January / February 2014 Newsletter

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VOLUME 14, ISSUE 1. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014
& EVENTS
MEETINGS
2014
A TU White River
Adventure
Future
Meetings
and Events
by Old Nimrod (aka John Jewett)
I
have been member of Trout Unlimited for
many years; however, I have never taken
part in any activities. I am an active fisherman,
taking regular trips in the U.S. and Canada.
I had just returned from a week of Walleye and
Northern fishing on Red Lake, Ontario, when
I received an e-mail seeking participants in a
White River Trip. I have never fished Arkansas,
I am retired, and had nothing to keep me from
going. I have a regular fishing buddy, and I
was somewhat concerned about fishing with
strangers, until I talked to Stan.
The Norfork Trout Dock is a great
destination for the trout fisher, it is hard to
imagine a better place. The lodgings are
clean, modern,
and spacious,
with a large deck
overlooking a
spectacular scenic
River. Norfork,
Arkansas has
excellent sporting
goods, fishing, and
fly shops… nearly
everything supports
tourism and
fishermen. The Trout
Dock has it all from
Stan fishing
local fishing guides,
reasonable boat
rentals, and plenty of knowledgeable advice on
the river. It is at the confluence of the White
River and Norfork River. The White River has
plenty of catchable size Rainbow (both natural
and released), some Cutthroat, and Browns
which can be large and challenging.
I was very late to join this trip so, everyone
else had plans. My new mates were up and
John with fish
gone near first light; though the morning was
cool and foggy, they were off to meet their
guide. I followed Stan to drop his truck and
trailer downstream where he would end his
kayak float. I wandered down to the Trout Dock
to check any opportunities. I was provided a
map and an orientation of the nearby wading
and bank fishing opportunities. The fog was
fading and several fly fishers could be seen
on the shore or in waders. The prices posted
for fishing guides, even for a full day, were
reasonable by the standards that I was used
to paying. I bought an Arkansas Annual Nonresident License (which runs date to date),
arranged for a guide, and hike up the hill to
grab my gear. Most of my fly fishing experience
is casting for bluegill and not much time in
cold water fisheries.
I took a St Croix Legend Extreme, 7’ light
action spinning rod and a St Croix, Legend
Elite 9’ 5wt fly rod to be prepared, not knowing
what my skill level with the fly rod would be
on this cold water river. I wanted to get the
Go to your 2014
calendar and mark
down the following
meeting and event
dates:
January 8th Wednesday
Board of Directors Meeting
January 15th Wednesday
OBTU Monthly Meeting
Huff & Huff Inc.
February 12th Wednesday
Board of Directors Meeting
February 19th Wednesday
OBTU Monthly Meeting
J.M. Reisetter
Minnesota Guide
March 12th Wednesday
Board of Directors Meeting
March 19th Wednesday
OBTU Monthly Meeting
Tim Waters
Wolf River TU
April 9th Wednesday
Board of Directors Meeting
April 16th Wednesday
OBTU Monthly Meeting
Wisconsin DNR Michael Miller
Continued on page 2
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White River Adventure continued from page 1
full experience for my first float trip on the White River so, I
bought the entire package, including “a shore lunch”. I was
back on the dock within a half an hour to meet my guide who
arrived within few minutes, in a narrow 20’ long aluminum
boat, well suited for the shallow boulder filled stream. My
Guide Nick Kopcha knew the White River and was an able
fishing guide.
I took up my spinning rod first, fishing Nick’s own special
formula, pickled ship, with a Gulp Bait teaser. I began catching
Rainbow soon after getting in the water. The bites were
extremely lite but ten to fourteen inch ‘bows were plentiful
and many hit the net and were returned to the water, with the
exception of those that we
would keep for shore lunch.
In addition to dozens of
Rainbows, I caught two wild
cutthroat and did battle with
a couple of Browns… one
was large enough to stay on
the rocky bottom until he
got free.
