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Hello Friends,

As your Chairman of Washington Council of Trout Unlimited, I am proud to announce we are sending out our second newsletter for 2014 and have work planned in 2015. Over the last year we have been promoting the Women’s Initiative movement with bringing more la-dies within our organization and supporting a women’s day of fly fishing this summer with professional trainers who volunteered their time for the event. We plan on more events for 2015 so keep an eye out on the council calendar and news bulletins. This past year also was a great success story for our Icicle Valley Chapter with the Wenatchee River now open to sport fishing after being closed for well over 20 plus years. This is a great accomplishment for the Chapter and state and to the generations of families who have not been able to enjoy this great fishery.

Our Washington Council of Trout Unlimited Radio show continues to bring the latest news and information about the great successful stories which make our Council one of the strongest councils within TU. We have had our President and CEO Chris Wood providing us great information about the work done throughout the states to our Heroes of Conser-vation from Field and Stream magazine. You can access the recorded interviews with a link that will be provided by our communication focal with all the recorded programs. This year we will be honored with our own NLC Representative Mark Taylor being appointed to the National Leadership Council Board of Trustees in September, Mark is past Chairman and Winn Memorial award recipient last year in Madison Wisconsin was a direct reflection of his vast and expertise knowledge of our conservation efforts in our State.

This will conclude our 2014 newsletter for the year and in 2015 we will be planning more great family and fishing opportunities for all our members. I invite everyone to come out and attend a Council meeting that is conducted in various cities around the state. Look for the emailed bulletin to be sent out this month of meeting times and location. As we plan for 2015, I encourage our membership to become more involved with your local chapters and environmental issues that affect our native trout and salmon. We promise to continue to fight for legislation that protect our native fish and preserve the sanctity of our fisheries.

Tight Lines!

Rosendo Guerrero

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The Trout/Salmon Leader Washington Council of Trout Unlimited Spring 2014, Volume 1, Issue 1

The Return of The Leader Dave Moazed Washington Council of TU newsletter editor

Your Washington Council is getting back into the news-letter business, so you are better informed about what we’re doing. I intend to re-print articles from our chapters’ newsletters, relevant news, a column from Council Chair Rosendo Guerrero, a calendar, and much more. If there’s information that I haven’t included that you would like to read, please let me know, @ [email protected]. Thanks!

I look forward to a prosperous new year in 2014 for our Council and Fly fishing Academy in Lacey, with an expected record attendance this year of 12-16 year old children. This activity has been the direct result of a vision created by one man, Dick Nye. We continue Dick’s dream of educating our youth. Our Mission is to prepare youth to become our next generation of con-servation leaders and natural resource stewards. The Academy experience will provide its participants with a better understanding, appreciation, and awareness of the Northwest’s natural resources, watersheds, and trout and salmonid habitat. We have numerous activi-ties planned throughout the year and events can be found on our Council website as well as Facebook page for the Council.

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My Catch Rosendo Guerrero Washington Council of TU Chair

Hello friends as your chair of Washington Council of Trout Unlimited, I wanted to send out this newsletter to keep our members informed of all the great accomplish-ments our chapters and council have achieved over the last year and to open the lines of communication to all our members. One of the biggest accomplishments in 2014 that the council was able to complete is the hiring of a communication coordinator who will be working to promote the council’s activities by sending out newslet-ters, soliciting advertisements from various companies. We are hoping that this will improve our communication to all our members within our state. We also have ap-pointed a new Women’s initiative chair that is focusing on women within our State with activities focused around getting more ladies involved with our chapters; we will be hosting our first women’s casting class in June and fliers are expected to be sent out with a blast email this week. As your chair decisions on membership can be trying at times and reaching out to members where there are no chapters can be hard to provide activities for you to get involved with. So effective July 1, 2014. those members in our at large groups will be assigned to a neighboring chapter that will provide communication as to activities the chapter is hosting as well as providing any assistance with membership.

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Bellevue-Issaquah #109 | President Robert Metzger | (425) 765-1035 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 2nd Wednesday at Issaquah Brewhouse, 35 W. Sunset Way, Issaquah www.facebook.com/pages/BellevueIssaquah-Chapter-of-Trout-Unlimited/265727933458235 | www.tu-bi.org September 16 General Meeting--speaker Justin Spinelli, of the WDFW, will speak on “The volunteer efforts to collect fishery related data to guide management decisions” October 4 & 5 Issaquah Salmon Days booth-volunteers needed October 8 General Meeting-speaker TBD October 18 Kokanee Fun Run in Lake Sammamish Park. Volunteers needed November 12 General Meeting-speaker TBD December 10 Christmas party (tentative date) Clark County #560 | President Tammy Mackey | (360) 513-3725 | [email protected] We are actively seeking officers to help get the chapter back on track. Please contact Tammy Mackey. https://www.facebook.com/ClarkCountyTroutUnlimited

