We have a lot to be thankful for this year.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

3rd Annual NJ FLY FISHERMAN of the YEAR November 10th

    

      The crisp day began in the morning mists with check-in, hot coffee, and some rules orientation.  The morning rounds consisted of two fishing sessions and a "bye" cutting the contestants to three for the afternoon finals.  Angelo Conti, Stuart Shaffron, and John Wester battled it out until a few minutes before the bell with ANGELO CONTI taking top honors.  There was a serious amount of talent in the waters of the South Branch for this event.  Thoughtful fly selections, multiple styles and plenty of river stewardship was evident all day long.  The fellowship grew into the evenings banquet and generous amounts of camaraderie.

10 T.U. Chapters and two watershed associations were represented.  The contestants had a terrific time!

•  "Jake" Frank LaMotta - Rahway River T.U.
• Johnny Utah - Ridge and Valley Chapter
• Jeff Kurt - Raritan Valley
• Cliff Behrens - East Jersey T.U.
• Darren Rist - Northern T.U.
• Christina Muller - Ray Nearly T.U.
• Bill Silva - Ken Lockwood T.U.
• Fred Poulle - Raritan Headwaters Watershed Association
• Bob Simpson - Jersey Shore T.U.
• Angelo Conti - Ernest Schweibert T.U.
• John Westor - Central Jersey T.U.
• Stewart Shafron - Musconetcong Watershed Association     
  
  
  
  

Fishing inspite of the looming hurricane

Even Sandy couldn't stop the RRTU monthly Fishing With A Member outing today in the Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA. This 2.5-mile stretch of the South Branch of the Raritan River flows through the gorge, cascading over boulders, spilling over small waterfalls, and pouring into quiet pools. With the wind howling and the leaves blowing, our members still managed to land a few hungry trout on scuds & nymphs. It was a fun morning had by all and we can't wait for next months FWAM, keep posted.....

Just some of the other items in RRTU's clothing line

 

Hoodie

 

Long sleeve tee

 

Polo

 

Sweatshirt

 

All in various sizes and colors

 

http://www.zazzle.com/rrtuchapter/gifts

RRTU Chapter Storefront

   Announcing the all new Rahway River Trout Unlimited storefront to get your chapter t-shirts with printed logo. To purchase your own, please use the link on the sidebar or go directly to www.zazzle.com/rrtuchapter. There you can also find other styles of apparel, bumper stickers and water bottles too. These shirts are printed on demand and usually shipped within one day.

November 2012 General Monthly Meeting

Our next regularly scheduled meeting in November has been moved up one week to Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Cranford Community Center 220 Walnut Ave. at 7:30 PM

Our regularly scheduled meeting date falls on Thanksgiving eve 

it was decided to move it up one week.

Our speaker for the night will be our own George Lechner on 

WILD TROUT OF NEW JERSEY and the LEHIGH VALLEY.

George has his own blog WILD FLY 365

anyone who follows George's blog knows his passion for fishing wild trout.

http://wildfly365.blogspot.com/

Trout in the Classroom

Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is a science based program that teaches children about the importance of cold water conservation through a hands-on approach to learning.

Through the process of raising brook trout from eggs to fingerling, the size they are at release time, students learn about the importance of clean cold water not only for the brook trout they are raising, but also for the other organisms in the stream as well.

Volunteers from RRTU doing their part to keep this program going.