andy Vidra, Senior Environmental Planner, NOACA, spoke about "Protecting the N.E. Ohio Watershed." 2001 Weekend, November 9-11thThe Cleveland Museum of Natural History Trout Club sponsored the "Fly Tying and Steelhead Summit II: A Celebration of Fish and Fly" This three-day program celebrated the successful development of a world-class steelhead fishery in the Great Lakes region and the evolution of flies and techniques to catch these fish. It offered an impressive collection of presentation-grade fly tiers, and a cast of anglers widely recognized for their expertise in catching Great Lakes steelhead. The weekend featured local talents (Mike Bennett, Jerry Darkes, Ara Hamamjian) and national figures (Wayne Luallen, Mike Martinek, Jr., Marvin Nolte, Jerry Kustich, Rick Kustich, Charlie Chute and more).
The Annual Conservation Banquet is our major fundraising activity for the Chapter. The event was held downtown at the CAC. Saturday, October 20th The Chapter toured the Fish Hatchery in Castalia, Ohio. Although no one fished the nearby spring creek (Cold Creek), we were able to glimpse the holding facilities for Steelhead and Springbrook Brook Trout. The Emerald Necklace Chapter helped defray the cost of some additional training for the hatchery staff. We hope this cooperative arrangement will serve to improve the quality of trout fishing opportunities in Ohio. Tuesday, September 25th
The first meeting of the fall season was held at the Pine Lake Trout Club, located at 17021 Chillicothe Road (Rte 306 North of Rte 422), Bainbridge, OH. Fish from 12:00-7:00.
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