Duwamish-Green #115 | President Ron DeSilva | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 3rd Tuesday at Normandy Park Community Club (The Cove), 1500 SW Shorebrook Dr, Normandy Park https://www.facebook.com/pages/Duwamish-Green-Chapter-of-Trout-Unlimited/326301204136699

Edmonds Salmon #101 | President Greg Beach | (206) 987-1153 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 4th Wednesday at South Snohomish County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds http://edmondschaptertroutunlimited.blogspot.com/ September 3 Board Meeting, Willow Creek Hatchery, Edmonds WA September 24 General Meeting, Edmonds Senior Center, Edmonds WA October 1 Board Meeting, Willow Creek Hatchery, Edmonds WA November 5 Board Meeting, Willow Creek Hatchery, Edmonds WA November 19 General Meeting, Edmonds Senior Center, Edmonds WA

Icicle Valley #391 | President Dave Moazed | (509) 548-0903 | [email protected] Membership Meetings October-May, 2nd Wednesdays at the Icicle Inn in Leavenworth Restaurant, 280 US Hwy 2, Leavenworth https://www.facebook.com/IcicleValleyTroutUnlimited September 27 Annual Banquet & Auction, Auction preview beginning at 5:00. Prime Rib Dinner at 6:30. Tickets are $50. Contact Dave Moazed 509.548.5651

Kittitas #379 | President Tim Wudi | [email protected] http://www.tu.org/connect/groups/379-kittitas-valley

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Klickitat #484 | President Olivia Holderman | (509) 773-3326 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 1st Wednesday at Columbia Bank Meeting Room, 202 W. Main St., Goldendale https://www.facebook.com/KlickitatTroutUnlimited

North Kitsap-Bainbridge Island #383 | President Chris Taylor | (206) 498-9158 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 2nd Monday at Central Market Poulsbo (upstairs), 20148 10th Ave., Poulsbo http://northkitsapbainbridge.tu.org/ September 8 TU General Membership Meeting September 18 Fly Tying Night Series - Pacific Salmon Flies. We’ll tie various patterns for salmon in rivers, as well as steelhead. All skill levels welcome. Central Market upstairs. September 25 Elwa River Dam Removal Private Tour. Join us on a private tour for our TU chapter as we see first hand where they are in terms of the dam removal, wild fish recovery, etc. October 4 Cowling Creek Fish Ladder Construction. We will be building a fish ladder on Cowling Creek for the chum run. We need all the help we can get, so please help of you can. Contact Chris or Steve. October 13 TU General Membership Meeting November 1 Salmon Viewing Day at Fish Park in Poulsbo Salmon Viewing Day is a big event for the city of Poulsbo. This is an opportunity to for our chapter to teach hundreds of people all about our fall chum salmon run on Dogfish Creek. We’ll talk about how our TU chapter has worked so hard over the last 25 years at restoring and maintaining this (now) self sustaining population of chum salmon and why it is so important to our local ecosystem. We need volunteers to help run the booth. Please contact Chris or Steve if you can help! November 10 TU General Membership Meeting December 6 TU Christmas Party and Auction December 8 TU General Membership Meeting

Northshore #220 | President Dave Steiner | (425) 870-5688 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 1st Tuesday at the Lake Trail Taproom, located at 7324 NE 175th www.facebook.com/Northshoretroutunlimited | http://northshoretu.blogspot.com/

Olympia #189 | President Joe Durham | (360) 532-4485 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 4th Wednesday at N Olympia Fire Station, 5046 Boston Harbor Road NE, Olympia October 22 Annual Meeting Of Chapter, President and Treasurer reports will be given, and the election of Officers and Directors will be conducted. At this time, the offices to be elected are: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two 3-Year Director positions. Nominations may be submitted to any Board member, made at a general membership meeting, or made at the beginning of the Annual Meeting.

Sky Valley Chapter #654 | President Max Jones | (425) 238-4590 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 2nd Tuesday at Qualco Energy Meeting Room, 18117 203rd St. SE, Monroe https://sites.google.com/site/skyvalleychapter/Home

Spokane Falls #76 | President Bill Abrahamse | (509) 209-4048 | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 1st Tuesday at Longhorn BBQ on North Argonne https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spokane-Falls-Trout-Unlimited/192341541949

Tacoma #146 | President Gene Harshman | [email protected] Membership Meetings are 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm Johnny’s of Fife in Fife, WA https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tacoma-Chapter-of-Trout-Unlimited/214057528637495

Yakima #94/Yakima Fly Fishers | President Fred Collier | (509) 969-4985 Membership Meetings are 3rd Thursday at 7:00 pm Jack-son’s Sports Bar, 432 S. 48th Ave., Yakima http://www.yakimaflyfishers.org/wp/

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Washington State FairWCTU Exhibit

Take the opportunity to attend the up-coming Washington State Fair (Sept. 5th through the 21st) in Puyallup, WA. Free admission and free parking. All you need to do is staff the Trout Unlim-ited exhibit in the Northwest Outdoors Building for a single 3 ½ hour shift. Your help is needed, so sign up for one (or more) of these daily shifts:

10:00am to 1:30pm 1:30pm to 5:00pm 5:00pm to 8:30pm

To sign up, contact Ron Holtcamp 360-943-8269, and select a date(s) and shift(s); or if you have questions. If you are new to TU, don’t hesitate to sign up – all the information you will need will be at the exhibit.

