The next NRVTU chapter meeting will be Wednesday evening at 7:00pm at the Montgomery County Government Center in Christiansburg. Topics for the meeting include a recap of the chapter work day at Glen Alton, updates on Trout in the Classroom and final details of the chapter banquet set for April 21. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Pete Jackson if you plan to attend the banquet. Pete can be reached at highpond1@hotmail.com.
As usual, there will be a dinner gathering at Due South BBQ at 6:00 pm.
The next NRVTU chapter meeting will be on Wednesday, March 7th at 7:00pm in the Mongomery County Government Center, 755 Roanoke St. in Christiansburg. The banquet committee (and anyone else who is hungry) will meet at 6:00pm at Due South BBQ. All are welcome.
Dargan Coggeshall from the Virginia Rivers Defense Fund will be giving an informative talk about why the VRDF is so important. If you aren’t familiar with VRDF and the precedent-setting case they’re fighting on the Jackson River, read up here. Anglers on other rivers in Virginia could soon find themselves in a similar predicament if this attempt to privatize the Jackson isn’t turned back. Come out and learn more about how VRDF is fighting for the rights of all the anglers/hunters/paddlers in the state to use our public rivers.
The February Chapter Meeting will be on Wednesday, 2/1 at 7:00pm. As usual we’ll be at the Montgomery County Government Center, 755 Roanoke Street in Christiansburg. Join us at Due South BBQ at 6:00pm to share fish stories and discuss the upcoming Spring Thaw-Out banquet.
Wesley Hodges, a member of the Virginia Tech Student Veterans Association and a special events coordinator for Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing (PHWFF), will give a presentation about Project Healing Waters – a national program dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and veterans through fly fishing and fly tying education. He will also discuss his current efforts to develop a fly fishing education program aimed at Virginia Tech’s student veterans.
After serving three tours of active duty with the 82nd Airborne in Iraq, Wesley returned to the states and is currently pursuing a degree in International Studies at Virginia Tech. He has been fly fishing since a young age and shares his knowledge of the sport through numerous education and outreach programs. He was an assistant to Project Healing Waters founder Ed Nicholson and helped establish and run the Salem VA medical center Project Healing Waters program. Wes is a self-described big streamer addict; when not studying he can be found inside a midge hatch double-hauling meat whistles to monster browns on the Jackson River, or tying flies at the Roanoke Orvis retail shop.
Our first NRVTU meeting for 2012 will be on Wednesday night the 4th at 7:00 at the Montgomery County Government Center. On our agenda will be updates on Trout in the Classroom and Conservation Projects. We will also discuss the new chapter website designed by Noah. This will be a blog approach so several people can contribute easily! Lastly, we will finish our meeting discussing the Chapter Banquet. I encourage everyone to help with the banquet committee so we can ensure a successful evening!
As always, if your schedule allows, join us at 6:00 for BBQ at Due South.
The next NRVTU meeting will be on Wednesday at 7:00 at the Montgomery County Government Center in Christiansburg. We will meet in the Multi-purpose room DOWNSTAIRS. The focus of the meeting will be putting a framework together for a chapter fundraising banquet. We will also talk about which local fishing destinations to highlight and compile a cheat sheet for our website per our discussion last month.
We will meet at Due South at 6 for a pre-meeting social dinner for anyone who can make it.
The next NRVTU meeting will be on Wednesday (11/2) at 7:00 at the Montgomery County Government Center in Christiansburg on the 2nd floor. We will have Joe Williams, a biologist with the VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, join us to discuss recent work by DGIF. It is always very informative when Joe comes to share what is happening in our fishing, hunting and outdoor areas.We’ll also have a report on the chapter trip to the South Holston River, discuss a NRVTU banquet, conservation projects and Trout in the Classroom.
At the November meeting the chapter will need to identify a Secretary to replace Andrew Green. Andrew will be leaving the area to pursue his doctoral work. If anyone is interested in volunteering for Secretary please let me know. Andrew can get you up to speed quickly. The work primarily involves email communications.We will have a dinner gathering at 6:00 at Due South BBQ. Anyone who would like to join us for food and fellowship is certainly welcome!I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
