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blog BY americandesi ON April 27 - 0 COMMENTS
Annual Musconetcong River Cleanup 4-16-16
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On Saturday April 16th 2016, members of Ridge and Valley TU participated in the Annual Musconetcong River Cleanup sponsored by the Musconetcong Watershed Association.  The Musconetcong River flows southwest for approximately 45 miles from the Lake Hopatcong Dam to the Delaware River.  Stretches of [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY americandesi ON March 10 - 0 COMMENTS
Participation at the Monthly Fly Tiers Roundtable Keeps Growing 3-10-16
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On the first Tuesday of the month, RVTU hosts a fly tying roundtable where fly tiers of all levels particpate.  What started as a small gathering has now turned into an event where over 20 people attend on a regular basis.    Usually at our roundtable, an instructor demonstrates how to tie a few [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY americandesi ON January 17 - 0 COMMENTS
Monocacy Creek Fishing Outing 1-16-16
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On Saturday January 16, 2016, RVTU had a fishing outing to Monocacy Creek in eastern Pennsylvannia not far from the NJ state line. The Monocacy is a spring fed limestone creek, which are far more common in PA than in NJ.  The underground springs that feed a limestone creek stay at a constant [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY americandesi ON December 31 - 0 COMMENTS
POTLUCK FUNDRAISER NETS OVER $1800 FOR COLDWATER CONSERVATION 12-19-15
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On the evening of Saturday December 19th 2015, Ridge and Valley Trout Unlimited (RVTU) hosted their annual potluck fundraiser.  Approximately 60 people attended and brought a contribution for dinner and dessert.  A fun time eating, drinking, and being merry was had by all.  The fundraiser netted $ [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY americandesi ON October 29 - 0 COMMENTS
SUCCESSFUL ROCKAWAY RIVER CLEANUP 10-24-15
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On Saturday October 24th, 2015, volunteers from Ridge and Valley and Hacklebarney TU joined forces to clean the Rockaway River in Dover, NJ.  They worked with Dover DPW employees to remove 6 truckloads of trash from the Rockaway River.   Among the trash removed was discarded couches, bikes, tires, [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY americandesi ON October 5 - 0 COMMENTS
2ND ANNUAL LOPATCONG CREEK CLEANUP A BIG SUCCESS!
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On September 26th, 2015 Ridge & Valley TU partnered with the Lopatcong Creek Initiative to clean a stretch of the Lopatcong Creek in Phillipsburg, NJ. The weather was beautiful and 52 volunteers showed up!  Volunteers removed construction debris, bottles, cans, discarded furniture, tires, and [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY americandesi ON October 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Ridge & Valley TU Volunteers Build New Fishing Access Parking Lot
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On Saturday August 15th 2015, Ridge and Valley volunteers built a new angler parking lot.  This lot is located behind the old Cliffdale Inn (1280 Rt. 57) in Port Murray, NJ, and provides another fishing access point to the Musconetcong River. This stretch has a conservation easement that was [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brian Cowden ON October 1 - 0 COMMENTS
West Portal Brook spawning gravel project Oct. 3rd
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The chapter is only a few days from adding spawning gravels and monitoring 15 sites in West Portal Brook, a tributary of the Musconetcong River (Musky).     Spawning gravels in bucket.jpg   Volunteers will dig out a depression in the stream bottom near the tail outs of certain pools.   [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Brian Cowden ON September 22 - 0 COMMENTS
Second Annual Pig Roast on banks of the Musky
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Saturday, September 19th was RVTU's 2nd annual pig roast on the restored Heiser property on the wild and scenic Musconetcong River in the Hampton area.  It was another great success and enjoyed by more than 50 chapter members and their families.  RVTU members fished, talked, participated in casting [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_piatt ON July 7 - 0 COMMENTS
Name it. Claim it.
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Satterlee Creek, an intermittent stream in Bradford County, Pa., is one that has been named and claimed by the community.   “Oh, that must be Fishing Creek.” If you’re crossing a bridge somewhere in Pennsylvania, it’s a pretty safe answer if someone asks you, “What stream is that?” I’ve never done [ READ MORE... ]
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