Admission and parking passes are mailed as there is no ‘will call’, so include your mailing address in your response.

NOMINATIONS OPEN The annual meeting of the chapter will be held October 22, 2014, beginning at 7:00pm at the North Olympia Fire District,5046 Boston Harbor Road NE, Olympia. President and Treasurer reports will be given, and the election of Officers and Directors will be conducted.At this time, the offices to be elected are; President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two 3 Year Director positions.Nominations may be submitted to any Board member, made at a general membership meeting, or made at the beginning of the Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON STATE FAIR

You have the opportunity to attend the upcoming Washington State Fair (Sept 5 through21) with a free admission and free parking. All you need to do is staff the Trout Unlimited exhibit in the Northwest Outdoors Building for a single 3 ½ hour shift. And your help is needed! So sign up for one (or more) of these daily shifts:


Contact Ron Holtcamp,[email protected], 360-943-8269, and selct a date(s) and shift(s). If you are new to TU, don't hesitate to sign up – all the information you will need will be at the exhibit.

RETURN OF THE LEADER

Long-time members of any Washington State chapter of Trout Unlimited (and regional chapters of its predecessor, Northwest Steelhead and Salmon Council) will recall receiving a newspaper. It came every two months and was simply titled The Leader. Though unpublished for over a decade, WCTU is bringing it back as part of the commitment for increased communication with our members. Be on the lookout for your initial issue!

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HELPING OUR VETERANS

Olympia and Tacoma Chapter members are committed to improving the 'quality of life' for resident veterans of the 'Community Living Center' (CLC) at the Veterans Hospital on American Lake. Every Tuesday morning, May through September, (weather permitting), veterans are wheeled from the CLC to the dock and provided all the gear, lures, and assistance they need to fish. The highlight is the end of season 'net pen derby'. Each veteran can catch a 3 – 5 lb trout. But it may not happen this year. We need $1,500 to cover the cost and we need to know by mid-September if you can contribute. E-mail Ron Holtcamp, [email protected], thank you!

DID YOU LET THIS ONE GET AWAY?

If you did not your Trout 2015 calendar, it is likely due to one of the following reasons:

• You are not a member of TU

• Your membership expired

• It was mailed to the wrong address

• TU does not have your valid addressYou can resolve any of those problems by going on-line to www.tu.org and join, or view your membership information.Or, you can come to the August chapter meeting and check out your data on the chapter roster. Or contact Ron Holtcamp by e-mail or phone. And if it didn't get away, but you would be willing to turn it loose, the chapter always has need of extra copies to have at public events throughout the year. Bring them with you to any chapter meeting.

For those of us who’ve followed the restoration of Lower Bear Creek, the attached pho-tos bring the story up to date: water has now been diverted into the new meandering creekbed. The first photo is the old creek channel, now in the process of being filled with rock to be followed by fill-dirt and eventually natural plants. The second photo shows the new meander’s middle reach with large woody debris still going in. The third shot looks downstream at the lower reach all the way to the new confluence with Sammamish River, barely identifiable in the distance River. The following site descrip-tion offered by explorer-discoverer Dick Schaetzel tells the story better than I can. In fact, when I went down there on Monday after Dick gave me the news, I couldn’t get close to see those sights because of the on-going truck/earth-mover traffic. “While touring the site last weekend, I was surprised to see that the creek has been to-tally diverted into the new channel. The banks have been reinforced with secured “large woody debris”. I was ecstatic to see that the new section of the creek has both slow and fast moving water, riffles and pools. The creek substrate is varied, from sand to cobble. Some of the cobble looks about the correct size for sockeye or coho redd material. The creek meanders back and forth. Near the mouth of the creek, many shrubs and veg-etation have been planted. Unfortunately, with a summer planting (not the smartest thing to do without an irrigation plan in place) many of the plants are now dead.

If you have gone by the site you have seen the huge mounds of dirt and probably wondered where all that dirt will go. Well, they are using the dirt to fill in most of the old creek bed. There are three large section where they are leaving the old bed alone. They will be connected to the new channel and used as backwater resting/rearing areas for fish and other critters. This is what they are currently working on. Construction is still underway with very heavy equipment being used so please stay clear of the site for now.” I have only rough ideas about what’s next after Redmond’s Division of Natural Resources finishes planting the area. The project manager plans to have the project completed by the end of November and will be monitoring flows and maintaining habitat for a cou-ple more years before turning it over to Parks and Recreation. The city is committed to putting up a totem and historical signage to commemorate the Indian artifacts found on-site. Beyond that, Parks and Rec will start the process of park-planning at some point, but has given no clue to what they have in mind for public access. If anyone is interested, I have a copy of the old “Public Access Open Space Agreement” from 1996 when the property was still in private hands. I can also refer you to a couple oldtimers who have ambitious bridge plans for Marymoor Park.

