Conserving, protecting and restoring cold-water watersheds of North Georgia.
Conserving, protecting and restoring cold-water watersheds of North Georgia.
Scott Robinson and John Lee Thompson of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division led a lengthy discussion at the GA TU Council meeting on 9/16. Topics were the proposed changes to the DH Trout Season which has been postponed and is under reevaluation and changes to the stream access laws and how they could affect fishing and property rights.
Learn more from Georgia Outdoor News.
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN TROUT UNLIMITED #696 gathers 6-9 pm, Oct. 10 for its monthly membership meeting at Blue Jeans Pizza & Pasta, 140 Progress Cr., Blue Ridge, GA 30513.
Come early, enjoy the Blue Jeans pizza/wings/salad and help your TU friends and family solve all the world's problems and figure out ways to catch more fish. The real meeting cranks up about 7 pm.
PROGRAM: TBD ... MORE IINFORMATION: John Jenkins, jfjenkins3@gmail.com, phone: 850-803-6958
Cohutta Fishing Company in Blue Ridge is hosting the F3T Fly Fishing Film Tour at the Farmers Market in Blue Ridge on October 7th. Tickets may only be purchased at the shop for $25 each, with $3 of the purchase being donated to Blue Ridge Mountain TU. Let's help them sell out!
Preview the action footage here ... then make a plan to join us:
More info: Call Cohutta Fishing Co -- (706) 946-3044 ... or call shop owner Drew Friedrich directly at (770) 324-0626
Running for more than 2,000 miles from Alabama to Newfoundland, the Appalachians are the most prominent mountain range in the eastern US. Most of the range — from Georgia north — is trout country.
From the mountains of Georgia through the wilds of Maine, TU’s staff and volunteers stay busy with an amazing and diverse array of projects. They include repairing eroding banks, adding in-stream structure and replacing barriers such as dams and perched culverts that impede fish passage.
Check out Facebook pages for the Southern Appalachians to keep up with staff and volunteer efforts around the region, and find out how to participate,
Get the latest local fishing conditions from the team at Cohutta Fishing Co. in Blue Ridge. Click here.
The Atlanta Fly Fishing School (a sponsor of BRMTU's annual Trout Fest) has planned a class for fly-casting instructors who wish to be certified by Fly Fishing International. A review of all aspects of the casting and teaching requirements will be provided for taking the exam.
All classes will be conducted at the Atlanta Fly Fishing School (AFFS) located on private property in Cumming, Georgia. Click here to learn more.
If you haven’t already, now is the time to hit small creeks for great end-of-summer fishing.
David Jeffrey, who serves Georgia Council TU as its social media chair, announced recently three social media platforms are up and running for council-wide marketing activities:
Next steps?
1) Members are asked to visit, "follow" and "like" these sites and posts.
2) Send content to David at the shared Google Drive folder (click). He asks for images/photos of chapter members cleaning up a stream, or working with younger anglers at Trout Camp, or any other item that I can then turn into a posting or even story. Simply open this folder, find the BRMTU chapter sub-folder, then upload your photos, with a brief description.
Outfitter/guided wade/float fishing and fly-fishing/fly tying instruction, fly-fishing gear, flies/fly-tying materials, outdoor clothing, accessories and more.
Outfitter/guided wade/float fishing and fly-fishing instruction, fly-fishing gear, flies/fly-tying materials, outdoor clothing, fishing kayaks, accessories and more.
Outfitter/guided wade/float fishing and fly-fishing instruction in Georgia, North Carolina & Tennessee
Outfitter/guided wade/float fishing in Georgia and North Carolina. Fly-fishing instruction for beginners to advanced anglers.
Outfitter/guided wade/float fishing and fly-fishing instruction in Georgia.
Chapter member Bob Borgwat landed this redfish in December among the mangroves in Ozello, Florida.
Chapter members Jim Reich and Bob Wetzsteon traveled in mid-July to Buras, LA, to tackle redfish, spotted seatrout and sheepshead with WB Outfitters.
Anticipation was rising at first light for chapter members Jim Reich and Bob Wetzsteon while crossing the Mississippi River near Buras, LA, in July.
BRMTU member David Cargile said it was a spectacular take by this rainbow on a June Bug dry fly. Caught and released on June 29 on Noontootla Creek.
Chapter member Harmon Smith shows off a fine South Holston River brown trout caught during the members' trip in late spring 2022.
Chapter VP Mel Richardson landed this redfish in summer 2022 in the waters off the North Carolina co
A float trip on the Green River, Utah, produced this nice brown trout for BRMTU member Andrew Bruce.
BRMTU member David Cargile with a fine brown trout that led him 500 yards downstream through three pools and two water falls.
Ken Brenneman, BRMTU member and Trout Fest sponsor, proudly shares this photo of his "first trout."
Connie Miller -- the better half of BRMTU member Sam Miller -- tries her luck for trout while fishing on Coopers Creek.
BRMTU VP Mel Richardson teamed up to take this swordfish off the surface south of Venice, LA.
Groceries! ... Red snappers and cobia for BRMTU VP Mel Richardson and his gang while fishing last month out of Venice, LA.
Float planes and jetboats led BRMTU member Larry Myers in mid-August to some of Alaska's best salmon waters out of King Salmon.
Leech and Sculpin flies led BRMTU's Larry Myers to some of the big rainbows found in mid-August on the Alaska Peninsula.
Chum salmon rounded out the catch for BRMTU's Larry Myers on his mid-August fishing trip to Alaska.