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Conserving, protecting, and restoring northwestern New Jersey’s cold water fisheries and their watersheds.

January 21st Snowy Outing – Pequest

 

Diehards of the the RVTU chapter met at the Pequest hatchery angler lot at 9am Saturday morning.  Temps were at 20 degrees and stayed there  into the afternoon.  There was a total of 5 die hard fisherman looking to get their Fish-on; Jeff K, Steve H, Steve A, Roy B (a new member), and Fredy D.  Water flows were at 191 cfs and there were fish everywhere.  We were picking them up on scuds and small nymphs in the 18 sized range.  All in all it was  a great day in good company.

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 We’re looking forward to our next outing in February!

February 16th/18th – meeting and outing

Our next meeting of the Ridge and Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be on February 16, 2012 at 7:30 pm.  Our next outing, which is being worked on now, will be on Feb. 18th.

Thank You Joe Demalderis for visiting our chapter on January 19.  Please visit Joe’s website at www.crosscurrentguideservice.com.

Details on our upcoming events will be posted soon.

January 27, 28, 29th – Fly Fishing Show

http://www.flyfishingshow.com/Somerset__NJ.html

A Note from the Director:
     Welcome to the 20th anniversary of the Somerset Fly Fishing Show. I wonder how many of you have attended all the shows? I have, for sure.  Every year I see familiar faces and have talked with so many of you, our loyal customer family.
     It seems only yesterday we had our first show. I was excited to see who would come, but wet behind the ears with experience in running a big
show. Oh boy, did we learn fast. By noon the first day the fire marshal closed the door until some people would leave. Exhibitors were driving back to their shops to bring back more product and smiling all the way. I remember Leon Chandler, one of our sport’s legends, nicest person, and Cortland icon, tell me he’d done shows for 42 years in many countries and never ran out of catalogs. He was bone dry by mid-afternoon the first day.
    Even though it’s fun to reminisce, our show has always looked ahead and tried to get better. This year, as expected, we welcome back popular exhibits and celebrity speakers, but are pleased to have new business and new faces.
    One really big addition to this year’s show is the Friday night “International Fly Fishing Film Festival.” You don’t want to miss this. There’ll be food and drink available prior and during the films, so forget going home. Come after work, if you can’t take off Friday, or stay after your day at the Fly Fishing Show. We’re expecting a packed house and an exciting film festival.
     Lefty Kreh is coming back to Somerset and will also join our show in Marlborough, Raleigh and Lancaster. I’m excited to see him return and I know you are, too.
     If you have been a loyal customer, you know there is way more to see than time allows. We bill this as the largest all-fly fishing event in the world and it stills holds the title. Come for the first time or come for your 20th visit. Thanks for all your support and I hope our show has helped you learn and improve in fly fishing and tying.

Chuck Furimsky, Director