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blog BY bkross ON March 13 - 0 COMMENTS
March Fly Night
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  Had another great fly night. The usual crew plus a few new folk. Everyone tying away getting those fly boxes filled. Last night had the first dry flies being tied. That is a sure sign spring is close.
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blog BY bkross ON March 6 - 0 COMMENTS
March NRVTU meeting
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We had a great crowd at this month’s chapter meeting (first Wednesday of every month). Our guest speaker George Santucci is the President of the New River Conservancy. George gave us a good overview of the issues that are impacting our area’s waters. He also shared some of the New River Conservancy [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY bkross ON February 24 - 0 COMMENTS
GameChanger Sunday Afternoon
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Had a great afternoon tying the Gamechanger streamer. We had 10 folks tying and 3 or so who came to watch and socialize. Brad Buchanan did a wonderful job of leading us through the steps of tying this complicated fly and his little tricks and tips were very helpful. Everyone’s fly turned out rather [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY jebstewart ON February 19 - 0 COMMENTS
Stream Clean-up - Renew the New Ramps and Roads
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In support of the Giles County initiative "Renew the New Ramps and Roads" our chapter will conduct our twice annual clean-up along Big Stony Creek. We will meet at the Eastern Elementary school at 8:30am and then drive to the clean-up location. If you need additional information contact Pete [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY jebstewart ON February 11 - 0 COMMENTS
Stream Monitoring - NRVTU and UVA
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  Folks, The state TU coordinator has cancelled the upcoming stream survey until next year due to our current health care crisis.  I would ask those of you who I have distributed testing material to, please store them in a safe place until hopefully next year.  Thanks so much for offering to being [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY bkross ON January 21 - 0 COMMENTS
Sunday Afternoon Fly Tying
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Fly afternoon was a great success. We had 10 people tying and several watching and visiting. Zach Smith did a great job of leading us through the steps to tying a Galloup's sex dungeon articulated streamer. However, I could use some more practice. After that, we went small with most tying size 18 [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY sshorter ON December 15 - 0 COMMENTS
Trout in the Classroom
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Shawsville Middle School picked up trout eggs this fall from Paint Bank Hatchery as part of a field trip. The kids worked together to take care of the tank and fish!
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blog BY bkross ON December 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Our First Fly Night
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Had our first NRVTU fly night and the Eastern Divide Brewery last night. We had 12 folks attend about 5 were tying others were watching, learning new patterns and techniques. Some were there to just enjoy the evening out with us. Had a couple people come by to see what we were doing and said they [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY bkross ON December 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Conservation update
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New River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s Conservation Initiatives   Our conservation goals dovetail Trout Unlimited’s mission to support and enhance the cold water habitats, waterways, and aquatic life in NRV ecosystems. Our chapter activities focus as trout advocates for this 4 county region [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY bkross ON December 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Dec Monthly NRVTU meeting
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NRVTU December meeting, 12/4/2019 Had a good group to listen to our guest speaker John Copeland the region fisheries biologist for this area. John gave us a lot of good information on trout fishing and how trout are doing in the area. Also, some upcoming changes and new water to open up in the area [ READ MORE... ]
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