Lower Bear Creek Project By Gary Smith

“This is great! While we have been concentrating our efforts on the south end with our fry counting and stream surveys, you’ve been herding and handling the north end of the lake. Well done.” -Rick Farmer


Letter From The Editor Working on this edition of the Trout & Salmon Leader Newsletter has been a wonderful adventure into the world of Trout Unlimited. I truly enjoy reading the articles from our correspondents from around Washington State. I have been amazed and inspired by the num-ber of activities and projects. I feel lucky to be able to deliver their news to you. I hope you will have time to participate and volunteer if you have time. Thank you to all of our sponsors for helping to make this publication possible. Stay Conscious & Connected! ~Becky Jensen

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Fry-day, April 25, 2014, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.Ebright Creek at the Pereyra Residence

5thAnnual Kokanee Fry Release

11:30-noon Invitees and guests arrive and assemble

Noon-12:05 Welcome and event overview from The Honorable Tom Vance, Mayor, City of Sammamish

12:05-12:35 Fry release into Ebright Creek with drumming and songs by the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, blessing in Lushootseed

12:35-12:37 Introduction of Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Dow Constantine, King County Executive

12:37-12:45 Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior

12:45-1:15 Speakers (2-3 minutes each):

The Honorable Dow Constantine, King County Executive

The Honorable Fred Butler, Mayor, City of Issaquah

The Honorable Fred Stokes, Councilmember, City of Bellevue

The Honorable Carolyn Lubenau, Snoqualmie Tribal Council Chair

Bob Everitt, Regional Director, WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Puget Sound - Region 4

Peter Herzog, Assistant Director, WA State Parks

Rosendo Guerrero, State President, Washington Council of Trout Unlimited

Ilene Stahl, Board Member, Friends of Pine Lake

David St. John on behalf of the Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group. Additional celebratory remarks from Kokanee Work Group members and guests will be welcomed.

1:15-2:00 Invitees and guests visit the restoration site and socialize

2:00 Adjourn

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The little red fish that could!

Women’s Fly Fishing Class By Debbie ListonOn June 21st 2014 Washington Council sponsored a Women’s Fly Fishing class at Gwinwood Christain Camp in Lacey, Washington. There were total of 12 women from many different chapters and different levels of skill. We started at 8:00am with a pre-sentation from Rosendo Guerreo on Women’s Initiative, why W.I. was started and what we want to accomplish. We then had a fly tying course taught by John Silvey and Robert Metzger. From fly tying we moved outside for Fly Casting Class.

We began by using paint brushes to practice what our wrist is suppose to do and not do. The instructors were, Robert Gerlach, Bill Wheeler and Mike Clancy. They split us up into two groups, of the more experienced and not so much. We practiced, practiced, practiced and practiced, with much help from our instructors. Olympia chapter came out to help with the BBQ lunch and the food was great. After a very fun and exciting raffle, we headed to the lake to test out the skills we just learned. We started fishing hoping to be the first to bring in that big fish. The wind was not our friend , and with the warm summer day , the fish were just not biting, This did not stop the fun and excitement of the day event. Although there was no fish caught, the day was a big hit. Thank you to all the volunteers that came out to help, this event would not of happen without all of you. The Council is already talking about the next event for ladies and what we can do to make it better.


It was as if Mother Nature herself wanted to thank the attendees of the 5th Annual Kokanee Fry Release on Friday, April 25th at the Pereyra Residence near Lake Sam-mamish. Clear skies and light wind made for a gorgeous day as the Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group’s 5th annual release event was a great success! The impressive list of speakers included Mayor Fred Butler of Issaquah, Mayor Tom Vance of Sammamish, and Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, as well as many more local public servants and aquatic life organizations. I was honored to be a part of this important event as the fresh water Fry were released into the crystal clear waters of Ebright Creek. I captured many of the amazing Fry releases on film, but perhaps what was more amazing was the number of guests that attended the event. People stood, surrounding the bridge over-looking Ebright Creek as the students of Campbell Hill in Renton released the tiny fish as the Snoqualmie Native American Tribe sang songs and played tribal drums.

Shortly after the release, The Honorable Dow Constantine, King County Executive took to the podium and introduced the Keynote Speaker, Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior.

“Congratulations on bringing this fish back...” Said Secretary Jewell as she addressed the guests of the event. She went on to say “When a fish doesn’t need to be listed as threatened or endangered because communities get together and bring these species back, that is winning!” Inspiring words for an inspiring cause.

Snoqualmie Tribal Council Chair, Carolyn Lubenau then took the stand. “Our people called the Kokanee ‘the little red fish’... the little red fish made it possible for our people to live here year-round,” said Lubenau.

