- Candlewood Valley Chapter

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President’s Corner
James Belden
What a good way to end the year of meetings before
taking the summer break. For the May meeting we
will hold a casting clinic, fly tying demonstrations
and have other information and tutorials available.
If you are a beginner, or just want to have fun trying
each other's rods and seeing tying techniques, this is
a great event. Did I mention we will have pizzas and
refreshments too! Bring yourself, bring your kids or
a friend that you need to convince to become
involved, but definitely come out on May 8th. You
could also win a prize or bid on some gear we will
have available. John from The Valley Angler also
plans on showing up to demonstrate some new rods,
primarily the new line from Sage.
I hope to see new and prospective members there
and let's have fun and celebrate a very successful
year which included several more grant awards,
many meaningful completed and ongoing projects, a
record-breaking fundraising banquet and the
outstanding start to our Trout in the Classroom
program. I personally would like to thank all of our
Officers, Chairs and volunteers for their hard work
and commitment to our Chapter's work for
coldwater conservation.
We have been in ongoing contact with Mike
Beauchene after the recent floods. It is Mike's
opinion that a macroinvertebrate sampling in May
would be unrepresentative due to extreme
streambed scouring. Therefore we have decided to
cancel the spring sampling and replace it with a
planting event. The area along Deep Brook that was
subject to invasive plant removal last year needs to
be planted with native species. We will meet on
May 5th at 8:30-9:00 and finish by early
afternoon. We will assemble at the end of
Commerce Rd in the cul de sac. It will be light work
as we will be planting mostly small wetland plants,
grasses and small trees. Bring gloves and a small
shovel or gardening spade if you wish.
Speakers Forum
Jerry Rekart
How do you write a Speaker’s Forum when you
have no speaker? That’s just the way it is in May
at CVTU!
This will be the fifth year that we have used the
May meeting as a casting and fly tying clinic. If
it isn’t raining too hard we will be starting our
casting clinic at 6:30 PM in the grass at the end of
the parking lot, and inside we will be setting up a
fly tying clinic at the same time. I’m hoping to
find a knot guru, buy so far no luck. Any
takers??? I know we will have outstanding fly
tyers and our best casters available to pass on
their sage words of wisdom to anyone willing to
listen and learn. But that’s not all. We also have
lots of pizza and with luck a very short business
meeting. Tell the pres. that if he can’t make it
short, make it funny. That will insure a short
meeting.
This is my last Speaker’s Forum. In September,
Alan Taylor will become the new CVTU Program
Chair. He’ll be responsible for getting the
speakers, planning the programs, writing the
Forum, maintaining the Calendar, and media PR.
It can be a time consuming job, and I’m sure if
someone would volunteer to assist him, he’d
happily accept. If there is anyone you would like
to have make a presentation at one of the
meetings, give Alan his name and he will do his
best to get him as a speaker.
Thank you all for all of the support and assistance
you have given me in the last five years in
managing the programs.
May 8 Meeting
We will meet at the Miry Brook Firehouse south
of the airport in Danbury at 6:30 PM. We will
have a fly-tying clinic, a casting clinic and pizza.
Volume 12, Issue 9 - May 1, 2007
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Projects/Conservation
Joe Hovious/James Belden
Flood Report/Conservation:
Wow, more of us may have been surfing last week than fishing! Depending upon where you are specifically we all saw
somewhere around a 50 year flood event on April 16th and at no other time does it become more apparent that water
shapes our planet. Also apparent is that stream bank stability is an important factor in long term fish habitat as well as
public safety. A river or stream's ability to access its flood plain during these events allowing to dissipate without damage
depends upon a good riparian buffer with deep-rooted plants without impervious surfaces and channelized banks.
With that in mind we shall continue our work with a planting project on May 5th along Deep Brook at the confluence
with the Pootatuck River (end of Commerce Rd., Newtown). The bank work performed in this area the past 2 years not
only survived the flood, but worked marvelously. Flood water poured over the sculpted banks into the field (flood plain)
and receded without damage. USGS stream gages showed that the Pootatuck stream flow went from about 40 cfs to well
over 2,000 cfs in a matter of hours which nearly took down the dams on the lower river, but our banks projects held their
ground. At these spots in the past banks would have crumbled, and sediment filled the pools, thus ruining trout and
macroinvertebrate habitat.
Testimony Regarding Fairfield Hills Impacts on Deep Brook (excerpted from News Times)
Newtown resident Joe Hovious spoke at last week's Newtown Planning and Zoning Commission hearing on
behalf of Trout Unlimited, a conservation group that protects the area's Deep Brook and Pootatuck River.
"I am concerned in the fact that the proposed water feature could result in a ecological detriment," he said.
The water that runs under Shelton Hall is chilled before it runs into Deep Brook, said Hovious who presented
data from TU studies. The cold water provides a thermal refuge for fish in the summer. He said if the water is
put into a pond and is warmed, ecological problems could result.
The commission then decided to continue the public hearing at a later date. The water feature was removed
from the application at the later hearing.
