July 16 (Tues) Annual Chapter Family Picnic, 6 PM, Kelly’s Water Falls Park. Custom rod raffle winner will be drawn (see page 2 of this newsletter).
The Rabun Chapter has started a new youth outreach with the Boy and Girl Scouts of Rabun County! The Scouts meet on Tuesday nights, which have also been the nights the Rabun Chapter met. In order to accommodate their schedule and allow the Scouts to be included in the Chapter meetings, we are changing the day of week for…
Apr 13 (Sat) In-stream Workday – Hedden Creek. A 44-member strong conservation conclave descended upon the Double Bit campground to do good deeds for wild brown trout. This multigenerational gang followed the lead of Forest Service and GADNR fisheries technicians and repaired nine trout habitat improvement structures, placed into Hedden Creek decades ago by the…
Many of our members have expressed an interest in contacting other chapter members. Many times this has been to coordinate fishing trips, extend invitations to participate in chapter meetings and events, follow up on a member who is ill or to offer condolences and expressions of sympathy. Why can we not use our directory of…
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED because of lack of litter due to encouragement by campground management, the efforts of most campers to police the area themselves and largely to the routine and thorough sweep of the area by a dedicated volunteer who removes all trash at least once a week.
June 22 (Sat) River Clean-up Day,…
June 18 (Tues) 6:30 PM,
RE/MAX Office
Program: "From Two Inches to Ten Pounds, the Wild Browns of the Hooch Tailwater"
By Patrick O'Rouke, Fisheries Biologist with the GA WRD.
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June 9 - 14 : - 10th Annual GEORGIA TROUT CAMP at RGNS. Contact: Charlie Breithaupt [email protected]
Passing it on!
Location: Rabun Gap Nacoochee School
Camp Dates: June 9 (Sunday) – June 14 (Friday)
Cost: $450 per camper (financial aid is available) Includes room, board, and all activities for the five-day camp.
(Campers must be within the ages of 12…
The Rabunite 101 class welcomed 22 participants for a half-day workshop in the basics of fly fishing on March 23. They learned casting, entomology, knots and equipment at the Rabun County Rec Center. Passing it on!
On Saturday, March 9, Tie-1-On at Bass Pro Shops. The Rabun TU Chapter tiers were Terry Rivers, Kyle Burrell, Doug Hickman, Charlie Breithaupt. They took turns tying and produced a total of 131 flies. The total pledge amount was $291.52 by the following 13 members: Ray King, Kent Wilson, Crawford Art Gallery, Sid Berkstresser, Wayne…
HELP the Rabun TU Chapter SAVE OUR TROUT and YOU COULD WIN a SAGE ONE Series, 4 wt., 4 piece, 9' Fly Rod & SAGE 2030 reel - $1000 value
Tickets are $3 each or 4 for $10
Drawing will be held during Chapter picnic on July 16, 2013
For tickets, please contact Kent Wilson (770) 377-0657
[email protected]
SAGE ONE Series…