We enjoyed a wonderful
“shore lunch” of fresh trout,
fried potatoes, baked beans,
and salad. We were back
on the River this time with
a 5wt fly rod. Nick was an
able fly fishing guide and
very soon had me rigged
with a fly, drop fly, and strike
indicator. It was challenging
Guide cooking shore lunch
for me managing very much
line with all of that rig on
my line… Nick did spend some time untangling the tippet
from the end of my rod. It was a successful day and before we
headed up stream to the dock were had covered nearly seven
miles of water. Many hard fighting rainbows hit the net. The
five biggest became a special trout dinner, cooked on the grill
with special sauces and spices.
Sunday I shared guide John Berry with Stanley, up on the
“Trophy Area”, a catch and release stretch of the River. It was
another good day on the water, plenty offish, and a couple of
big brown trout which I was unable to get off the bottom.
The White River is clear, cold, and fast moving water…
the bottom covered with rocks, boulders, water plants, all in a
deep scenic river valley.
Guide John Berry
Breakfast foods were available for morning meals.
A great variety of cheese, deli meat, breads, condiments, chips,
beer, wine, and soda for lunch. Dinners were also cooked in the
large kitchen and social area. We had one amazing gourmet
meal at PJ’s, a wonderful local restaurant featuring Prime Rib
and Rack of Lamb for the Saturday night Special. This was
the great trip for a reasonable cost. Great fishing, wonderful
facilities, and good company.
President’s Letter
Fellow OBTU Members,
M
y term as the president of the Oak Brook chapter of
Trout Unlimited comes to an end at our annual meeting.
The time has long come for new leadership in the chapter and
accordingly I cannot accept appointment by the chapter Board
of Directors even if proffered. It has been a great privilege to
serve as your chapter president for the past five years and it
has given me great pleasure to have worked with the many
wonderfully motivated leaders of our chapter. I especially want
to thank our vice president, Stan Zarnowiecki, for all his hard
work over the past half decade. He certainly made my job a
lot easier. We have one of the best TU chapters in the nation,
especially when it comes to youth education programs, and I
am confident the future leadership of our chapter will continue
Greg
Officers: President, Greg Prosen – [email protected] 630-986-1310 • Vice President, Stan Zarnowiecki – [email protected] 708-606-4148 • Treasurer, David Lunardini
[email protected] 630-939-3471 • Directors: Ron Abrant – [email protected] 630-865-3086 • Keith Bielat – [email protected] 847-921-9752 • Robert Bresnahan
[email protected] • Dan Cekander – [email protected] 708-366-8052 • Jeff Kroger – [email protected] 630-369-4148 • Joe Vitti
[email protected] 630-969-2251 • Ex Officio Director: Marvin Strauch – [email protected] 708-599-5101 • Emeritus Directors: Jeff Berg
[email protected] 630-629-5681 • Wally Bock – [email protected] 708-598-6718 • Joe Hammon – [email protected] 708-453-8102 • Ed Michael
[email protected] 847-831-4159 • Doug Vanerka – [email protected] 630-655-0084.
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December Holiday Pint Night
Gary Stuck with the winning ticket for the annual
custom rod raffle.
Greg Prosen receiving a memento for his years as
OBTU president.
Dave Lunardini taking second place, the Big Fish
award.
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OBTU Financial Report
TU Annual Financial Report -­‐ FY2013
Chapter Name: 202 -­‐ Oak Brook
Chapter Number: 202
EIN: XXXXXXXXXX
Treasurer Name: David Lunardini
Treasurer Phone Number: 630-­‐939-­‐3471
Treasurer Email Address: [email protected]
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Contributions from individuals (including bequests), corporations or private foundations
Contributions from workplace giving campaigns
Federal & State Government Grants
Rebates from TU National/council
Embrace-­‐A-­‐Stream Grant
Investment/interest income
Meeting, banquet, special events and raffle income
Sale of inventory
Advertising
Grants from other TU Chapters
Councils, Foundation/Other nonprofit Grants
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Grants to other 501 ( c ) 3 organizations
Grants to other TU Chapters/Councils/National programs
Accounting fees
Bank and credit card processing fees
Legal fees
Supplies/Materials (for habitat work, events, recruiting, etc.)
Telephone
Postage and shipping (newsletters, events, recruiting, etc.)
