March 2015 - Hiawatha Chapter of Trout Unlimited

A Monthly Publication of the Hiawatha Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Hiawatha TU Board
Banquet NEWS
The 2015 Hiawatha Chapter of Trout Unlimited (HTU) Conservation Banquet will be held on
Saturday, April 11, 2015. If you look at your calendar, that date is almost on top of us. So get out
your iPads, your smart phones, your regular old event calendars or date books, or whatever you
use to keep track of where you want to be and when, and jot down the date, time, and location. We will again be at the Canadian Honker’s Event Center at Apache, 1517 16th Street SW (two
years ago it was called the Ramada). The response to using that venue was overwhelmingly
positive, so we are returning again this year. Amy, Chris, and Chef Le have been cooking up
some new appetizers for our enjoyment.
This event will feature the usual assortment of top quality fly fishing and fly tying materials
giving you the opportunity to enhance your already overloaded vest, fly boxes, and wo/man
cave. We’ll have reps from Cabelas of Owatonna there to outfit you with new clothing and
gear, plus an assortment of local and exotic guided fishing trips to choose from and this year
we are adding a new twist to the evening. Our banquet coincides with the Grand Opening of
the new Scheels Store in Rochester--they are really lucky they chose this date! A representative
from Scheels will be at the banquet to display a selection of over/under and semi automatic
shotguns---names like Benelli, Winchester, Franchi, Beretta, and Remington. We’ll have a special
bucket raffle to allow guests a chance to win their choice of one of the shotguns displayed, or,
if preferred, to take a gift certificate to Scheels and use it to select another shotgun of their
choice. The raffle winner will have to foot the bill for the cost difference of the upgrade. Sorry,
but this is an adult raffle and we’ll not sell tickets to anyone under 18.
Ask members and friends who have attended the past several years and you’ll understand
why this is a ‘you don’t want to miss this banquet’ event. Premium quality bamboo fly rods,
a wood strip canoe, top of the line graphite fly rods, and other fishing gear items -- all have
made past banquets exceed our expectations. The HTU Board’s goal is to make this year’s
banquet another one to be remembered. The various pieces and parts for the evening are
coming together--- this will be one special night !!
This year we also want to recognize the many partners who have helped us with habitat improvement projects over the past half decade -- the designers and contractors who brought
together various ideas, accepted challenges and changes, and added their own ideas in order
to meet the needs of each project and time schedule. Please join us in letting them know that
we appreciate their contributions.
So go to the HTU website to easily purchase your tickets online (hiawathatu.org) and they’ll be
waiting for you at the door. Or contact an HTU Board of Director member or chapter member
who has tickets for sale. Tickets this year will be a $40 donation in advance; however, ticket
prices at the door will be $50.00. So don’t wait as you can use that $10 to purchase a ticket for
the shotgun raffle. Doors will open for the evening at 6pm.
We are all looking forward to seeing you at the Honker Event Center at Apache on April 11--it’s
the Saturday before the trout opener, so that excuse won’t hurt.
Ray Rickets
• Banquet News
• Calendar of Events (the article)
• UpComing Meetings/Events
• Shotgun Raffle
• Secretaries Report
march 2015
PRESIDENT
Carl Berberich
[email protected]
507-951-2916
VICE PRESIDENT
Seth Knight
[email protected]
931-434-2694
SECRETARY
Frank Angelotti
[email protected]
507-289-1688
TREASURER
Jodie Ice
[email protected]
EX OFFICIO
Scott Steffens
[email protected]
507-398-2500
WEBMASTER
Vince Robichaud
[email protected]
Membership Coordinator
Frank Angelotti
HABITAT Coordinator
Paul Krolak
[email protected]
YOUTH EDUCATION Coordinator
Kelli Schmeling
WOMEN’S INITIATIVE CHAIR
Marlene Huston
[email protected]
507-208-5013
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Phil Pankow, NTLC Liaison
[email protected]
507-208-4410
Deb Angelotti
[email protected]
HTU BOARD members
AT large
Mike Carpenter
[email protected]
Paul Krolak
[email protected]
Sh tgun Raffle
This year’s HTU Conservation Banquet date coincides with the Grand Opening of the Scheels store in the Apache Mall in Rochester. To help facilitate both
events, Scheels was asked if they would consider hosting a shotgun raffle as a part
of our fundraiser. A representative from the Scheels store will be on hand throughout the banquet
to display an assortment of over and under and semi-automatic shotguns for your
raffling interests. The winner of this special raffle may select one from the shotguns
offered to be picked up at the store, or may choose a gift certificate from Scheels
that can be used to purchase a firearm of their choice. Any difference in the value
of what the winner chooses to purchase over the value of the certificate will be the
responsibility of that winner. Scheels will handle all the necessary purchase eligibility and screening requirements when the winner comes to the store.
