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by Shannon Mayes
Our summer started off with a bang on some brook trout streams in WV. The fish were mostly small, but plentiful. WV brook trout are absolutely beautiful fish!
On June 27th eight students, four boys and four girls, along with four chaperones and myself left Gallipolis, Ohio to... [ READ MORE... ]
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The TU Teens of Gallipolis is a middle school fishing and conservation club led by Shannon Mayes, a volunteer leader from the Mad Men Chapter of Trout Unlimited. They take seasonal camping and fishing trips and are an active part of their community in Ohio. This blog highlights some of their... [ READ MORE... ]
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It's almost summer and that means TU's Youth Conservation and Fly Fishing Academies are gearing up across the country! Please encourage your campers to enter the Camp Essay Contest for a chance to tell their story and win a fly rod!
Click here for details about the Camp Essay Contest.
This is one... [ READ MORE... ]
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TU Teens of Gallipolis stays quite busy over the winter months. Students use this time to practice casting skills outside on the grass or in the gymnasium. We spend time working on knot tying skills and get familiar with the different types of flies that are used in fly fishing... [ READ MORE... ]
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by Franklin Tate, Headwaters Youth Program Director
The sixth annual TU Teen Summit will be held on the TU “Holy Waters” of the Au Sable in June 2017, with twenty five teen leaders from around the country converging for four days of planning, learning, fishing, and fun. TU’s Headwaters youth staff... [ READ MORE... ]
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The Tu Teens Club of Gallipolis, OH is in it's 5th year! It is the first of its kind in the mid-west region of Trout Unlimited. Shannon Mayes is a teacher at the Gallia Academy Middle School and founded the club in 2013. TU Teens is part of the Recreation On Campus for Kids (ROCKS) program at GAMS... [ READ MORE... ]
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The TU TEEN Club of Gallipolis, Ohio recently marched in the local Christmas parade. What a great job Shannon Mayes (middle school teacher) has done with every aspect of organizing this group.
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The Madmen Chapter will be holding our final installment of our Volunteer Monitoring Program on Sunday, October 18th. We will meet at the parking lot at the State Route 36 Access at 9:00 AM. From there we will Monitor 6 locations within the Mad River Watershed. The session usually lasts 4 hours.... [ READ MORE... ]
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The Mad River Cleanup event is scheduled for this Saturday the October 17th at 10am. We will be meeting at the 36 bridge and splitting into two groups dependent upon resources. One will float/wade while the other works the parking and launch areas. Details and map link are on the madmen calendar... [ READ MORE... ]
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Gallia Academy Middle School TU Teens Chapter in the news! Read the article or checkout the PDF on the tumadmen.org website under youth programs.
http://mydailytribune.com/article/20150120/news/301209966/
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http://tumadmen.org/tuteens.shtml