This event served as a message to everyone across the country stating that Washing-ton is becoming more ecologically aware and environmentally conscious. Though only an average of 2% of these small Kokanee Fry will reach their destination, public awareness and wildlife events like this one are important to keeping this small but important species off of the endangered list. I could not be more proud to have been part of such a great cause.

5th Annual Kokanee Fry Release By Will Gilmore

Women’s Fly Fishing Event

Tying Flies At The Fly Fishing Class

Fishing On The Dock

I recently had the privilege of being 1 of 3 volunteer TU staff members at the TU Teen Summit held June 28-July 2 in the Driftless Area of SW Wisconsin. The term “Driftless” refers to that after the last Ice Age, this area wasn’t run over by glaciers so it had no glacial deposits (called “drift”) like the flat area just north of there had. The surroundings for the Summit was hilly and beautiful with hardwood forest and corn fields where it was flat.

The B/I chapter help sponsor 2 of our chapter’s teen members, Sam Schremer and Austin Chu, to the Summit which had a total of 24 teens attending from all over the country. I was very impressed with all of the teens attending. They each told us what work they were doing within their chapters and they area doing a lot. Their work ranged from petitioning they legislature in Maine to get a dam removed on the Penobscot River to starting a Headwaters chapter on their college campus during their freshman year at college and signing up over 90 members the 1st year. During the Summit, the teens also got to start and complete a new river access route to a local fishing stream. TU is fortunate to have these young conservationists as members and I expect many great conservation causes to be completed by these exceptional teens.

The Summit wasn’t all work. The teens got to fish for the elusive Brown Trout and though the conditions were not the best—there were a lot of big Mid-West electrical thunderstorms—they did manage to catch their share of fish.

I can’t end my report without giving kudos to the TU national staff directing this Summit. Franklin Tate, the director of the Sum-mit, and Rochelle Gander-Roud, his hard working assistant and chief planner of events for the Summit and she is also a Tacoma TU chapter member, ran a well organized event. Everything went smooth except when they had me drive 30 miles on back county, dirt farm roads to take some teens to a fishing hole but that’s another whole story. I finally found our way back to the camp before ending up in Iowa.

To finalize, it was a great Teen Summit and this is a smart idea to get young people enthused and involved in conservation work because these will be TU’s next leaders and they are going to be good leaders!

8/24/2014 Teen Summit Article Written By Austin "Savage"

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Teen Summit Article Written By Austin "Savage"

by Austin “Savage” *

Last week, Sam * and I had the greatopportunity of going to the TroutUnlimited Teen Summit. The TeenSummit is an annual gathering ofTrout Unlimited’s Y outh LeadershipCouncil (Y LC), a group of teenmembers chosen by applicationprocess. The idea of the summit is toget a group of teens from around thecountry to fish together, talk aboutTU, and share their common passionfor conservation. The Summit is heldeach y ear at a different location. Lasty ear, it was held in Grand TetonNational Park, Wy oming (the pleasantmemory of grasshoppersdisappearing into fat brown troutcomes to mind). This y ear, it was heldin the Driftless Area of Wisconsin. Getting to Wisconsin from Seattlewas surprisingly easy . For both of us,it was our first time fly ing with rods.There was Sam who was smart enoughto check every thing in. Then therewas me with my big, sketchy -lookingrod case made from a black pvc pipe.I’m surprised no one gave me anytrouble. We arrived at the Sugar Creek BibleCamp (“Closer to nature, closer toy ourself, closer to God!” read thesign) for the Summit and enjoy ed fiveday s of fishing, fly ty ing, discussingTU, learning about the Driftless Area,and just hav ing fun together.

There is so much from the Summit Icould talk about- where do I begin?

discussions, I learned a lot aboutother teens at the Summit. I alsolearned more about TU. In our first group discussion, peopleshared different way s they havecontributed to TU. There were manyamazing stories. Several immediatelycome to mind. There was Sam *, whoshared his story about making Troutin the Classroom part of his school’scurriculum. I also remember Ben *’stalk about the studies he started andconducted on his local streams, whichinvolve taking various measurementsof water quality .

Then there were two guy s, Sam * andMathias *, who were really passionateabout environmental issues in theirstate. They took action by shootingdocumentary films and lobby ing theirstate government. I was particularlyimpressed by Adam *’s story aboutstarting a Five Rivers Club at hiscollege. He wanted to start the clubeven before entering college.

Over the summer before hisfreshman y ear, he drafted the club’sconstitution so that he could get itrolling right away . At the beginning ofthe y ear he had seven members. Bythe end of his freshmen y ear, the clubhad grown to over 80 members andproved incredibly successful. Adamhas some big goals for next y ear,which include pushing membershipinto the triple digits and holding ahuge event. After talking to Adam moreafterwards, I decided that I wouldalso like to start a Five Rivers Club(I’m off to college next y ear). Adamgave me plenty of useful info andoffered to help in any way he can. Iknow I can learn a lot from him in thefuture.

