What: Appalachian Chapter of Trout Unlimited Monthly Meeting
Where:  Greenway Farm off of Gann Store Road in Hixson
When: August 17th, at 6:30 PM
Why: Learn about tying flies and electrofishing.

Robert Prytula will start the meeting by demonstrating how to tie a couple "five-minute" flies. He'll demonstrate how to tie a pheasant tail and an ant pattern. Following Robert's demonstration, Jim Herrig from the National Forest Service will introduce electrofishing and discuss how we'll use the electroshockers at our  annual Brook Trout survey on August 26th.  He'll bring an electroshocker and discuss how they work.  

Chef Fry will cook hamburgers, so plan on eating with us. 

July 29th is the TU-TVA Cold Water Meeting in TVA's West Tower in Knoxville at 9:00 AM and will run till noon. After lunch, the TN Council will meet. Several Appalachian  chapter members are planning on attending. You are welcome to attend this event. Steve Brown sent the following description:

"The TU-TVA Coldwater meeting is a semi-annual gathering of all the take-holders in cold water fisheries, including TU, TVA, TWRA, the ational Forest Service, and sometimes the National Park, TDEC, TDOT, and he Corps of Engineers.  The principle point is to keep each other informed. We talk about the current state of coldwater fisheries, and often have people invited to talk about a current problem.  This year, I expect to show the first cut of the Back the Brookies DVD.

The Summer State Council meeting will be held in the afternoon, and the agenda includes council elections, and discussing a strategy for re-chartering all Tennessee Chapters (pursuant to the Chapter Focus Prject and the CEI that each chapter filled out last year)."

 
What: Appalachian Chapter of Trout Unlimited Monthly Meeting
Where: Greenway Farm in Hixson, TN
When: July 20th, 6:30 PM

Title:  Beginning Fly Fishing
Presenter: Robert Prytula

Description:  Join us for an introduction to fly fishing.  Topics include: equipment, rod selection, stream tactics, safety, entomology, knots, species information and fly fishing destinations and resources.

This will be a very basic course.  This course wil allow someone who has never fly fished to become more familiar with the sport and fill in some gaps for those that are.  A text will be provided for all people attending that they may keep as a reference.

Robert Prytula  will also have three boxes of  his flies to give away. 

This month Charles Bagley will discuss how to plan a Western fishing trip. He'll discuss what is involved in planning, how to spend and save money, and where one might fish. In addition to Charlie's presentation, we'll discuss the Stream of the Month, Little River Chapter's Troutfest and banquet, and the Hiwasee Chapter's upcoming fish fry and Fish Festival.

We'll have hot dogs and drinks, so plan on eating with us.