Oct 17 (Thurs) Meeting
6:30 pm – Social & Yarn Spinning 7:00 pm – Program & Meeting
(You don’t have to believe the yarns if you don’t want to . . .)
Program: Karl Eckberg (Chattooga River Fly Shop) Tips for Fishing the Chattooga DH
He is going to be giving tips on fishing the Delayed Harvest this upcoming season!!
************FLY TYING…
Oct 12 (Sat) Fall Stream Clean-up on the West Fork of the Chattooga River. Volunteers needed. We will carpool from the campout and meet at the Overflow Camping Area/Canoe Launch off Forest Service Road 86 at 9:00 am. For more information, contact Wayne Prosser at (706) 746-6293 or by email at wp0968@windstream.net.
This workday will be…
Oct 9 – 13 (Wed – Sun) Fall Camping and Fishing Outing, Tallulah River.
Come join the Rabun Chapter at our annual Fall Campout!
The campout will be held from October 9-13 at Glenn English's property on the Tallulah River, off the Cat Gap Road in Persimmon, GA.
Camping will be primitive: water and toilets will be available…
June 9 - 14 (Sun – Fri) Mentoring - 10th Annual GEORGIA TROUT CAMP – Passing It On
Trout Camp 2013...21 boys and 3 girls. And..rain, high water and mud. However, with the help of 40 + dedicated volunteers from 9 of the 13 chapters around our state, we completed another successful camp. This year's highlight…
2013 Rod Raffle Winner
SAGE ONE Series, 4 wt., 4 piece, 9' Fly Rod & SAGE 2030 reel - $1000 value
The winner is Charlie Pennington of Dillard, GA, who was presented the rod and reel. Charlie is renewing his TU membership that he had previously allowed to expire.
Thanks to all that participated and to Kent Wilson,…
Sept 28 (Sat) Outdoor Adventure Day at Unicoi S.P./Smith Creek
TU Volunteers needed!
FROM Jeff Durniak - Regional Fisheries Supervisor, WRD:
Please consider volunteering to help us at Unicoi State Park's Outdoor Adventure Day to celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday, 9/28/13. You don't have to be an expert outdoorsman or woman to play a vital role…
Sept 19 (Thurs)
6:30 pm – Social & Yarn Spinning 7:00 pm – Program & Meeting
(You don’t have to believe the yarns if you don’t want to . . .)
Program: Seth Sullivan - Life as a Brookie Intern
Troop 6 Scout Hut, next to the Rabun County Library
US 76 west, the brick building located behind the Rabun County…
Congratulations to Rabunite Broderick Crawford, whose design of a Brook Trout surfacing for a fly was chosen by the public in a voting process as the new GA Wildlife license plate! The new tags are a one-time first purchase fee of $60.00 then a $35.00 renewal fee each year. A portion of the fees goes…
Aug 15 (Thurs) Meeting, 6:30 PM
Troop 6 Scout Hut
Program: Steve Hudson - Bluelining 101 -- an introduction to the science and art of "bluelining" (hitting headwater streams).
Beginning in August, 2013 the Rabun Chapter monthly meetings will be held the third Thursday of each month, except for July and December, to be held at the “Scout Hut”, located…
Spring Camping & Fishing Outing, Location Cherry Hill C.G. High water...real high water...was the significant feature of the Rabun Chapter Campout at Cherry Hill. Fishing, wading and catching were all difficult but some Rabunites did prevail. Some smaller streams were explored and success was found there. Compared to previous chapter campouts the crowd was sparse.…