The shotguns to be displayed at the banquet are:
• Benelli, M2 Field model, semi-automatic, 3” chamber, 28” barrel
• CZ, Redhead Premier, over/under, 3” chamber, 28” barrel
• Franchi, Instinct L, over/under, 3” chamber, 28” barrel
• Franchi, Intensity, semi-automatic, 3 1/2” chamber, 28” barrel
• Remington, Versamax, semi-automatic, 3” chamber, 28” barrel
• Winchester, SX3 Waterfowl Hunter, semi-automatic, 3 1/2” chamber, 28” barrel
To ensure we follow the rules of he MN Gambling Board, we must state that this
raffle will be held during the banquet at the Canadian Honker Events at Apache location on April 11, 2015. Tickets will be on sale beforehand and at the banquet for $10
a ticket. You do not have to be present at the banquet to win the raffle. You must
be 18 years of age or older to purchase a ticket. These tickets cannot be purchased
via our website, and MUST be purchased using either cash or a check; NOT a credit
card. To purchase tickets, contact any of the following persons:
Carl Berberich at 951-2916, Phil Pankow at 273-0934, Paul Krolak at 202-3464, Marlene Huston at 208-5013, Frank Angelotti at 358-1337, Kelli Schmeling at 990-4531,
Ray Ricketts at 269-3707.
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Upper
Midwest
Regional
TU Meeting
March 10th 2015: 7:00 - 9:30 pm
HTU Newsletter Meeting
Dunn Brothers North, Rochester, MN
March 27-29, 2015
Upper Midwest Regional TU Meetng
• Franchi, Affinity, semi-automatic, 3” chamber, 28” barrel
G R E AT
W AT E R S
EXPO
March 9th 2015: 7:00 - 9:30 pm
HTU BOD Meeting
People’s Food Co-op, Rochester, MN
up coming events
• CZ, Canvasback gold, over/under, 3” chamber, 28” barrel
Meeting Meeting 6:30 pm
7:00 pm
People’s Food
Co-op
up coming MEETINGS
March 2nd 2015: 7:00 - 9:30 pm
HTU Chapter Meeting.
Izaak Walton Cabin, Rochester, MN
March 20-22, 2015
Great Waters Expo
National Sports Center, Blaine, MN
• Beretta, A300 Outlander, semi-automatic, 3” chamber, 28” barrel
7:00 pm
Izaak Walton
Lodge
Up coming events/
meetings
Upper Midwest Regional
TU Meeting
Fly Tying
April 11th, 2015
Hiawatha Spring Banquet
Canadian Honker Events at Apache,
Rochester, MN
check hiawathatu.org for more information
http://bit.ly/LaughingTrout
Hiawatha Trout Unlimited
Calendar of Events
Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is growing in scope and enthusiasm. Kelli Schmeling is the Hiawatha Trout Unlimited (HTU) youth education coordinator and a teacher at
the Stewartville Middle School. She organizes the program
for the schools involved coordinating with teachers Kevin
Landherr, Mayo High School, and Bruce Frutiger, Century High School, in Rochester
and Steve Hinrichs from the newest school joining TIC, Plainview/Elgin/Millville High
School. Approximately 550 eggs were delivered to each school in early December
thanks to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Division and these
eggs are already hatched into hatchlings. Kelli has the Facebook page set up so
please like it and check out the progress.
