Rocky River Trout Unlimited

  • Rocky River TU
    • RRTU Events >
      • Monthly Meetings
      • Streamside Day Trips
      • Alarka Trips
      • Fly Tying Classes >
        • Instructional Tyers
    • Davidson River HEP
    • Communications
    • Conservation >
      • Conservation Partners >
        • NC Camo Coalition
    • Diversity >
      • WOMEN ON THE FLY
      • BSA Merit Badge
    • Outreach
    • We welcome your feedback!
    • Become a TU Member
    • Mission and Brief History
  • Calendar
  • FORR
  • Programs
    • Trout In The Classroom
    • RiverCourse Fly Fishing Youth Camp
    • Casting Carolinas
    • Wilson Creek Adopt-A-Stream and Stream Watch
    • South Mountain Adopt-A-Park
    • Stone Mountain State Park
  • Resources
    • Fly Patterns >
      • Fly of the Month Patterns >
        • DRY FLY PATTERNS >
          • Adams Variant
          • Asher
          • Baigent's Variant
          • Blue Quill
          • BWO
          • BWO Catskill
          • BWO CDC Emerger
          • BWO Sparkle Dun
          • BWO Spinner
          • Carolina Wulff
          • CDC Biot Comparadun
          • CDL Comparadun
          • Coachman Variant
          • Crackleback
          • Dragonfly Dry
          • Dun Fly, August Fly,Wasp Fly
          • Early Nelson
          • Egg Laying Caddis
          • Elk Hair Caddis
          • Female Adams
          • Fluttering Caddis
          • Gray Fox Variant
          • Griffith's Gnat
          • H & L Variant
          • Hopper Juan
          • Mr. Rapidan
          • Japanese Beetle
          • Jassid
          • Klinkhamer
          • Lacewing
          • Light Cahill Catskill
          • Little Green and Little Yellow Stonefly
          • North Carolina Yellow Sally
          • Parachute Adams
          • Puff Diddy
          • October Caddis
          • Orange Forked Tail
          • Rattler
          • Red Headed Caddis
          • Smoky Mountian Candy
          • Trude
          • Rusty Spinner
          • Sulphurs Part 1
          • Sulphur Part 2
          • Yellow Palmer
        • Wet Fly Patterns >
          • Black Gnat
          • Breadcrust
          • Coachman
          • Cock-y-Bundhu
          • Cooper Bug
          • Grizzly King
          • Ibis
          • Parmacheene Belle
          • Red Ass Soft Hackle
          • Tups Indespensible
        • Wet Attractor
        • Dry Attractor >
          • Stealth Bomber
        • Soft Hackles >
          • Center Bead Soft Hackle
    • RRTU Class Recipes
    • NC General Hatch Charts
    • Fly Shops, Outfitters and Guides
    • Fly Fishing >
      • RRTU Reference Fly Tying >
        • Entomology Basics
        • More Entomology Basics
      • More Fly Fishing Basics
      • Fly Fishing Tips
      • Trout Fishing & Trout Fishing Stories
    • Fly Casting
    • History, Reading, References >
      • S. Appalachian & Smoky Mtn History >
        • Archive History >
          • FORR Campaign >
            • FORR 2020
    • Calendar Copy
  • RRTU Store
  • Archive History
  • Rocky River TU
    • RRTU Events >
      • Monthly Meetings
      • Streamside Day Trips
      • Alarka Trips
      • Fly Tying Classes >
        • Instructional Tyers
    • Davidson River HEP
    • Communications
    • Conservation >
      • Conservation Partners >
        • NC Camo Coalition
    • Diversity >
      • WOMEN ON THE FLY
      • BSA Merit Badge
    • Outreach
    • We welcome your feedback!
    • Become a TU Member
    • Mission and Brief History
  • Calendar
  • FORR
  • Programs
    • Trout In The Classroom
    • RiverCourse Fly Fishing Youth Camp
    • Casting Carolinas
    • Wilson Creek Adopt-A-Stream and Stream Watch
    • South Mountain Adopt-A-Park
    • Stone Mountain State Park
  • Resources
    • Fly Patterns >
      • Fly of the Month Patterns >
        • DRY FLY PATTERNS >
          • Adams Variant
          • Asher
          • Baigent's Variant
          • Blue Quill
          • BWO
          • BWO Catskill
          • BWO CDC Emerger
          • BWO Sparkle Dun
          • BWO Spinner
          • Carolina Wulff
          • CDC Biot Comparadun
          • CDL Comparadun
          • Coachman Variant
          • Crackleback
          • Dragonfly Dry
          • Dun Fly, August Fly,Wasp Fly
          • Early Nelson
          • Egg Laying Caddis
          • Elk Hair Caddis
          • Female Adams
          • Fluttering Caddis
          • Gray Fox Variant
          • Griffith's Gnat
          • H & L Variant
          • Hopper Juan
          • Mr. Rapidan
          • Japanese Beetle
          • Jassid
          • Klinkhamer
          • Lacewing
          • Light Cahill Catskill
          • Little Green and Little Yellow Stonefly
          • North Carolina Yellow Sally
          • Parachute Adams
          • Puff Diddy
          • October Caddis
          • Orange Forked Tail
          • Rattler
          • Red Headed Caddis
          • Smoky Mountian Candy
          • Trude
          • Rusty Spinner
          • Sulphurs Part 1
          • Sulphur Part 2
          • Yellow Palmer
        • Wet Fly Patterns >
          • Black Gnat
          • Breadcrust
          • Coachman
          • Cock-y-Bundhu
          • Cooper Bug
          • Grizzly King
          • Ibis
          • Parmacheene Belle
          • Red Ass Soft Hackle
          • Tups Indespensible
        • Wet Attractor
        • Dry Attractor >
          • Stealth Bomber
        • Soft Hackles >
          • Center Bead Soft Hackle
    • RRTU Class Recipes
    • NC General Hatch Charts
    • Fly Shops, Outfitters and Guides
    • Fly Fishing >
      • RRTU Reference Fly Tying >
        • Entomology Basics
        • More Entomology Basics
      • More Fly Fishing Basics
      • Fly Fishing Tips
      • Trout Fishing & Trout Fishing Stories
    • Fly Casting
    • History, Reading, References >
      • S. Appalachian & Smoky Mtn History >
        • Archive History >
          • FORR Campaign >
            • FORR 2020
    • Calendar Copy
  • RRTU Store
  • Archive History