Printing (newsletters, events, recruiting, etc.)
Rent (office and or storage space)
Conference, convention, and meeting expense (room rental or other event costs)
Travel
Cost of Merchandise Sold
Interest expense
Compensation of officers and directors
Compensation of staff
Contractors, Consultants, and Designers (website, habitat work, etc.)
Pension plan contributions
Other employee benefits
Payroll taxes
Other expenses (itemize):
1. Direct Public Programs
2. Dir Exp for Special Fund Raising Event
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Cash (in bank, etc.)
Receivables (money owed to chapter/ council)
Investments (Money market account, etc.)
Office Equipment (fair market value)
Inventory (special events merchandise, printed materials, and other items purchased)
Land and Real Estate (approx. fair market value)
Conservation Easements (appraisal or fair market value)
If easements held, does chapter set aside assets for long term stewardship & legal defense?
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33,375.00
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56,710.00
Program Se
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12,686.00
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OBTU Financial Report
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Matched Activities and Volunteer Hours
Leveraged or Matching Funds
Volunteer Hours:
Conservation
"Protect" percentage
"Reconnect" percentage
"Restore" percentage
Advocacy ("Sustain")
Communications ("Sustain")
Fundraising ("Sustain")
Engagement ("Sustain")
Youth Education and Outreach ("Sustain")
Total Volunteer Hours:
Total
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378
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Additional CEI Data Input
Conservation Activities
66 Number of conservation projects
67 Any project over $50K or 500 hours?
Education Activities
68 Number of education projects
69 Any project over $50K or 500 hours?
Service to Members
70 Number of chapter meetings
71 Average chapter meeting attendance
72 Number of newsletter published (incl. electronic)
73 Quality of chapter website
74 Have chapter listserv or email list?
Business Practices
75 Quality of strategic plan
76 Quality of budget process
77 Number of active chapter leaders
78 Amount of participation at council meetings
79 Number of chapter members who are council officers
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Monthly Feature
All things OBTU…
All things OBTU…
The Librarian’s Corner
here will be a lot of changes for our chapter in 2014. For
the first time in 5 years Greg Prosen will not be president
of the chapter. His leadership at board meetings and at our
general meetings will be missed. Our board for the new year
will also have some new faces added including a chapter
secretary and a membership director, both areas that we
needed desperate help with.
Also, by the middle of the year our newsletter, this Flyer,
will no longer be mailed to those members who are receiving
it now via the u.s. mail. Costs to print and mail over 325
newsletters every two months have exceeded our budget. We
are now spending close to $2,000.00 per year to accomplish
this. Raising and spending that kind of money for newsletters
is not getting as much bang for the buck as it could be if
we spent it for our conservation and education or general
operating funds in other programs for members. We will be
holding a drawing with prizes for those members who are
currently on the mailing list and provide us with an email
address so that they won’t miss an issue. Details for the
drawing will be in the March/April issue. The May/ June issue
will be the last version mailed.
We had a great year in 2013 capped off by Pint Night at
Rock bottom brewery. Those who attended got a chance to
mingle with other members in a more relaxed setting and
bid on some great silent auction prizes and bucket raffles.
We raised some much needed funds to support our general
operating fund and I would like to thank all members who
helped to make this such a successful event.
Our 2014 meeting schedule is already filled for the first
four months with a great line up of speakers including a
fly fishing guide from Minnesota, Wisconsin DNR stream
specialist, a technical environmental engineering firm, and
Wisconsin TU chapter officer from Wolf river TU. We will be
also offering a fly tying class associated with the Wolf river
TU speaker. Stay in touch and attend all of these meetings
that we have planned.
On the conservation area, we may be moving into
a different phase with our volunteer support of the
Coldwater river in Michigan. We are looking at the
potential of a macro invertebrate study that we will be
trained in and oversee. Stay tuned for more if you want
to be involved in this new endeavor.
by Phil Young
T
Midge Magic Fishing & Tying with Davy Wotton
(Fly Fish TV / Cascade Media Works, LLC / 2012)
2 DVD Set - 130 minutes, 56 minutes
If you fish tailwaters or winter trout streams, you should
watch Midge Magic Fishing & Tying. In this 2 DVD set,
Davy Wotton displays his expertise in both midge fishing
and tying. Some of you will recognize spots along Arkansas’
White and Northfork Rivers.