Habitat Improvement (HI) work is still going on in tree removal of non-native trees
on Trout Run. The HI project construction is now completed on Cold Spring Brook,
East Indian, and Camp creeks, while construction continues on Pine Creek in Winona County. Designs were completed for work on Mill, Willow, and Newberg creeks,
with construction bids to be solicited in the near future and the construction to
begin next year. Future work also includes logging on Spring Valley Creek and restoration work on Lynch Creek. Looking even further into the future, a large-scale
project on the Root River in Preston has been moving through the Lessard-Sams
process with the rest of the Minnesota National Trout Unlimited (MNTU) projects. We had Hiawatha Trout Unlimited (HTU) Chapter work days on East Indian (beaver
dam removal and tree cutting) and Camp Creek (tree cutting on banks adjacent to
the bike path).
As we bring in more designers and as more experience is gained with stream restoration in the Driftless Region, different techniques and varied approaches are being
applied to our projects. We work closely with the Department of Natural Resource
(DNR) throughout each project’s life cycle and we’ve learned from our colleagues in
Wisconsin and Iowa, thanks to events sponsored by Trout Unlimited Driftless Area
Restoration Effort (TUDARE). We now have a variety of contractors doing these
projects for two reasons:
1. State law requires bids from multiple qualified firms on state funded projects. This requires us to follow state guidelines for the awarding of contracts and for
which we are auditable.
2. There are many habitat improvement projects being done throughout Minnesota by MNTU, not just in the Southeast. This has been seen as too much work for
any one company.
We here at HTU continue to monitor and learn as our local projects mature so we
can provide restorations that improve habitat and hold up through whatever nature can dish out. As we work on local HTU projects, the construction plans are
posted to hiawathatu.org.
Our March meeting is the HTU Annual Members
Meeting where we say good-bye and thank you to
officers and board members leaving their seats and
welcome to the new officers and board members
being voted in. The HTU Spring Conservation Banquet will be April 11 at the Canadian Honker Event
Center in the Kahler Apache. Additional events
coming up are the MinnAqua adult and youth weekend through the DNR May 29-31 and T.U.N.E. Camp
run by Pheasants Forever and TU June 25-28. More
details coming soon.
Yours Truly, Phil Pankow
HTU Newsletter Editor
February 2015
HTU Board
Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Frank Angelotti, Phil
Pankow, Carl Berberich, Marlene
Huston, Ray Ricketts
• Chapter finances: Think Checking
$5653.23Think MM$7,579.85, Altra
Checking $5030.88 Altra Savings
$5.00
• We owe a bill for $2611.72 to Fish
and Pets for TIC equipment
• We shall try to get store credit from
Mend Provisions for the donation of
fine vintage fly reels from Jim Suk. Carl will take them over.
Education
• The Winter fly tying class was cancelled due to lack of signups
• A Rochester community education
fly fishing for women class is scheduled for March 4, 11 and 18.
Upcoming Events
March members meeting March 2
• Annual Chapter elections
• Lake Superior Steelhead presented
by Carl Haensel
Great Waters Expo March 20-22
• MNTU will get booth space for all
chapters who wish to be present
• We have hotel accommodations
booked
April 11 HTU Banquet
• Have venue and rough program
need to start meting for banquet
Spring MNTU Meeting
• tentatively in Rushford but we expect it to move to our banquet venue
on April 11
May 29-31
• MNDNR MinnAquaflyfishing camp
June 25-28
• TUNE Camp
• Volunteers are needed to help with
these events. Contact me at [email protected] if you would like
to help and I shall point you in the
right direction.
respectfully submitted by
Frank Angelotti, HTU secretary
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