Bog Bridge Repair
6 hearty souls did yeoman's work, replacing the Pootatuck River Bog Bridge moved from it's foundation by
recent floods. After the tree planting on April 20, the crew moved to the rear of the Methodist Church to
replace the bridge. Even with the 6 workers it was impossible to lift and carry bridge sections. By scooting
sections 6' at a time the largest section was moved 20+' to its original position. Others followed. Repair was
completed in time for Earth Day hikes highlighting the Pootatuck and possible impairments of a proposed
Technology Park on the banks of Deep Brook. Many thanks to the TU members and helpers who participated!
New TMA Sign
A new sign has been errected on the banks of the Pootatuck delineating the start of the Trout management
Area and highlighting some of the work of the Candlewood Valley Chapter in the area. Next time you are
fishing the TMA take a look. Testimony Regarding Fairfield Hills Impacts on Deep Brook (excerpted from
News Times)
Pootatuck Bank Re-Restoration
A project was completed April 20 to plant willows and sedge on a bank we had previously built up with logs
and grass. The grass was not holding up to foot traffic and we reinforced with different types of plantings.
Stream restoration work on the East Aspetuck River at the Pratt Center will be the week of Sept. 10th thru
14th. We have learned that New Milford is in our area of responsibility. Because we will have no meetings until
September, please mark your calendars now. For info contact Doug Peterson cdflyfish@att.net.
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TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM
Jerry Rekart/Gary Whipple
We have received the DEP Wild Fish Liberation Permit. Sometime in the month of May we will be releasing all of the trout
we have raised during the ’06-’07 school year. That will be the last TIC project for this school year (except for cleaning and
storing the equipment). This project has exceeded our expectations for students, teachers and numbers of schools
participating and will, hopefully, be forming new advocates for the environment and trout habitat in the next generation.
In July we will be ordering the equipment for next year, assembling it in September and distributing eggs in October. Next
September we are also working on an all state teachers meeting to prepare the new teachers for the situations they will face.
We can always use another volunteer in the program, so if you are interested call one of us and volunteer.
Pictures
This isn’t
where we
Put this
bridge ??
Tony B and
Hoagy, Jr
Couple of
book
aficionados
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Do you want to write your state representative or the President ?
Here’s how!
Go to www.tu.org on the web.
When the “home” page comes up, click on “members”
When the “members” page comes up, click on “take action”
Take action will come up as the “elected officials search” page
Fill in your user name, password and address and up pops
your elected officials from the pres. to your state rep.
Click on the one you want and you’ll receive all the
information you need.
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Sep 22-24
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Nov. 15
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2006/2007 EVENT CALENDER
TIME
EVENT
8:30-3:00 Microinvertibrate sampling
7:00 PM CVTU Monthly Meeting
3-Sep E.Aspetuck Stream Restoration
Ausable Trip
Newtown P & R Comm.
CT TU State Council Meeteng
NW Conservation Dist. Annual Mtg.
all day Connequot State Park, LI NY Trip
PWA Board Meeting
Happy Thanksgiving
Newtown Rams Pasture Mtg.
NRCS WHIP Submitted
Natives Grant subm. to F&W Found.
Pratt Center Banquet & Auction
7:00 PM PWA Board Meeting
EAS Grant Deadline
Merry Christmas
9AM-3PM All CT TU Day
LOCALE
Newtown Water Treatment
Miry Brook Fire House
Pratt Ctr. New Milford
INFORMATION
Hovious 203-270-1960
Capt. Bob Turley, Speaker
Peterson 203-775-0655
Whipple 203-746-5982
Mike Goodwin, Speaker
Belden 203-426-6039
Hovious 203-170-1960
Belden 203-426-6039
Whipple 203-746-5982
Hovious 203-270-1960
Mike Tougias, Speaker
Belden 203-426-6039
Belden 203-426-6039
Candlewoo Lake Inn
Yale School of Forestry
Peterson 203-775-0655
Hovious 203-270-1960
Frank Plona, Speaker
Belden 203-426-6039
Jerry Bannock
Dr. Marc Taylor
Rekart 203-775-2764
Bill Hyatt - CT DEP
6:30 PM CVTU Annual Banquet
Stonyhill Inn - Bethel
Belden 203-426-6039
7:00 PM
Leominster, MA
Deep Brook
Rocco Rosamilia Lodge
Marriott Courtyard
Rocco Rosamilia Lodge
Hoagy Carmichael Jr.
Allardt 203-869-4343
Belden 203-426-6039
Casting & tying clinic - PIZZA
Whipple 203-746-5982
grassrts@hotmail.com
Whipple 203-746-5982
Whipple 203-746-5982
Whipple 203-746-5982
Whipple 203-746-5982
Whipple 203-746-5982
9AM
7:00 PM
TBA
8Am - ?
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
CVTU Monthly Meeting
TU NE Meeting
Tree Planting
CVTU Monthly Meeting
PA
Still River Clean Up
PA - Green Drake hatch
Cape Cod - Stripers
CT River headwaters
Ausable river
Connecquot River
Lopstick Lodge, NH
Hungry Trout
Long Island, NY
Fishing trips are dependent on membership participation. Contact Whipple as soon as you can commit!!!!
