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A Chance of a Lifetime!

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Dream Fly Fishing Vacation!

 

 

• 5 days fishing and 6 nights lodging at the

    Green River Guest Ranch, July 25st – 31st , 2009

• 9 foot 5 weight Winston Boron II X custom made fly rod

 • A Loops reel with Scientific Angler line

• A fly box and flies for the trip  (Approx. 5-7 dozen per box)

• $1,000 total in travel expenses

 travel arrangements will be the responsibility of the winners.

Fishing licenses, gratuities, and alcoholic beverages will be the responsibility of the winners during their stay.

**for complete rules and details visit www.georgiatu.org  

 

WINNER! 

Ticket # 1507

Carl Riggs of the Blue Ridge Chapter

 

 

The SELLER OF THE WINNING TICKET  will receive one half-day unguided fishing for

two people at Nacoochee Bend (Unicoi Outfitters; Chattahoochee River). Donated by Jimmy Harris.

Winner – Ticket # 1507

Carl Riggs of the Blue Ridge Chapter

                  (he sold the winning ticket to himself!!)

 

Runner Up Prizes

Guided trip for tarpon redfish, snook, sea trout, etc. with Scott Swartz in Pine Island, FL.  Dates for trip are open for 1 year. Donated by the Atlanta Fly Fishing School.

Custom made Temple Fork fly rod of winners choice. (professional series, TiCr or TiCrX). Donated by the Atlanta Fly Fishing School.

Four dozen flies in nice fly box.  Donated by the Atlanta Fly Fishing School

Five day trip to Kasba Lodge, NWT, Canada for one person. Trip is set up for two people for 5 days. Winner or partner must pay for second person @$3,495. Dates are open for selection at http://www.kasba.com.  Donated by the Atlanta Fly Fishing School

Certificate to Fly fishing class or Fly casting class at the Atlanta Fly Fishing School. 

Temple Fork Outfitters TXR model 6  wt.  Donated by Garland Stewart

Full day guided float trip on the Chattahoochee River for 2 people.
Includes lunch and soft drinks. This trip is courtesy of River Through Atlanta Guide Service. Gordon Walker will be the guide.

One half-day unguided fishing for two people at Nacoochee Bend (Unicoi Outfitters; Chattahoochee River). Donated by Jimmy Harris. 

Use of a cabin in Michigan near Pere Marquette and Baldwin Rivers donated by Billy Smith, arranged by Paul Diprima.

Two drawings for Fly box with 6 dozen flies. Donated by the 12 Chapters of Trout Unlimited in Georgia

 

Pictured below - TU member and Dream Trip guide for 2009 Butch Martin,                       2009 Dream Trip winner Carl Riggs, TU member and Dream Trip Guide Duane Stalnaker,          and Charlie Breithaupt, GA Council Chairman

Winners of the 2009 numerous runner up prizes - click here

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 “FORWARD CASTING” Important Dates - See you there!

GET READY FOR THE.....

23rd Annual Rabun Rendezvous! 

At the Famous Dillard House -

don't miss it!

January 2010

June 6 (Sat) Mentoring - Annual Kids Fishing Event, 8 AM at Tallulah River with USFS & GA WRD. Volunteers needed.   Passing it on!

June 7 – 12  (Sun – Fri) 6th Annual GEORGIA TROUT CAMP at RGNS.  Passing it on!

June 13 (Sat) Nationwide TU River Clean-up Day The Blue Ridge Mountain TU Chapter is hosting a river clean up on the Toccoa River.  You are invited to join in.

June 16 (Tues) Chapter Meeting, 6:30 PM, Community Bank and Trust   Program – George Blankenship, program manager of Cherokee fisheries – “The C & R Trophy Section”

June 23 (Tues) BOD Meeting 6:30 PM, Community Bank and Trust

July 18 (Sat) 1/2-Day Fly Fishing Seminar (a.k.a. Alternate Rabunite 101) at Tallulah Falls State Park Starts 8:30 AM; $20: Call the park for reservations: 706 754 7970; Rabunite volunteers needed to help.  Passing it on.

July 21 (Tues) Family Picnic, 6 PM, Kelly’s Water Falls Park

July 28 (Tues) BOD Meeting 6:30 PM, Community Bank and Trust

 

2010 Rabun Rendezvous - Saturday, Jan 23rd

Program: David Cannon – “Experiences of a Outdoors Writer”

He will share stories and pictures from his experiences researching for his book.

2009 GA Trout Camp; June 7th – 12th 

 

THE CHAPTER MEETING PLACE! 

Community Bank and Trust

Adjacent to the Ingles Parking Lot    Hwy 441 in Clayton

6:30 pm  - Fellowship, 7:00 pm - Meeting

Each meeting we have a raffle for fishing or camping stuff...

Bring a dollar or two - you might win somethin!

"I don't know exactly what fly-fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know"   John Gierach

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News from the President.....

It's that time of year, best fishing time of the year.  We just had one of our campouts; we did have rain, RAIN! (Well it takes a lot of rain to make the flowers bloom, to get those gardens really growing and, of course, to fill those streams and rivers.)   Food was great; fishing was great, (my catching was not like I was hoping for, but never is like I hope for.)  Then there were all of those stories around the campfire, always worth the cost of admission.  If you missed this campout it was great, make plans to come to the next one.

We hosted our annual cookout at Indian Lake for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.  It is always a pleasure to watch the leadership of our future.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the outing.  MY THANKS to everyone that made it happen, helping the kids fish, everyone that prepared the food whether at home or at the picnic area.  Also a special thanks to all of those Scout Leaders who got the kids there for the picnic and all of the different things they do to help mold them into tomorrows leaders.  I can’t ever decide what is the highlight of the whole picnic?  I have it down to two choices, not counting food of course.  It has to be the kids catching a fish or them selecting a reel of their choice when their number is called out.

Happy Fishing,

                             Jimmy   

Rabun TU Officers & Directors for F/Y2009

President - Jimmy Whiten, PO BOX 881, TOCCOA GA 30577-1414                     Ph 706 886 6546     E-mail jimmywhiten@nctv.com Vice President (Notices in newspaper)– Larry Walker                                         Ph 706 244 4345 E-mail amosndixie@alltel.net Treasurer (w/Newsletter & Meeting Raffles) - Doug Adams                                 Ph 706 746 2158    E-mail edadams1@alltel.net     Acting Secretary (w/Communications) - Doug Mansfield                                       Ph 706 896 7445 E-mail mansfpd@alltel.net         Past President (w/ Campouts & Rod Raffle) - Terry Rivers                                    Ph 706 782 7419    E-mail tlr1121@alltel.net  Director (w/Programs) - Bill Kelly                                                                                Ph 706 746 2104     E-mail bkjk1@alltel.net    Director (w/Website) - Kathy Breithaupt                                                          Ph 706 782 6954     E-mail knc615@windstream.net Director (w/Education) - Charlie Breithaupt                                                   Ph 706 782 6954      E-mail knc615@windstream.net   Director Ray Kearns                                                                                   Ph 706 782 9913                 E-mail raykearns@alltel.net Director Ray Gentry                                                                                    Ph 404 680 6786 E-mail regentry@alltel.net                     Director Pat Hopton                                                                                   Ph 706 782 4978 E-mail scotts_creek58@yahoo.com    Director Jim Kidd                                                                                                 Ph 706 782 2474 E-mail Jikidd@windstream.net

 
     

 

 

 

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