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October 2019 October 2019 Newsletter of the Cohutta Chapter of Trout Unlimited Lines From The Leader What’s Inside About 15 years ago I was making it a habit of Lines from the Leader P.1 stopping by the Jones Bridge section of the Hooch October Guest Speaker P.2 on my way home from work. It was a perfect spring 50/50 Film Tour P.2 and the bugs were hatching well each day... but I Stream of the Month P.3-4 never could crack the code. In other words, the trout Sponsor Spotlight P.4-5 did not want what I was offering. Then one afternoon Dream Trip Tickets P.5 I was pulling on my waders in the parking lot when a Trout in the classroom P.5 guide and his client approached me. In the guide’s Rod Raffle Winner P.6 fist were about a half dozen blue wing olives. He Unicoi OAD P.6 gave them to me and said that the fish were feeding Fly Tying Night at Patagonia P.7 on them and they just had great success. And so did Pursuit of GA Bass Slam P.8 I!! I do not recall his name but he was with Chris Happily Dazzled! P.9 Scalley’s A River Through Atlanta. I was forever sold Membership P.10-12 on Chris and his choice of guides. Read his story in Sponsors P.12-13 this newsletter and perhaps you too will want to patronize his company. Calendar of Events Chapter Meeting October 22 I sure hope all of you are taking advantage of our fall Chapter Smoker & SOTM November 9 weather to get outside. Twenty of us sure did at the Chapter Meeting January 28 annual October Rattler Ford campout. You can read my write-up `in this issue. One takeaway I got from Meetings are held at the the weekend is that there seem to be more fly Hudson Grille in Kennesaw. January-October fishermen and women than I can ever recall in my Social Hour: 6:00-7:00pm 50 years with the sport. And a lot more in their teens Meeting: 7:00pm and twenties. Now this may irk some when trying to 2500 Cobb Place Lane NW Kennesaw, GA 30144, find an open hole to fish but there is also a lot of the fourth Tuesday of the month. good to come from these numbers. Fly fishermen tend to be more conservation minded and all of them are potential candidates for membership in TU. The next time you see one in your favorite spot, don’t get mad...invite them to our meetings! Tight lines, Don Thomson 1 Guest Speaker for October 2019 50/50 On The Water Film Tour Nathan Phillips The Fish Hawk and SweetWater Brewing Company are sponsoring the 2019 50/50 On The Water Film October’s Speaker is Nathan Phillips. Nathan was Tour and have made Casting for Recovery - Georgia one of Cohutta TU’s Trout Campers in June. the beneficiary of the proceeds from the event! Currently, Nathan is a sophomore at North Paulding High School where he is an active member in the This event is a family friendly night and admission NPHS Fly Fishing & Coldwater Conservation Club. tickets are only $10 if purchased in Nathan loves the great outdoors where fishing and advance. http://bit.ly/5050onthewater Tickets will hunting are his favorite pursuits. He will be be $15 at the door. Join us for a fun evening of discussing his experiences at Georgia Trout Camp awesome films, including a special CfR film, raffles, 2019. Please plan to attend for this informative giveaways, tasty food and refreshing brews from The presentation. SweetWater Tap Room! The 50/50 initiative is sponsored by Orvis with the Cohutta Chapter #242 Officers goal to get more women fly fishing! It's a perfect fit for Casting for Recovery! President Don Thomson Phone 678-296-5656 If you're unable to make the event, would you please E-mail [email protected] consider purchasing a $10 ticket as a way to support Vice President Casting for Recovery - Georgia? 100% of all money Sid Wilson Phone 404-921-7615 from ticket sales and raffle tickets at the event will go E-mail [email protected] Treasurer to benefit CfR-GA and help us fund our 2020 Robert Herman Phone 770-315-0095 retreats. E-mail [email protected] E-mail [email protected] Thank you. We hope to see you there - Wednesday, Secretary Kelly Hinson Phone 678-763-2779 October 30, 6:00 PM - SweetWater Brewery - 195 E-mail [email protected] Ottley Dr., NE, Atlanta 30324. Diane Minick, Stream of the Month Casting for Recovery, Georgia Robert Herman Phone 770-315-0095 E-mail [email protected] Jeff Wilson Phone 404-983-7732 E-mail [email protected] Newsletter Publisher and Editor Jeff Walters 404-557-0551 E-mail [email protected] Fisheries Development Committee Kevin Doyle Phone 678-472-2074 E-mail [email protected] Membership