Future goals/work was alsodiscussed. We talked a lot about ourlocal conservation issues anddifferent way s to take action. We alsotalked about advertising andincreasing teen membership.Currently , we are working on abrochure that will be finished byAugust. In addition to the brochure,we made plans to use social media


Kid’s Fishing Clinic By Dave SteinerKid’s Fishing Clinic in early June was a huge success! A total of 76 kids and 49 adults turned out on a beautiful sunny day in a great setting at Log Boom Park on North Lake Washington in Kenmore, resulting in very good fishing and lots of fun and smiles from all who participated!

Many thanks to the Washington Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife for the generous donation of 500 catchable hatchery trout and to all of the dedicated volunteers who contributed over 130 hours to make the event go off smoothly.

Mark Taylor, of the Bellevue-Issaquah chapter was elected to the Trout Unlimited Na-tional Board of Trustees as a Grassroots Member at the TU National meeting in Santa Fe. Mark is a Life Member of TU. Mark said of the postion " I am very honored and excited to represent Washington and and the Pacific Northwest at the National level! I look forward to working with national leadership, staff, and other state councils to continue the awesome work that TU does!" Since joining in 1999 he has been the president of 2 chapters, State VP of Member-ship, State Council Chair, and our National Leadership Council Representative. He has received many chapter, state council and national awards including Sportsman of the year, the Red Pittack Award for state lifetime achievement, the national Wynn Award for Anadromous Fish Conservation, and the Silver Trout Award for his chapter for their kokanee work. He has worked to keep TU working to protect and restore our fish through out the state. His chapter has been working with area partners to restore the nearly extirpated Lake Sammamish Kokanee. Mark was chosen as a Field & Stream Hero of Conservation Fi-nalist in 2009 for his work on that project. just last year the Lake Sammamish Basin was designated as one of the 1st 2 Urban Wildlife Refuges by USFWS giving the kokanee more help on the road to recovery. He has also been involved with helping get legislation passed to maintain fisheries on the Columbia, give the WDFW the tools to help fight invasive species, and keeping much of our shoreline and near shore habitat free of shellfish farms! His work also in-cludes helping to rebuild the state council in 2006, birth and maintain the WCTU Youth Conservation & Fly Fishing Academy, water quality and conservation measures, and communication efforts statewide including the our website and this newsletter.

Mark Taylor Elected To National Board Of Trustees

2014 Teen Summit Highlights By Robert Metzger

The Bellevue/Issaquah Chapter #109 is involved in the Protection and Restoration of the disappearing Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon. This chapter is the lead NGO in this effort. We have partnered with many other jurisdictions, agencies and NGOs working towards recovery as the Kokanee Work Group (KWG) http://www.kingcounty.gov/envi-ronment/animalsAndPlants/salmon-and-trout/kokanee/kokanee-workgroup.aspx . We filed, with the help of TU National, a petition for ESA protection in July 2007. While the petition was turned down, it has culminated in the Lake Sammamish Basin being desig-nated as one of the first 2 National Urban Wildlife Refuges. This designation has gained our efforts to recover the Lake Sammamish Kokanee national attention including a visit from Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell!

(See Video http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/secretary-jewell-announces-urban-wildlife-refuge-partnership-to-connect-seattle-communties-youth-to-lake-sammamish-watershed.cfm )

TU RadioWe started a biweekly internet radio program at blogtalkradio.com/troutunlimited. Hosted by Mark taylor and produced by Rabekah Jensen, we have featured many local conservation projects and volunteers as well as programs regarding Bristol Bay and the state of TU with Chris Woods. One of the projects we featured, Hooven Bog, was pur-chased and protected by Snohomish County shortly after the program. Podcasts of all the programs can be found at the above website. I believe we are the only consistent TU radio program in the country.

Project Healing WatersWe have also been involved with Project Healing Waters. We hosted an event with wounded vets at Rattlesnake Lake on June 14. We also raise money at meetings and events for PHW.

Kokanee Fun Run FundraiserOur chapter has 2 major fundraising events a year. Our biggest is the Run with the Ko-kanee which is held on the 3rd Saturday in October. Thanks to our sponsors and runners we raised over $8000 this year!

Fly Fishing Film Tour FundraiserThe other big fundraiser for us is hosting the Fly Fishing Film Tour on the 2nd Wednes-day in February. This fun event nets us about $1000 annually.

Women’s InitiativeBITU sent 3 representatives, John Silvey, Robert Metzger, and Mark Taylor to help with the Washington State Councils first Womens Meeting and Casting Clinic. We are con-stantly trying to recruit new members from all walks of life.

Cutthroat Trout & Kokanee Salmon Educational Signage Educational signs have been created to help anglers correctly identify Kokanee and na-tive Cutthroat Trout. The large scale color graphics explain the plight of the kokanee. The signs will be posted at all lake boat ramps on Lake Sammamish. Signs include photos and a QR code to website being built that will identify all of the fish living in Lake Sam-mamish and discusses their status and current fishing regulations.


