CATSKILL MOUNTAINS TROUT UNLIMITED

Greetings Women of TU!

We saw our first stonefly of the season a couple of days ago. With the spring thaw approaching and trout season just around the corner, we wanted to take a moment to invite you to an upcoming event with the CMTU Women’s Initiative (WI). The goal of the TU Women’s Initiative is to ensure that women feel welcome at chapter meetings and included in projects and river outings. The CMTU WI is also working to actively develop women’s events at the chapter level and initiate new programs to provide meaningful engagement opportunities for women.

Join us on Saturday April 20^th for our 2019 planning meeting and contribute to the Women’s Initiative of Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited. Whether you are interested in fishing or coldwater fisheries conservation, beginner or expert, all women are welcome to attend. We will meet at Sweet Sue’s in Phoenicia for brunch at 10:30am, then from 12:00pm-2:00pm we will continue on to the Phoenicia Library across the street to generate and discuss ideas to grow the Women’s Initiative for our chapter. We will end the event by hitting the stream for some fishing if conditions allow. Rose, a chapter member, had this to say about the CMTU WI, “Sending you all a thank you for your support and guidance while fishing on Saturday evening.  It was very nice to meet each of you personally and spend time with women anglers.  I think you are all on the right track in this initiative to provide women an opportunity to meet, greet and learn from each other”.

Please send RSVPs via email to Jayne Henson at jaynehenson1986@gmail.com or call Anne Bloomfield at 518-894-6344 so that we can get a rough head count of how many to expect. RSVPs are encouraged  but feel free to come last minute and invite a friend. We’ll see you there!

Tight Lines,

Jayne and Anne

Jayne Henson is the Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited Chapter Women’s Initiative Coordinator

Anne Bloomfield supports the WI and serves on the board of Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited

While we respect and appreciate any and all support that the men of CMTU have to offer we would like keep participation at this event as a space for just female identified anglers and river conservationists. Thank you for being understanding.

http://www.keeganales.com/event/cmtu-start-season-party/

Catskill Mountains Chapter Trout Unlimited
March Meeting and Newsletter

Wednesday, March 20
Courtyard Marriott in Kingston
Fly Tying Demo at 6:00
Meeting begins at 6:30

Here’s our March Newsletter
  This Month: Euro Nymphing Techniques and Tactics

Euro Nymphing techniques have taken the fly fishing world by storm over the past 10 years, and several members of CMTU practice this dynamic style of fishing. At the March meeting, chapter members Art Christensen and Mike Malloy will give a presentation on Euro Nymphing, followed by an open discussion of tactics, rods, leaders, flies, and more.  If you’re new to nymphing or curious about it, come and learn more about this exciting and very productive method.  If you already practice this, please bring your leader and a box of your favorite flies and share what you’ve learned.

Fly Tying: Join us for a fly tying demonstration by Ed Meyer before the meeting.  This is a great chance to pick up some tips from a master fly tyer and socialize with chapter members before the meeting.

 Looking for something to do to get you through the winter and prepare for opening day? Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited is organizing a Fly Tiers Circle.  Bring your tying gear to Gander Outdoors in Kingston, NY.

When:  Sunday January 13^th, 20^th, 27^th February 10^th, 17^th, 24^h ,2019 ( NEW Dates: March 10th, 17th and 24th)

Time: 12:00pm – 3:30pm

Where: Gander Outdoors (Lodge),

 705 Frank Sottile Blvd, Kingston, NY 12401

Cost:  Free

Please join us and bring a friend.   For more information please contact the chapter email catskillmountaintu@gmail.com or see our web site at www.cmtu.org

Here are is a flyer to print and distribute.

Chapter Meeting Wednesday February 20th, 2019, Marriott Courtyard, Kingston NY, 6:30 PM

CMTU’s February meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 20 at 6:30 at the Courtyard Marriott in Kingston. 

John Waldron will be speaking about The Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock, a youth fly fishing and conservation program.  The BOJC runs a 7-year program for boys and girls. Children enter the program between the ages of 8 and 11, and participate in a yearly week-long camp in Roscoe, NY, learning about fly fishing, fly tying, and conservation. 

Read our February newsletter here. 

CMTU’s January meeting will be this Wednesday, January 16th.  From 6:00-6:30, Ed Meyer will be tying flies. Bring your vise or just come and socialize. The meeting will start at 6:30. Our speaker this month is John Kovach, Managing Director of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum.

See our January newsletter for more information about CMTU activities.

I also have some sad news to report. Renno Budziak, one of our members–and a good friend to many–passed away last week. There’s a tribute to Renno in the newsletter. Services for Renno will be held on Saturday, the 19th from 2:00-5:00 at Keyser Funeral Service in Kingston, NY. Please read the tribute to Renno in the newsletter.

All,

Catskill Mountains Trout Unlimited Annual Holiday Party

Date: Thursday December 20th 2018
Time: 6:15 – 9pm
Location :Fair Street Reformed Church
209 Fair Street
Kingston, NY 12401

The evening will have a pot luck buffet and and NEW this year, a gift exchange.

If you would like to participate in the exchange please bring a small wrapped gift (approximately $20 in value).  All individuals can participate.   Some non fishing gifts are appreciated for non fishing members or spouses.

We would encourage you to let us  know what items you are bringing or plan to bring so we have a variety of foods and desserts. The chapter will have breads, coffee and condiments. Contact catskillmountaintu@gmail.com

Note: Unfortunately this year we will not have a cooking demonstration from Fritz Sonnenschmit. He recently moved out of the area.   We still expect to have a lot of fun. I hope to see you there.

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, on the Future of TU: Building Community Around Conservation & Fishing

TU has always been strong as an organization thanks to its collection of more than 400 local chapters and state councils working to improve local streams, educate local youth and engage local communities in our conservation mission.
Now more than ever, that model of thinking globally and acting locally is not only appealing to volunteers, but vital to the survival of wild and native trout in watersheds across the country.

Jeff, who lives across the Hudson River in Connecticut and has been a TU member since he was 11 years old, will discuss examples of how TU chapters like the Catskill Mountain Chapter are growing their impact and expanding their reach with a focus on building a community to protect local rivers.

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 be talking about his experiences with our Trout in the Classroom program in our October meeting.  For Trout in the Classroom, TU provides schools with fish tanks, filters, aerators, and finally trout eggs, and then the students raise those trout in the classroom and eventually release the young trout into approved streams.  The program teaches kids about the lifecycle of trout and the importance of cleanwater. It connects kids to their surrounding environment and helps instill a conservation ethos.

If you know a middle or high school teacher who might be interested in having Trout in the Classroom in his or her classroom, please invite them to our October meeting on Wednesday October 17th at 6:30PM at the Marriott Courtyard in Kingston or have them contact the chapter at catskillmountaintu@gmail.com

Here is  a flyer to share.

Visit  http://www.troutintheclassroom.org/  for more information.

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 up a copy of Simple Flies at the Fly Fishing Show in Edson last winter and I’ve been reading it compulsively since. Morgan is currently writing a book on Tenkara. I can’t wait to hear what he has to say about that.

Check out our September Newsletter for information about chapter events and updates on the situation at the Blue Hole, the Delaware River oil spill, and other conservation issues.

September Newsletter

Hope to see you at the meeting!