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Project Access and Spring Willow Planting- April 26th!

Join fellow NYC TU and TGF members to re-establish gravel handicap ramps on the Willowemoc and plant willow saplings on the banks of Horton Brook, an important Beaverkill tributary. Meeting place: Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum, Livingston Manor. Time: TBA. If you're interested in participating, please contact John Field.

NYC TU Central Park Casting Clinic at 2008 Adventures NYC

Mark your calendars: June 14th 12-4P between the Central Park Band Shell and Bethesda Fountain. NYC TU will be offering free casting lessons to TU members and the public; first come first served. We will have fly-fishing outfits for you, but feel free to bring your own. Want to cast with less effort, more accurately, farther, we can help! Most of our instructors are Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructors. Email for more details

Chapter Trip Announced:

Come Fish the Catskills May 30th and 31st with NYC TU- The prime fishing weekend of the year! Stay for two nights on the banks of the Willowemoc at the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum and Center for $75. Space limited to first 20 members. For more info or reservations, contact Duncan Blair.

NYC's Ian White Promotes monoMaster Conservation Tool

Get a line on this: New York City Cornell graduate school student and president of Cornell Fly-fishing Club, Ian White, owns a little company called Grasshopper Products. His new product, "monoMaster", is designed to wind-up and store waste monofilament line until disposal; whether it came off your reel, or you found it on the ground. This ease helps protect the environment from discarded waste. The tool can be worn on your vest, or attached in a boat, etc. It prevents tangles in pockets with other objects like tools. According to Ian, monoMaster has been endorsed by the FFF, James Prosek. Richard Friedenberg; author of the sceenplay "A River Runs Through it". Ian has a website and is in the process of getting it distributed by national retailers. Ian has donated 5 monoMaster tools for our April 3rd fund raiser at Brooklyn Brewery (see above). Grasshopper Products

TGF/NYCTU Alliance

Jan 15th- The alliance was solidified when NYC TU President, John Field offered our help at the TGF Board Meeting on Jan. 15th. The Board unanimously accepted and welcomed us. This is the result of Theodore Gordon Fly Fishers President, Bert Darrow and his talk on conservation plans to NYC TU at our Dec. 3rd meeting. NYC TU will work together with TGF on several upcoming projects.

Art Flick Chapter Briefs NYC TU on Carmans River Invasive Species

Jan 6/08- Art Flick President and NYS TU Council V.P. Dave Thompson and Art Flick Past President George Costa gave a presentation to the NYC TU board on this serious problem. Carmans is a Long Island coastal spring creek that is home to a unique native strain of brook trout and several other anadromous species. The big problem is that the Brookhaven and Yaphank's citizens are faced with a two-edged sword. Dammed sections of Carmans have Milfoil and Fanwart infestations. These are invasive weed species most residents don't want, and they are split between employing either a known toxic, carcinogenic herbicide, or dredging, which would adversely effect all forms of aquatic life too. Art Flick's position is not to use either of these methods and find one that does less harm to the environment. Ideally, taking out the dams would eliminate the weeds and increase natural habitat, but would adversely impact lakeside real estate values. Read some local views:

Bert Darrow Addresses NYC TU on Conservation Projects

Dec. 3/07- Bert spoke at a membership meeting in Manhattan to share his conservation experiences and current projects in the Catskills. Bert is President of Theodore Gordon Fly Fishers and serves on the board of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum. He was the NYS Council TU 2003 Individual Conservation Award and Silver Trout recipient. Bert is a past President of the Catskill Mountains Chapter of TU and Regional Vice President of the NY State Council of TU in Region 3.

These issues are ones Bert is working on, and welcomes our chapter's help as well:

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