Bellevue/Issaquah Chapter Activities By Mark Taylor

Bellevue/Issaquah Chapter of Trout Unlimited #109 PO Box 2652 Issaquah, Wa 98027

Women’s InitiativeBITU sent 3 representatives, John Silvey, Robert Metzger, and Mark Taylor to help with the Washington State Councils first Womens Meeting and Casting Clinic. We are constantly trying to recruit new members from all walks of life.

FundraisingOur chapter has 2 major fundraising events a year. Our biggest is the Run with the Kokanee which is held on the 3rd Saturday in October. Thanks to our sponsors and runners we raised over $8000 this year!

We also honored our biggest sponsor, the Snoqualmie Tribe, with our annual Conservationist of the Year, Non Member Award.

We honored our biggest sponsor, the Snoqualmie Tribe, with our annual Conservationist of the Year, Non-Member Award.

Bill Gerdts & Robert Metzger with new sign at the Issaquah Fish Hatchery Grounds

Kokanee Fun Run Participants

5 Good Things To Know By Dave Moazed

My name is Dave Moazed, and I’m Trout Unlimited. Specifically, I’m the chapter pres-ident of the Icicle Valley TU chapter in Leavenworth. I’m TU because our area steel-head, Chinook and coho require cold clean water to survive, just as we humans do. Trout Unlimited is the leading cold water conservation organization in the nation.

I fished in Vermont as a kid, but didn’t fish again till we bought our house in Leaven-worth in 2004. A good friend taught me about fishing for Icicle spring Chinook off the bank at my home and then introduced me to TU. I was hooked, because I was looking for a nonprofit that combined my renewed love of fishing with a cause that allowed me to give back to our community. I was elected to the board almost immediately after becoming a TU member and am about to complete my third term as president.

I’m passionate about our mission — to “CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE” cold water fisheries, their watersheds and ecosystems, as a means of maintaining our quality of life, because water is Earth’s most precious resource. Human activity con-tinues to degrade our environment and I’m working to leave a better natural world for our descendants than we inherited. That’s what TU people do.

1. You can come to our annual banquet.Our annual conservation banquet will be held Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Leavenworth Festhalle. Tickets are $50 each, (509) 548-0903.

2. Our fisheries boost the economy.Our chapter is directly responsible for the opening this year of the Wenatchee River spring and Entiat River summer Chinook fisheries, both closed for more than 20 years. Chapter members came up with the idea for the Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement stamp and drummed up support and testified for the bill that our Sen. Linda Evans Parlette sponsored. The $1 million-plus annual program reve-nue pays for the biologists, creel checkers and officers that allow us to fish for salmon and steelhead in the same waters inhabited by their Endangered Species Act listed cousins and our fisheries generate millions of dollars in local revenue to guides, sport-ing goods shops, and all our local tourist-related businesses.

3. We help create sanctuaries.We have done many conservation projects since our founding in 1982, such as the Blackbird Island Steelhead Acclimation and Kids Fishing Pond. Our chapter raised money for and led two projects to create that resource, used by the Chelan County PUD to acclimate steelhead smolts and by kids to fish for stocked trout each summer.

4. We’re in the classroom.We have sponsored the Salmon in the Classroom programs in seven area elementary schools, beginning in 2008.

5. We introduce people to fishing.We’re not a fishing club, but we love to fish, and we support events that provide fishing opportunities to those who may not fish otherwise. We host a kids fishing day and volunteer annually at the Leavenworth and Entiat National Fish Hatchery kids fishing days, the Upper Valley Connection special needs fishing day and similar events.


Provided photo Dave Moazed

2004. A good friend taught me about fishing for Icicle spring Chinook off the bank at my home

and then introduced me to TU. I was hooked, because I was looking for a nonprofit that

combined my renewed love of fishing with a cause that allowed me to give back to our

community. I was elected to the board almost immediately after becoming a TU member and

am about to complete my third term as president.

I’m passionate about our mission — to “CONSERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE” cold water

fisheries, their watersheds and ecosystems, as a means of maintaining our quality of life,

because water is Earth’s most precious resource. Human activity continues to degrade our

environment and I’m working to leave a better natural world for our descendants than we

inherited. That’s what TU people do.

1. Come to our banquetOur annual conservation banquet will be held Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Leavenworth

Festhalle. Tickets are $50 apiece, contact me at 548-0903.

2. Our fisheries boost the economyOur chapter is directly responsible for the opening this year of the Wenatchee River spring and Entiat River summer Chinook

fisheries, both closed for more than 20 years. Chapter members came up with the idea for the Columbia River Salmon and

Steelhead Endorsement stamp and drummed up support and testified for the bill that our Sen. Linda Evans Parlette sponsored.

The $1 million-plus annual program revenue pays for the biologists, creel checkers and officers that allow us to fish for salmon

and steelhead in the same waters inhabited by their Endangered Species Act listed cousins and our fisheries generate millions

of dollars in local revenue to guides, sporting goods shops, and all our local tourist-related businesses.

