CATSKILL MOUNTAINS TROUT UNLIMITED

Meeting- The Regular Business Meeting will begin approximately at 6:45 PM.

During the business meeting conservation committee plans to discuss ideas with the chapter to gauge interest among the chapter members and to set the conservation agenda for 2013. Please make an effort to attend the November 28th meeting. Ideas include: targeting small stream projects, stream monitoring, tree plantings, yearly cleanup, Ulster County Fair, tributary openings, and planned chapter night on the stream. Your input is a valuable part of this process. We are looking for ideas from all members. We look forward to seeing you there.

After our business meeting, we will have a power point presentation by Mid Hudson Chapter member and Past President Joe Rist. Joe is a 3rd generation fisherman and a New York State licensed fishing guide. He currently lives in the Hudson Valley Region of New York State with his family. For him there is no better place to live, since he says he is between some of the best fishing waters one can find. “To the east in Connecticut I am able to fish the Housatonic and the Farmington Rivers, which are prime fisheries to Brown and Rainbow Trout. Not to mention, some great small mouth bass fishing in the Housatonic. To my west, in the Catskills are my favorite waters. In the Catskills, are the historic Beaverkill, Willowemoc and my all time favorite, the West Branch of the Delaware, a wild trout fishery for Rainbows and Browns that may be considered the best in the East!” But, Joe will bring a presentation of fishing with a close friend on the Ginisson River in CO. For those that travel to MT and other parts of the country, he will show a great alternative and some of the most beautiful Cut Throats you’ll see or even catch. The scenery is worth seeing with some of the most terrific rock and ledge formations that harbor trout. “Fly-fishing is my passion; I am always trying to educate myself while fishing and exploring new ideas, so I can share them with you.” Make an extra special effort to show support for the speakers we bring in by attending.

Ulster Soil & Water is looking to see if local TU members and friends would be willing to help plant willow plants.

145 Cold Brook Rd. Woodstock, NY 12409
(field across from the back side of Kenneth Wilson State Park)
Signs will be posted signs on the field to let people know. Parking will be on the edge
of the road.

Nov. 20th: 9:30am – 4pm
Nov. 21st: 9:30am – 4pm

Dress weather appropriate for manual labor in a farm field i.e. raingear,
layers, boots, etc. Bring work gloves (if available).

Please call Gretchen Rae (845-688-3047 ext. 0) at our AWSMP office to register
by November 16th.

http://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/stop-polluters/epa-takes-action-on-the-lower-esopus-in-response-to-riverkeeper%E2%80%99s-petition/

NOTE: The September meeting will be the on the 4th Wednesday this month instead of the 3rd due to schedule conflicts. The meeting will be in the archery range at Gander Mountain.

Tying demonstration beginning at 6:15 pm. The Regular Business Meeting will begin approximately at 7:00 PM. After a brief business meeting, we will have a presentation by John Miller a highly respected guide at West Branch Angler on the Delaware River. John has guided across the country and in Chile annually for many years. But John’s extensive study of entomology and insects in the Catskills and Delaware will leave you amazed. His photography is second to none with close ups of many insects from all stages of their life cycle to all types we see. When you see the tiny hair like appendages on mayfly wings to the gills on stoneflies you will be in awe.

The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program’s Family Fun & Fish Day was a great success on Saturday, despite the torrential rain. We had about 70 people there. There was a lot of excitement, and lots of kids caught their first fish: sunfish, perch, and even a couple little bass. DEC provided fishing rods for everyone to fish with, and the kids were allowed to take home a brand-new kid’s fishing rod. AWSMP provided crafts and lunch. Jody Hoyt and Todd Spire, from the Ashokan Pepacton Watershed Chapter, and myself were on hand to bait hooks, help with casting, release fish when needed, and give encouragement. The program started at 11, but at noon a whopper of a thunderstorm swept through. We all huddled under the shelter and I grilled hamburgers & hotdogs. Then the skies cleared up and everyone went back to fishing. All in all, it was a lot of fun.

Andrew Higgins
CMTU Member

“Family Fun and Fish Day” on Saturday, July 28 at Kenneth Wilson State Park located at 859 Wittenberg Road in Mt. Tremper, NY from 11:00am to 1:30pm.

http://www.facebook.com/events/334464376630200/

In collaboration with Ashokan-Pepacton Watershed chapter of Trout Unlimited, and Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program we are organizing a 2012 stream cleanup on the Esopus Creek on Saturday June 23rd 2012 9:30am – 1pm Eastern Time. June 23rd is also TU’s National Stream cleanup day.

This is a great opportunity for members to volunteer some time to support chapter activities. We are looking for 10 – 15 volunteers from the chapter to help with the effort. Please email thoover@hvc.rr.com to signup.

The event will start at AWSMP’s office on route 28 where instructions, maps and collection supplies will be provided. Following the event is a post cleanup BBQ sponsored by APWTU and CMTU.

Event Flyer.

If you can volunteer, we also are looking for 2-3 members with a pickup truck that can help bring the trash back to the AWSMP office at the end of the event.

I look forward to seeing strong participation from the chapter. We can go fishing afterwards.

Ted Hoover
CMTU Secretary and Conservation Committee Chair