CMTU Chapter Meeting: 2010 - 2011
Monday, 20 March 2006 19:56    | Written by Phillip Horowitz   

 

Central Massachusetts Trout Unlimited  

chapter #148

Happy End of the summer Trout Unlimited Members and Friends.

It's time to start thinking about cooler temperatures and Trout at the surface again.

The 2010-2011 season begins on September 9, at the Audubon Broad Meadow Preserve 

(Direction below)

CMTU is proud to have as our Special Guest Speaker

Angus Boezman

 

Angus Boezeman has been fly fishing for 35 years and is an active member of his

local Trout Unlimited chapter. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the

Wildlife Heritage Foundation of NH and is very active with the NH Guides Association.

Angus has fished all over the Northeast, including most of Maritime Canada,

Northern Quebec and Labrador. He is a licensed fishing guide in New Hampshire, his

specialty being the Connecticut River in Pittsburg, NH. He also operates a fly fishing

school through his company, Broadside International. In the off-season Angus gives fly

fishing lectures and fly tying classes around New England.

 

 

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The meeting begins at 6:15 with the Fly Tying instruction until 6:50

The General meeting will start at 7:00 promptly, followed by the feature presentation

 

 

2010-2011 Fly Fishing Show schedule

 Trout Unlimited Annual meeting in Waterville Valley N.H.  September 15-19 with the

The Lang's Sporting Collectble Auction on November 11-5 

The Marlborough Fly Fishing Show at The Royal Plaza Conference Center. January 14-16

The Eastern Fishing and Outdoor Expo at the DCU center in Worcester.February 10-19


 

 

 

 Highlights

 

2nd Annual CMTU BBQ  

 

Fish With a Member

CMTU Annual trip to Montana 2010 

 

Our President with a nice big 19" Rainbow

 

Our Treasurer with a nice Brown 

 

 

Our past President with a big smile 

 

 

Big Sky at its best 

 

Indian Hollow Weekend

Mass RI Council Campout Chesterfield MA

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Yearly Meetings from September until May

Directions to the Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Preserve 414 Massasoit Avenue, Worcester:

From East: I-90, exit 11 to Rt. 122 North, left on Rt. 20 West, right on Massasoit 1/4 mile on left.
From West: I-90, exit 10A to Rt. 20 SW Cutoff, left on Massasoit, ¼ mile on left.
From North: I-290 exit 14, Rt. 122 South to Massasoit Rd., Preserve is on the right.

 

 

 
Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 September 2010 11:43 )
 
Hamant Brook Dam removal project
Wednesday, 24 March 2010 00:00    | Written by Phillip Horowitz   

The Hamant Brook project in Sturbridge consists of an undersized, perched culvert, a series of 3 dams with impoundments, and other stream impairments.  The culvert and downstream dam are located on Old Sturbridge Village property, while the two upstream dams are on Town of Sturbridge property.  Brook trout were only collected upstream of all of the impoundments and key riverine species, like fallfish and white sucker, were collected in decreasing abundances downstream of the impoundments.  These findings indicated a lack of fish passage due to the presence of barriers.  Through dam removal and culvert replacement, a major goal of the overall project is to create habitat connectivity for both riverine and coldwater species as well as extend the length of coldwater habitat.  The project and gaining town support started back in Fall 2007.  This past fall, we gained support to move forward on developing proposals for funding of stream restoration, including dam removal, in Hamant Brook and have been seeking match funding for the anticipated larger funding from Millenium.  The project outlined in the MET grant will contribute to the overall dam removal project by providing funding to remove a blown-out trail crossing (located upstream of the impoundments) and replace it with a new appropriately sized trail crossing in addition to some stream bank restoration materials.  Some of this funding would also be allocated to construction of a kiosk explaining the value of brook trout and coldwater habitat, the habitat restoration process, and credits to involved parties.  The full project, from start of engineering design, is expected to take up to another 2 years, hopefully no more than 3 years (depending on dam removal approach).  The MET project timeline is shorter and should occur in 1 year from the start of funding on July 1, 2010.

 

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Last Updated ( Monday, 05 April 2010 20:05 )