Rocky River Chapter
Trout Unlimited
   
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

WE CONSERVE, PROTECT, AND SUSTAIN OUR COLDWATER NATURAL RESOURCES
RRTU Donations
Newsletter Signup
Picture

Appletree 2022  !!!

Picture
Picture
Picture
 Eleven campers enjoyed fun conversation, great food and fantastic fishing on Western North Carolina streams.  The weather was comfortable for wet wading  and provided evening hatches for superb dry fly opportunities.
Picture

Fly Tying Achievements

Sessions for tying are a winter program for RRTU but our participants continue to pursue the art all year long.  We have several members who have certified their skills with the FFI award program and they should be recognized. 
Below (in alphabetical order) is the roster from our chapter and their award levels with a special call out to Alan Buckner who just earned his Silver.

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

Picture

Introduction to Water for Trout in the Classroom Video links :


  • "Water Cycle for Kids” 7 minutes length
                              from Learn Bright
        1. The 3 phases of water: Liquid, Solid and Gas
        2. The 4 Stages of Water in the Water Cycle:
                a. Evaporation
                b. Transpiration
                c. Condensation
                d. Precipitation
        3. The importance of the Water Cycle
        4. How we can all conserve water
Press the button below :

1

WATER CYCLE FOR KIDS

2

Water Bodies for Kids

3

Water Water Everywhere

4

Water Pollution for Kids

Picture

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM UPDATE 2022

The TIC team completed another successful year with fourteen schools with twenty-one tanks participating.  The year culminated with all of the schools releasing their trout at South Mountain State Park.   Many thanks to all of the volunteers for their efforts throughout the year.   
Picture
Picture

Museum update :
Through Alen Baker's tireless efforts the Fly Fishing Musuem of the Southern Applalachians has grown again.  This will be a great resource for learning about our local fly fishing heritage and its importance for our coldwater community. 