Midge Magic Fishing starts with a discussion of
fishing tools available to the fly fisher such as using mono
vs. fluorocarbon tippets for depth control, fly floatants and
fly line floatants for line control, use of foam and yarn
indicators and how to construct your own midge friendly
leaders. There is also demonstration of how a fluorocarbon
tippet eliminates sunny-day shadows that might spook
shallow-water trout, tips on approaching spooky trout in
streams and dead drift presentation and control. Davy then
shows the different techniques for fishing the midge in
soft (slow) water, moving water, deeper water and deep/fast
water. There is also a section on fishing emergers and midge
dry flies.
Midge Magic Tying starts with a discussion of materials
needed to tie midge patterns such as thread sizes and colors,
ribbing wires, fine dubbing and beads used for both weight
and attraction. Davy then ties the zebra midge, blood worm,
DW marabou tail blood worm, DW whitetail midge pupa,
Z-wing emerger, puff pupa emerger, midge dry/emerger
and shimmer midge. Each fly is tied clearly and the steps
are easy to follow. If you have ever fished these Arkansas
tailwaters, you know important zebra midges and emergers
are to successful fishing.
These videos as well as others in the chapter’s library
are available for check out at chapter meetings. If you are
holding any of the chapter’s other videos, please turn them
in when you are finished so that others may view them.
OBTU Needs You. Volunteer Today.
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January Speakers
Jim Huff
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February Speaker
Jim Huff and
Roger Klocek of
Huff & Huff Inc.
Stream Restoration,
Trout, Mussels, and
Chlorides
Jim Huff is a Purdue graduate in
Chemical Engineering and has his
Master’s from the Environmental
Engineering Department at Purdue.
In 2012, Jim was awarded the Civil
Engineering Alumni Achievement
Award from Purdue. Since 1980,
Jim has been part owner of Huff &
Huff, Inc.
Roger is a graduate of the University
of Illinois at Chicago and has been
a practicing aquatic biologist for
more than 40 years. He started with the Shedd Aquarium
and helped to develop its Conservation Department which
focused on field conservation of fish and invertebrates along
with captive breeding programs. Later he focused on aquatic
surveys of mid west streams and took a special interest in
native mussels.
Roger Klocek
An Introduction to fly fishing the
trout of Minnesota’s driftless area
J. M. Reisetter
Mark Reisetter started fly fishing around 1967 while a student
at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He began to really explore
southeast Minnesota trout streams in 1971 after returning from
Vietnam. In 1974 he caught a seven pound brown trout from
Rush Creek on a dry fly. When he met a fellow fly fisherman
who asked him to be taken out fishing in the driftless area it
was the beginning of his guiding business, which he has been
operating for fourteen years.
This presentation will describe some of the historical work on
mussel collections, and their connection to trout populations.
The history of Lake Pyramid in Nevada will be described and
how the history relates to chloride issues in local streams.
Chlorides, predominantly from highway de-icing practices
are evolving as a significant threat to restoring our waterways
in the northern climate, and emerging toxicity data suggests
our current standards are not restrictive enough; however,
all of our urban streams exceed the current water quality
standard, so lowering the standard complicates compliance.
An alternative approach to chloride regulations will be
presented, Best Management Practices. These practices and
the impediments in their implemen­tation will be described.
Mr. Reisetter is a board member of Win-Cres TU and vice
chairman of the Minnesota TU council. His presentation will
include information on fishing the driftless area of Minnesota
as well as updating our chapter on what Minnesota TU is
involved in with the area.
Please make sure to join us on Wednesday, January 15th, and
be ready to learn something new from this knowledgeable
presentation.
Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, February 19th,
and make sure you don’t miss this presentation.
You can visit ww.obtu.org for directions on the location
of the meeting.
You can visit ww.obtu.org for directions on the location
of the meeting
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