The Annual Fishing Show is Canceled for 2010
Sadly, but out of concern for the safety of our members and attendees, the upcoming weather has forced us to cancel our Annual Fishing Show for this year.
Our most heartfelt thanks for all who so graciously volunteered in the preparation of this year’s show, and to the vendors who planned to attend. It was really going to be one of our best. But, mother nature had other plans.
We are going to hold the raffle sales open until the March 3rd Chapter Meeting next month. You will be able to purchase any of the remaining tickets at the meeting, so plan to attend. We will conduct the raffle drawing at the Meeting. For those who might still be interested in purchasing Montana Trip or Premium Rod Raffle tickets before the meeting, contact Doug Farmer (defarmer12@comcast.net) or 571-215-7946 for information for how many of each type of raffle ticket you would like.
Sharpen and wax your shovels–rest your backs–be safe–enjoy the Super Bowl. We will look forward to next year’s Fishing Show
The Annual Fishing Show is Canceled for 2010
The membership meeting was called to order by Pres. Rob Paul. He thanked everyone for coming tonight, and then led introductions around the room. There were 26 people present, 4 of whom were new and interested in fishing. Three new email addresses were added to chapter distribution list.
- Doug Farmer gave the Treasurer’s Report, with a balance of $10,384. The VCTU mailer Montana & rod raffle ticket sales for fishing show were going well this year, especially the rod raffle tickets (3 premium rod prizes). He recommended that a self-addressed envelop be required by ticket requesters for next year, as some requests were illegible. Fred will implement next year. Continue Reading »
The Annual Fishing Show is canceled due to sever weather.
John Pirkle with a fat Rose River Farm Rainbow
The strange weather that moved through Madison County the day after Thanksgiving gave fishermen cause to comment but didn’t seem to slow the fishing down one bit. Kevin Daniels and John Pirkle made their annual Rose River Farm pilgrimage and were rewarded with an incredible day on the water. The weather started sunny but cold, then rain, sleet, snow, and combinations of the aforementioned for the next hour or so. Continue Reading »
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Comments (0) Fred Kallmeyer has developed the Fish With a Friend schedule for the rest of the year. Fish With a Friend is a great opportunity to see a new stream with experienced folks, learn to fish if you are new to the sport, learn new techniques if you are already a fisher, or just fish with great people. See the Fish With a Friend page or check the calendar for FWF events.
With the new year rapidly approaching, many of us will need to buy new fishing licenses for the region. Now Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia all have on-line availability for their licenses. Links exist for each of the states on our Useful Area Links page (click here). Have a great holiday season–We will see you all in 2010.
Hi All—The Rapidan TU meeting was convened by newly elected president Rob Paul at 7:30pm on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Sun Trust bank in Warrenton, with 20 members present. After a friendly welcome by Rob & introductions around the room, there was one new member (Chad Abate) present.
Several awards were handed out by Rob:
- Kevin Daniels received a trout plaque for his outstanding performance as past President
- Judd Walls received a VCTU award for Rapidan TU best website
- Fred Kallmeyer received VCTU Certificate of Appreciation for supporting Rapidan TU.
- Also, Marcia Woolman had her first article printed in Fly Fishing Magazine. Go read it. CONGRATS MARCIA! Continue Reading »
At the Chapter Meeting in January, the members requested a calendar be added to the web site instead of the listing of upcoming events. Status–Done.
The new calendar on the web page will show an upcoming event by a showing the date of the month with an event in Gold. Hovering over that day will pop up a small dialogue box with the title of the upcoming event. Clicking on this day will take you to the full post for all of the events for that day.
Also, clicking on the name of the month at the top of the calendar will bring up a page with all of the events for that month in chronological order. Shortly, you’ll be able to see all of the upcoming Fish With a Friend events Fred Kallmeyer has recently developed.
Remember, this is your site. Please register, then feel free to submit your own posts (stories, favorite fly, pictures, etc) or simply comment on existing posts. Also, your feedback and recommendations are always welcomed. There may be limitations by the site code, or my skills, but we will try to make this site better and better whenever we can.
Annually, The Rapidan Chapter partners with Graves Mountain Lodge for Kid’s/Heritage Day. Along a private section of the Rose River, several hundred trout are stocked solely for children under the age of 12 to experience the joy of fishing. Come join us on April 3 to support Kid’s Day and Heritage Day at Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria Virginia. More to follow–Keep checking back
The VA Trout Stream Sensitivity Study (VTSSS), lead by UVA scientists, is one of the most useful and fun things we do in TU. The purpose of the study is to track the level of pH in our streams. Low pH is caused by acid deposition from rain & snow into our mountain trout streams and their watersheds. TU volunteers will take to the mountains, locate their assigned stream, and the exact spot where the water sample was taken 10 years ago. Continue Reading »
During the annual VCTU award ceremony on November 14, the Rapidan Chapter was recognized for its outstanding web presence. We now have a new “Blog” format, up-to-date information, a running list of chapter events, fishing stories, archived copies of web articles, and past issues of “Hatches”. Take some time to explore the various links and information sections.
Also, make sure you register so you can comment on existing articles and post your fishing stories and pictures. If you are hesitant to make a post yourself, send an email to the website administrator (Click Here), and Judd will help or post information for you. We really want this to be a fun and an informative site for everyone.
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