Make plans to stop in and take a look.

Picture
Museum Home page
Picture
exclusive Rocky River divided, hinged cap fly puck
Contribute to your chapter and get some goodies at the same time. Funds will go directly to conservation efforts and toward our Outreach programs like the immensely successful and important Trout in the Classroom.
Please continue to peruse the store as we are adding items as often as practical.

Rocky River Store


Picture
Southern Appalachian Fly Patterns - color index
RRTU Store

Conservation News Here :

Watch this column for updates, news and opportunities to help with conservation projects


HOT WEATHER AND TROUT 

Picture

Many of our rivers and streams due to unseasonably high temperatures have warmed to a level where fishing stresses trout and may cause potential harm.   Do not fish if the water temperature is higher than 65 degrees.  Make sure to carry a thermometer and check periodically throughout the day.  


   UPDATE ON BOTTOMLEY PROPERTIES

"For 'egregious' violations that damaged mountain streams, DEQ fines Bottomley Properties more than $268,000, one of the agency's largest penalties..."  

​The area damaged extended over three linear miles of streams and adjacent wetlands.   In addition to filling much of the waterways with rock, mud and dirt grazing operations polluted the streams with fecal bacteria that was more than 6x of the freshwater standards.

Bottomley Properties was also required to restore the streams but according to the DEQ has not completed the restoration by the assigned deadline.


                               READ THE ENTIRE STORY
​


Picture
Bottomley Properties located in Alleghany County has a long history of violations.   The impact of their recent actions on land adjacent to Ramey Creek was described in court documents as "... being some of the most extensive sedimentation damage to waters the Division of Water Resources staff involved in this matter have ever seen."  Their failure to adhere to established guidelines resulted in the total loss of a substantial amount of Brook Trout habitat.  In some areas sedimentation approached two feet deep.  The NCWRC was able to relocate a small population of trout to another location - the first emergency relocation in their seventy-five year history.
​
Read the entire story here
Picture



TU PUBLIC COMMENT LINK

RRTU work on the Davidson River January '22

RRTU “Conservation Heroes” Josh Shriver, Kevin Foley and Paul Duffy assist in stream bank stabilization on the Davidson River.  This prime fishery was recently devastated by hurricane Fred. Contact Ken Thompson (kct11@icloud.com) if you would like to assist in future efforts.

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

ROCKY RIVER TROUT UNLIMITED FLY OF THE MONTH :

Picture
Texas Piss Ant
Fly of the Month 06.22

There are times when fly patterns that are intended to imitate floating aquatic insects such as mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies simply fail to attract a topwater strike from trout. Maybe they are keyed on feeding in the water column or on the bottom. These conditions are very similar to the dog days of summer when there is little or no aquatic insect activity on streams. In either case, a good ant fly patterns seems to be a recipe for success.
Dale and Jerry Hodge, who were close friends and angling buddies of Don and Dwight Howell, designed an ant fly pattern that has been highly effective on Southern Appalachian stream.

Texas Piss Ant

Do not let the name mislead you. Don Howell named the fly pattern because the initial, highly productive fly pattern they used on Hazel Creek was a size 10 or “big” like everything touted from Texas.

Texas Piss Ant
Fly of the Month 06.22

Tom Adams and Alen Baker

Choose the Learn More button for the rest of the story and the tying recipe with instructions :

LEARN MORE

Rocky River Events

Picture
Join us in the activities that are of interest to you and become one with our cold-water resources.

Join Chapter 348 - Rocky River

Picture
The members of the Rocky River Chapter support a number of local area programs. Join Us Today!

Rocky River Programs

Picture
Rocky River Trout Unlimited members are heavily involved in a number of conservation projects and programs.
Fly Patterns
RRTU Gallery
Trout in the Classroom
NOTICE: A quick overview of the calendar is now at the top of this page under Upcoming Events.
Picture
We who trout fish together ...will work together to
Conserve,  Protect,  and Restore our Coldwater Streams

- - -

Rocky River Chapter of Trout Unlimited (RRTU) 348



Proudly powered by Weebly