US Forest Service Southern Region Honors Georgians for work to Restore Brook Trout
Award recipients: Kevin McGrath and Alex Watson from Trout Unlimited; Jeff Durniak (Rabunite), Anthony Rabern, Lee Keefer, and Leon Brotherton from GA DNR; and Chattahoochee/
Oconee NF staff members Jim Wentworth, Jerry Wood, Mike Brod, David Vinson, Mike Joyce, and Mitzi Cole (now on…
If you weren’t at the 2014 Rabun Rendezvous, then you missed an amazingly good time. The numbers are still coming in, but here are some preliminary results:
We had 297 adults and children in attendance. All Trout Unlimited Chapters in Georgia were represented with the exception of one; TU Chapters from South Carolina and North Carolina were…
January 16 (Thurs) Chapter Meeting at the TU/Scout Hut.
Fly tying starts at 5:00. Bring your own equipment if you have it.
6:30 pm – 7:00 Social & Story telling (Truth or Lies), Then at 7:00 – Program & Meeting.
“Angling Alaska” by Rabunite Kent Wilson is our guest speaker. Kent is a regular Alaskan fishing tourist. He’s got…
Helicopter stocking the Chattooga River is accomplished through a cooperative effort by the Forest Service (supplies the manpower and helicopter), Rabun Chapter and GA Council Trout Unlimited and Atlanta Fly Fishing Club (pays for the helicopter flight time), and GA and SC Department of Natural Resources (supplies the fish).
Please support Trout Unlimited through your membership…
Dec 10 (Tue) Regular Meeting for our CHRISTMAS DINNER, Rabun Manor Inn, Dillard, GA.
6:00 PM $25.00 per person.
More details soon!
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Nov 23 (Sat) VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!
Trail Work Day at Ellicott Rock Wilderness Area.
The group will be clearing the Chattooga River Trail from downed trees and protruding vegetation in the trail.
Meet at 9:00am at the Stumphouse Ranger Station, Mountain Rest.
More information and for the Volunteer Service Agreement to sign contact Randy McCoy .
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Nov 21 (Thurs) Rabun TU monthly meeting.
"Snagging more public trout waters" by Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest land acquisition specialist Al Foster.
Learn about past, present, and future efforts to add Geor- gia trout stream acreage to the Forest Service inventory, and how we all can help this program! Fly Tying starts at 5:30, social 6:30 to 7:00.
Meeting…
A big Rabunite Waaa-WHOOO! for Ethan Scoggins (Coosa Valley Chapter), whose essay was chosen as a runner-up in the Trout Unlimited NATIONAL Essay Contest!
Ethan wrote about his experience at Trout Camp, reminding us just how much camp can mean to a teen and of the healing power that we all find in rivers. "What an amazing, friend…
The Rabun Chapter is looking for volunteers to assist with daily operations at the Lake Burton Fish Hatchery. Volunteers will perform manual labor work, such as grass cutting, trash pick up, and hatchery run cleaning. Work will take place each Tuesday and Thursday. If you are interested in volunteering, please download and fill out the Background Check form…
Oct 19 (Sat) Ladies Fly Fishing Clinic, 11 to 3 PM, hosted by Foothills & Rabun TU Chapters on private waters of the Soque Rivers.
Limited to 20 ladies @ $50 each.
Volunteer Mentors needed to help with roll casting instruction and fish landing.
For details, contact Michele Crawford (706) 490-4574 or by email crawfordart@windstream.net