Committee Tony Rackie Phone 770-712-7231 Email [email protected] Web site Jeff Wilson Phone 404-983-7732 E-mail [email protected] TIC & Education John Dyke E-mail [email protected] New and improved Website www.tucohutta.org Don’t forget to visit our Web Site at www.tucohutta.org 2 Rattler Ford SOTM October 11-13 Perfect fall weather greeted 21 chapter attendees at Rattler Ford campground near Robbinsville, NC. Friday night Larry Vigil cooked up his famous jambalaya while Jeff Wilson prepared two delicious deserts in his Dutch ovens. The caramel chocolate and pineapple upside down cakes were to die for. Thankfully most people brought firewood for after dinner campfires tended by our chapter pyromaniac Wally Gardner. The cool temps and almost full moon made the evenings as fall-perfect as they could possibly be. Low water levels did not deter all from heading out to their favorite streams and creeks. Some went to the Tuck, Snowbird and Nantahala DH’s, some in search wild trout in the smaller creeks. Overall the catching was mixed but the fishing was excellent. Nelson Withers prepared Dutch oven lasagna for our main course Saturday night for some very tired but happy anglers. As always his creation was better than any Atlanta Italian restaurant. Jeff added pumpkin cake cobbler to another caramel cake desert. All three cooks helped prepare some unique breakfasts both mornings. Bravo guys! Some headed out to tackle different streams on their way home Sunday. While others pretended to do so but really had their spousal chores waiting at home. Thanks to all that attended and pitched in to make this one of the best Wally aka Gondorff battles chef Larry over his SOTM’s of the year. secret Potion Remaining Stream of the Month (SOTM) November 9: Toccoa DH. Meet at the Sandy Bottoms canoe launch. The smoker is also that night and the plans are to fish the Toccoa and then head to Skips for our annual smoker in Jasper around 5:00 or 6:00. 3 DOUBLE DOSE: SOTM AT TOCCOA DH AND exit off 575. We encourage you to bring the family. ANNUAL SMOKER NOVEMBER 9TH AT SKIPS Social hour will commence at 6:00 with dinner to be IN JASPER served at 7:00 or so (cooks have the right to change the time as they see fit). Bring your own adult beverage. You do not need to attend the SOTM to attend the Smoker but we do need to know if you will attend so we can provide the right amount of food. Sign up will be at the October meeting or you can contact me directly at [email protected]. Please let me know no later than November 1st. Sponsor Spotlight The Cohutta Chapter is proud to have Chris Scalley as a long time sponsor and friend of our chapter. This month we want to feature his guide service and say “hats off” to a man that has done so much for our sport and health of the river he floats. Below is a recent article honoring Chris. Please read, thank him, then patronize his service. For the first time we are combining the Stream of the Month with our Annual Smoker on the same >>> River Runs Through Atlanta Guide Service Saturday - November 9th You can come to one or Celebrates their the other or BOTH. >>> 25 Year Anniversary! >>> Inspired by the 1992 movie A River Runs To start off, the SOTM will be held at the Toccoa DH Through It by Charles McClane and his first drift boat section south of Blue Ridge. We will meet at the trip down the Snake River in Jackson Hole WY in the Sandy Bottoms Canoe Launch about 10 AM. Bring early 1990’s Chris Scalley approached The Fish your own lunch. Some folks choose to stay on the Hawk Fly Shop owner Gary Merrimen about starting river the night and get an early start on the fishing. a fly fishing guide service on the Chattahoochee River NRA. Gary hired Chris in 1994 where he worked four days a week in retail sales and guided If you do plan to go a sign-up sheet will be at the on his days off. There were rumblings in 1993 October meeting or you can email me at among DNR friends that the Chattahoochee River [email protected]. would become a year-round trout fishery and in 1995 the close season was eliminated. With the 1996 Olympics fast approaching River Through Atlanta Here are some sites that can help with fly selection Guide Service was well on its way as a one man and other information: show for the next 6years offering wade, float tube and drift boat tours exclusively on the http://www.orvis.com/fishing_report.aspx?locationid= Chattahoochee tailwater from Buford Dam for 48 5945 river miles to Standing Peachtree Creek.
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