Contact Jerry Rekart with any additions or corrctions to the calendar.
Rekart - 04.27.07
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CVTU Sponsored Trips
Gary Whipple
Here's a trip-by-trip update as to where we still have openings to go fishing with the chapter, and what you need to do to get a
seat on the trip:
May 17-18-19-20 Trip to central PA: Nine stalwart fishermen have signed up; this equals the number of guide days
available. However, there are still four beds available in a second lodge for those of you who want to fish on your own.
June 1,2,3 Trip to the Westfield River in Massachusetts with FVTU. If you want to fish with the Farmington Valley folks on
"no-license" weekend in Massachusetts, contact Jerry Bannock at 860-877-0001 or fishingthefly@snet.net.
June 4-8 Trip to fish over the Green DRake Hatch in central PA. So far, only one person has signed up for this weekday trip.
There is room for 8 more fishermen at Rocco's.
June 8-10 Trip to fish the Catskills with Nutmeg Chapter. More info: email Gary Anderson at gande61211@aol.com
June 15-16-17 to fish for stripers on Cape Cod. The gGreen Harbor was holding a block of rooms for us unitl the end of
March. You may still call and try to arrange for a room.
Summer trip to fish the Connecticut River headwaters for trout. Postponed until October.
September 28-29-30 trip to fish the Ausable for trout and the Boquet or Ausable for salmon. For those of you planning on
participating in the CVTU-sponsored trip to fish the Ausable, here is an action required of you. If you are going to fish the
Ausable the weekend of September 28/29/30, please contact the Hungry Trout Inn in Wilmington, NY before the end of May
to reserve your own room against the block of 5 rooms being held in the name of CVTU. Three of the 5 rooms are reserved
already, so please call sooner rather than later. This is a popular time of the year for the Hungry Trout, so don't count on
reserving an individual room later (I know the weekend prior to ours is sold out). As a second action, even though a deposit is
not required, please email me or pmessage me to let me know you are going?
October weekend to be determined. We'll fish the Connecticut River headwaters for fall trout. Arrangements to be
announced soonest.
November 1 Trip to fish Connetquot State park. Reserve your place with a deposit of $50.00
For information about any of these trips, email (Gary.Whipple@cvtu.org) or privatemessage Gary Whipple, or call
2037465982. Detaisl for these trips are shown in the Forum at www.cvtu.org .
A Mianus Stonefly
Picture: Jon Atherton
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Items for Sale:
Bamboo Rod: 8 1/2', Jay Harvey-Jackson #7 1/4 D by Heddon,
3pc/2tips, 5wt. moderate action, green wraps with gold trim, bright
nickel silver ferrules, Heddon nickel/silver/Bakelite reel seat. Comes
with replacement bag and original paper covered aluminum rod tube.
Rod is the same quality level as a Heddon #20. Has one agate tip top,
and agate stripping guide. Very good condition $250
Call Doug at 203 775-0655 or cdflyfish@att.net
Send me an email (tony.mortimer@cvtu.org) or see me at a meeting for any items you want to sell or
swap and I’ll list them in the newsletter.
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Our chapter meetings are held
September through May on
the second Tuesday of each
month starting around 6:30
PM for snacks and coffee
(and usually some fly tying)
with the meeting starting at
7:30. The meetings are open
to all – members and nonmembers. Come over and see
what we’re about, we’d like to
meet you.
A Spawning Brown in our local stream
Visit our web site for copies of newsletters,
interactive member forum, trout fishing links
and much more:
This newsletter is for you, our
members. Let me know how we can
improve it or make it more useful to
you. And think about dropping me a
note with some content, items for sale,
stories, etc. It makes it more
interesting to all of us !
Tony Mortimer
Tony.Mortimer@cvtu.org
http://www.cvtu.org
Candlewood Valley Chapter Trout Unimited – Board of Directors
James Belden
203-426-6039
President
James.Belden@cvtu.org
Tony Mortimer
203-241-7716
Newsletter Editor
Tony.Mortimer@cvtu.org
Jerry Rekart
203-775-2764
Vice President & Programs
Jerry.Rekart@cvtu.org
Joe Hovious
203-270-1960
Conservation
Joe.Hovious@cvtu.org
Chuck Rich
203-952-4408
Treasurer & Membership
Chuck.Rich@cvtu.org
Gary Whipple
203-146-5982
Trips
Gary.Whipple@cvtu.org
Steve Zakur
Webmaster
Doug Peterson
Steve.Zakur@cvtu.org
Grants & Gov't Affairs
Doug.Peterson@cvtu.org
Facilities/Setup
Jonathan Atherton
joseph_mc_gowan@sbcglobal.net
Secretary
Jonathan.Atherton@cvtu.org
Joe McGowan
203-426-5725
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Candlewood Valley Chapter
Trout Unlimited
P.O. Box 3795
Danbury, Ct 06811
Email: tony.mortimer@cvtu.org
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