Red House Brook Chapter - Trout Unlimited

12/15/2021

Dear chapter members and anyone else who is interested in the chapter.
The Red House Brook Chapter Has not held a meeting on over a year, this was mainly due to the suspension of meetings (other than virtual) by TU National. Even before this the chapter's meetings were lightly attended and the chapters membership has shown little interest in the chapter. The Board of Directors are now asking the membership what would you like us to do? To be able to keep the chapter going some of its members need to step forward and assume some of the responsibilities of running the chapter. And if there is no interest in doing this then we will have to forfeit our charter and the chapter will cease to exist.
If you are interested in helping to keep the chapter going please reply by the first of February, that can be done here, or Email [email protected], or phone or text

Mike Bush 716-450-9161

Mike Cluchey &16-753-6672

Dave Savko 716-244-8528

07/03/2020

I was sent a reminder by one of my friends about fishing this time of year.

If you must go fishing go early, once the sun comes out it doesn't take long to warm the water. Strenuous temps for Brook Trout start around 64 degrees, for Browns and Rainbows its a little higher about 68 degrees, rule of thumb after 70 degrees don't fish.

This is a good time of the year to get out your Steelhead rod and some Bass bugs, and chase some warm water fish its a lot of fun!

06/24/2020

Here is the letter to Cold Waters Fishery Unit in support of the Proposed Draft Fisheries Management Plan, sent by the NYSCTU



NYSDEC-Division of Fish and Wildlife

C/o Mr. Fred Henson

Coldwater Fisheries Unit Leader

625 Broadway

Albany, NY 12233-4753

Re: NYS Inland Trout Stream Management proposal

Fred,

On behalf of the New York State Council of Trout Unlimited, I would like to commit our support for the NYSDEC Draft Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout Streams in New York State. Our Executive Committee members have voted unanimously to support the plan.

We are pleased that the Fisheries Management Plan recognizes the value of wild and native fish. With this we applaud the inclusion of Wild, Wild-Quality and Wild-Premiere as a recognition of special trout waters within the state in support of sustainable wild fisheries. Given the loss of habitat for wild, native brook trout over the years, we hope this will lay a foundation for its sustainability.

The council is also pleased to see that habitat restoration is an integral part of the management plan and that there are provisions to improve wild designated reaches to wild quality reaches.

Our Conservation Committee has replied with our specific comments and suggestions on the plan.

Our chapters and members are excited about the future of New York Fisheries and your vision for the future.

Respectfully

Larry

Larry Charette
Chairman

New York State Council of Trout Unlimited

06/02/2020

I see that I have reached and or engaged quite a few people about the Trout Stream Management Plan. Again this is one of the most significant plans to come out of the DEC Fisheries in the past 30 years. And thank you for taking the time to look at the post, now please take a few moments to send a comment of approval to the DEC.

Email trout.dec.ny.gov

Subject Trout Stream Plan

05/30/2020

I would like to encourage the NYS trout fishermen to take a little time and look over the proposed Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout Streams, It has been THIRTY years since the state has addressed our inland trout streams, and it is long over due. As in all plans that try to address a state wide issue it will not be perfect but overall its a good plan, and is not cast in stone. In a conservation with Steve Hurst DEC Fisheries Manager he assured me that if something isn't working it will be addressed. And I have talked to the DEC fisheries people in Allegany about the plan and they believe this is a good plan and again, long overdue. The one thing that is controversial in some parts of NYS is year around trout fishing with some exceptions to some protected streams, this is not new to us in Region 9 as we have had these regulations on some of our better streams for over ten years. This plan is looking to the future of Trout fishing in NYS, not living in the past, please read it, and support it! Sent your comments via Email to [email protected] subject line trout stream plan.

05/28/2020

Draft Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout Streams

Dear Trout Stream Angler,

Thank you for your participation in at least one of the trout stream management meetings held since 2017. The Draft Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout Streams is available on the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) website for public comment until June 25, 2020. The purpose of this fisheries management plan is to guide the efforts and resources of the DEC toward managing New York’s trout stream fisheries according to their ecological and recreational potential. The Plan was written to communicate what outcomes the DEC will strive to achieve while managing for a diversity of fishing experiences and provide anglers with the means to find those experiences. Plan objectives and strategies address the management of both wild and stocked trout, habitat enhancement and protection, public access, and outreach.

Instructions for submitting comments are provided on the website. We look forward to receiving your comments.

NYSDEC

05/28/2020

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Please Join Us for Our
Annual Meeting and Webinar

As you know, this year has given us worldwide challenges that New Yorker's have endured with their typical resilience and good nature. Trout Unlimited chapters and members have made adjustments to working and meeting online to move ahead with our good work. Now, for the first time, we are having our annual membership meeting online, and we look forward to having you join us.

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Keynote address from Chris Wood, CEO of Trout Unlimited

We're thrilled to have Chris Wood speak to the New York members of Trout Unlimited about TU's goals and upcoming initiatives as America works through the COVID19 crisis while continuing to protect our vital coldwater resources.

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Agenda

11:00 am — Welcome - Larry Charette, Chairman - New York State Council
11:05 am — Keynote address with Q&A - Chris Wood, Chairman Trout Unlimited
11:25 am — DEC Fisheries update with Q&A - Steve Hurst, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Fisheries New York State DEC
11:45 am — Conservation Committee update on Council Conservation initiatives.
11:55 am — Jeff Yates "Going Virtual" with Q&A (10 minutes) about digital/virtual board and chapter meetings as well as:

Digital fundraising opportunities

Digital social activities

Digital conservation activities

Digital/virtual board and chapter meetings

12:05 pm — Friends of the Upper Delaware update on the upper Delaware River with Q&A session, Jeff Skelding, Executive Director
12:15 pm — Battenkill HRI update, Jacob Fetterman, Project Coordinator Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative, Trout Unlimited
12:25 pm — New Council updates, Larry Charette Chairman, New York State Council
12:30 pm — Closing

All presenters will end their sessions promptly. Any Q&A that is not answered during the broadcast will be answered in a broadcast email after the meeting.

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Register for the Zoom Webinar on
May 30th at 11:00am

Please take a moment to register for the webinar.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: May 30, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: TU State Council Meeting - May 30

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JMmaTKtSRkCly4EOfK4suA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Thank you to all the Trout Unlimited Members in New York. We're looking forward to seeing you at our webinar on Saturday!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: TU State Council Meeting - May 30. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

03/05/2020

The chapters next meeting will be March 18 at the Randolph VFW at 7:00 pm. We will have a guest speaker Chuck Godfrey will give a presentation on "Fishing for wild Brook Trout in the small streams of Allegany State Park" Chuck is a long time fisherman of the park and is the current president of the WNY chapter of TU

03/05/2020

We are holding our annual fundraiser, see the picture of our ticket, if you are interested you can call me at 716-244-8528.
This is our only fundraiser and it pays for all of projects we support.

02/28/2020

On March 9th there will be a showing of the 2020 International Fly Fishing Film Festival at the Joylan theater in Springville NY. this is to support the Springville Community Trout Pond Renovation Project. This should be a fun evening, so please make plans to attend and support this worthy project.