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FLY FISHING

FLY FISHING. TROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER. FLY FISHING TROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHA PTER. WHAT IS FLY FISHING? Fishing with various types of imitation bugs and bait fish. HOW DOES FLY CASTING DIFFER FROM SPIN/BAIT CASTING?

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FLY FISHING

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  1. FLY FISHING TROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER

  2. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • WHAT IS FLY FISHING? • Fishing with various types of imitation bugs and bait fish. • HOW DOES FLY CASTING DIFFER FROM SPIN/BAIT CASTING? • Fly Casting – Light fly, heavy line, long rod. • Spin/Bait Casting – Heavy lure, light line, short rod

  3. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • WHAT IS A FLY ROD SYSTEM? • Rod • Reel • Backing • Fly Line • Leader • Tippet

  4. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • Fly Rod Components:

  5. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • Line and Terminal Components:

  6. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • WHAT IS A BALANCED FLY ROD SYSTEM? • Fly Rod • Various weights • Fly Line • Designed in various weights • Fly Reel • Weight range

  7. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • Balanced Fly Rod And Reel Outfits:

  8. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • TYPES OF FLY LINES: • Level • Double Tapered • Weight forward • Floating • Sink Tip • Various Sink Rates and Sink Tip Lengths • Full Sink • Various Sink Rates

  9. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • Some Types Of Fly Lines:

  10. FLY FISHING TROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • TYPES OF FLIES THAT ARE IMITATED: • May Fly • Caddis • Stone Fly • Midges • Dragon Flies • Bait Fish

  11. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER MAY FLY CADDIS

  12. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER STONE FLY MIDGES

  13. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • WHAT IS TROUT UNLIMITED? • Conservation Organization established for the protection of cold water fisheries. • Mountain Streams • How was TU started? • Founded in Michigan in 1959 on the banks of the Au Sable River. • Conservation minded trout/salmon fisherman

  14. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • Levels of TU • National Organization • State Organization • Local Chapters • Clearwater Chapter • Founded and Chartered in 1971

  15. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • Clearwater Chapter • Non-profit, 501c3 Organization • Approximately 610 Members • Board Of Directors • Meet Monthly, 1st Monday • General Membership Business Meeting: • Meet Monthly, 3rd Monday (Sept – June)

  16. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • WHAT DOES TROUT UNLIMITED DO? • Promote Conservation • Participate in Stream Clean-up Programs. • Work with DEC to perform stream surveys. • Fish Surveys • Creel Counts • Electro-shocking • Invertebrate studies • Vegetation Studies • Stream Profile and gradient measurements.

  17. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • WHAT DOES TROUT UNLIMITED DO? • Work with land owners on steam erosion problems. • Bank stabilization (tree planting). • Rechanneling • Work with DEC, US Fish and Wild Life and various watershed alliances on stream projects. • Insert vanes, “J” Hooks, weirs, and other stabilizing structures. • Increase stream depth, narrow stream, decrease temperature. • Habitat restoration. • Protection for fish from predators. • Install Kiosks • Inform public of programs, problems and their responsibility.

  18. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • WHAT DOES TROUT UNLIMITED DO? • Educational Programs. • “Teach Kids How To Fish Program” • Eight Week Fly Fishing Classes • Fly Tying Classes for both beginners and advanced tiers. • Fly Tying and Casting Demo’s at various wild life programs. • Adirondack Museum • Cobleskill Wild Life Show • Support fishing programs for veterans and disabled

  19. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • PROJECTS: • Stream Restoration • Batten Kill River • White Creek • Little White Creek • Kayaderosseras Creek • Geyser Brook • Mettawee River • BROOK TROUT SURVEY • Brook Trout only indigenous trout in Northeast. • 90% habitat lost. • Surveyed 72 streams looking from Brook Trout • Stream Profile • Stream bed description (Gravel (pebble/rock/sand)

  20. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • PROJECTS CONT.: • Brook Trout Survey • Vegetation Survey • Invertebrate Survey • Fish Survey • Brook Trout • Stream reclassified to protect Brook Trout

  21. FLY FISHINGTROUT UNLIMITED AND THE CLEARWATER CHAPTER • TYPES OF COLD WATER STREAMS: • Free Stone • Lime Stone • Tail Water • Dam with bottom release for water. • Big Horn River (Montana) • Caney Fork (Tennessee) • East and West Branch Delaware (New York)

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