April 8-13 (Sun-Fri) Fishing and Fellowship Trip to Shenandoah National Park. Contact Mike Fuller.
One winner will be drawn for the grand prize and will choose a partner to accompany them on the trip. Several other tickets will be drawn for the runner-up prizes which include: custom-made rods, fishing trips and flies. The seller of the grand prize winning ticket will also receive a prize. The ticket price is…
Each year Trout Unlimited (National) recognizes individual members, Councils and Chapters for outstanding work in several categories. This year Mack Martin of the Cohutta Chapter received the Distinguished Service Youth Education Award. Since the beginning of the Georgia Trout Camp in 2004, Mack has been a driving force to see that the camp provides the…
Back in August during the eclipse, a local Clayton business, Wander North Georgia, with the permission from the City of Clayton held a camping event on the City of Clayton property. Wander representative, Josh Brown, told the council that if any profit was made from the event that they would turn it over to the City for…
Parking and access to the trails going up both sides of the River got a little better this summer thanks to the USFS folks and four of the local TU chapters in Ga and SC. The parking areas on both sides of the Chattooga Delayed Harvest (DH) section at the HY 28 bridge received much…
Ticket sales began for the Rod Raffle after the Dream Trip drawing was held in mid-March. Several Rabun BOD members along with myself sold tickets on their own and at our events. Tickets sold the best at Trout Camp. A total of 574 tickets sold raising a total of $1490.00
The drawing was held on Thursday,…
TU National staffer Beverly Smith recently wrote a personal essay, titled "It is Community, Not Coincidence," about her favorite hidden gem "out west of Hiawassee" and the looping, linking connections in and around the Rabun chapter that led her there. She mentions by name Rabunites Charlie Breithaupt, Jim Kidd, Kyle Burrell, and Doug Adams: "This…
At the July 2016 Board meeting, the Board of Directors reviewed the Chapter’s revised Strategic Plan. The purpose is to more clearly focus on the Chapter priorities, and where we spend our time, effort, and money. The revised Strategic Plan will be presented to the Chapter membership at this month’s meeting.
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The Tallulah Falls Handicap Pier that has just been finished is a great example of a dream becoming a reality. Several Rabunites joined USFS personnel late September and early October to complete the pier. There will be an official dedication coming either in November or early spring. Mean while if you know someone who is handicapped…
Sept 20 (Tues): Regular monthly meeting of the Rabun TU Chapter.
Join us for our regular monthly meetings every third Tuesday of the month. Our Meeting Place is at Rabun Gap Presbyterian church Fellowship Hall.
Our speaker this month is David Vinson, US Forest Service Wildlife Biologist for the Chattooga River Ranger District.
Social & Story telling (Truth or…