Author Archives: Ted Hoover

NOTE:   Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday our November chapter meeting  will move to Wednesday November 28th, instead of the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Our speaker this month will be Jeff Yates, national Director of Volunteer Operations for Trout Unlimited, … Continue reading →

Chapter Members, I hope you can make it to our monthly chapter meeting this Wednesday. This months speaker will be chapter member Luke Rabideau, a science teacher at John Jay High School in the Wappingers Central School District. Luke will … Continue reading →

Hope you can make our September meeting this Wednesday. Our speaker this month is Morgan Lyle, author of Simple Flies: 52 Easy-to-Tie Patterns that Catch Fish. If you’re not familiar with Lyle’s work, you’re in for a real treat. I picked … Continue reading →

The Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited Women’s Initiative is excited to announce “Ladies and Leaders,” a new series of events aimed at creating a fun, supportive, and social environment for women in fly fishing. Our next “Ladies and Leaders” will take place on June 30th and will be … Continue reading →

June 20th: Chapter Night on the Stream Gone Fishing! Instead of a chapter meeting this month, Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited with be meeting on the Esopus Creek. Please join us. Open to members and non-members of all skill levels. It … Continue reading →

Alexander Bradley of the Catskill Conservation Corps will be speaking to us about the CCC and the work it does in the Catskills, as well as opportunities for CMTU to partner with them on conservation projects. The Catskill Conservation Corps … Continue reading →

Trout Unlimited is looking for volunteers to help plant trees for Earth Day. In collaboration with the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program (AWSMP) the Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited is organizing a tree planting project on Bush Kill, along … Continue reading →

CANCELLED The March meeting has been cancelled due to incoming snow storm.   Jeff Yates, National Director of Volunteer Operations for Trout Unlimited, will speak at our March meeting. If you haven’t hear Jeff speak before, don’t miss this opportunity. … Continue reading →

Trout season doesn’t open for a month and a half but CMTU is already busy. Our fly tying circle is underway each Sunday at Kenco. Ed Meyer will be teaching our fly tying classes starting at the end of the … Continue reading →

This area is not only the birthplace of fly fishing in America, it’s also the birthplace of fly tying in America. Join us to learn this craft. This course teaches novice or beginner fly tying. You will learn how to … Continue reading →