3. We help create sanctuariesWe have done many conservation projects since our founding in 1982, such as the Blackbird Island Steelhead Acclimation and

Kids Fishing Pond. Our chapter raised money for and led two projects to create that resource, used by the Chelan County PUD

to acclimate steelhead smolts and by kids to fish for stocked trout each summer.

4. We’re in the classroomWe have sponsored the Salmon in the Classroom programs in seven area elementary schools, beginning in 2008.

5. We introduce people to fishingWe’re not a fishing club, but we love to fish, and we support events that provide fishing opportunities to those who may not fish

otherwise. We host a kids fishing day and volunteer annually at the Leavenworth and Entiat National Fish Hatchery kids fishing

days, the Upper Valley Connection special needs fishing day and similar events.

Photo Dave Moazed

Sponsors

Call For Tickets

509 548 5651

Annual Banquet & AuctionLeavenworth Festhalle

Honoring Our Vets

Annual Banquet & Auction Saturday, September 27th

Auction Preview beginning at 5:00 Prime Rib Dinner at 6:30

Tickets are $50Contact Dave Moazed

(509) 548-5651

Olympia and Tacoma Chapter members are committed to improving the ‘quality of life’ for resident veterans of the ‘Community Living Center’ (CLC) at the Veterans Hospital on American Lake. Every Tuesday morning, May through September, (weather permitting), veterans are wheeled from the CLC to the dock and provided all the gear, lures, and assistance they need to fish.

The highlight is the end of season ‘net pen derby’. Each veteran can catch a 3 – 5 lb trout. But it may not happen this year. We need $1,500 to cover the cost and we need to know by mid-September if you can contribute. E-mail Ron Holtcamp, [email protected], thank you!

Andy taught the highly enthusiastic group in a “train the trainer” session the details of the Forest Service Survey method. They learned how to tell riffles from glides and pools, how to measure stream and channel length, width and depth, assess the habitat on each shore, determine the type of substrates in the stream bottom, assess large-woody-debris and pool-quality-index. The data collected from the survey will be entered into a com-puter spreadsheet and Andy will help the group with an analysis of the existing condition of the stream from a juvenile and adult salmon standpoint. Riffle to pool ratios, suitable substrate for spawning and insect propagation, shoreline habitat improve-ments and the quality of the pools on the stream. From this information, the group will be able to determine what areas of the stream need improvement, which will lead to projects for the Community and the Scouts. Contacting sub-ject-matter-experts, preparing drawings, and filling out permit and grant paperwork will follow. The Community Club brought a videographer with them to record the entire training process. The Shorewood Community Club is enthused about working to restore their stream and Scout leaders soon saw 10-years worth of potential Scout projects in the park and along the stream. In fact, the Scouts found a shopping cart, loaded it with alcohol bot-tles, trash and old car tires. When they bought the cart to the parking lot they were all excited saying, “there’s a lot more up there, we can hardly wait to start cleaning up the stream!” Not only is another community enthused about working on their stream, but the Duwamish-Green Chapter is still on track with their 25-year old goal of “Sharing knowledge with the Commu-nity to allow them to take ownership of their streams.”


In two words the only problem with Salmon Creek is; it has “no salmon”! But the members of the Shorewood Community Club would like to change that. Salmon Creek is a small suburban stream located in King County Washington just north of the city of Burien in the upscale neighborhood “Shorewood by the Sea”. About a year ago, Shorewood community leaders asked Duwa-mish-Green TU Chapter, stream restoration director Andy Ba-tcho to be a guest speaker at their annual community meeting seeking advice on how to proceed with the restoration of their stream. Andy suggested a three step process to get started:

In January 2014, he provided interested community members with his “Three-barriers to Volunteer Stream Restoration” pre-sentation to give them an overview of how to get started with stream restoration. As part of the presentation: Andy says, “you have to understand the “as-is” of your stream, but then envision the “to-be”. (You can see the presentation by going to http://www.troutunlimitedwashington.org/ and clicking on “Andy Batcho’s stream restoration presentation”)

In May 2014 Andy took the group on a tour of the Normandy Park Community Club property were our TU Chapter has been working to restore Miller & Walker Creeks for some 25-years to show the Shorewood Community Club members examples of “to-be” or in other words, the possibilities of what their stream “could be”. We looked at native plantings, invasive plant removal, in-stream structures, substrate, logs, meander and the riffles and pools in the streams.

In April 2014 members of the Community, a City Councilman, Scout Leaders and Eagle Scout candidates met Andy at Salm-on Creek. Andy would teach them the details of the “US Forest Service Scientific Method of Stream Survey – Fish / Habitat Re-lationships”.

Shorewood Community Club Members Learn Stream Restoration Survey Methods From Trout Unlimited Volunteer By Andy Batcho

NOMINATIONS OPEN The annual meeting of the chapter will be held October 22, 2014, beginning at 7:00pm at the North Olympia Fire District,5046 Boston Harbor Road NE, Olympia. President and Treasurer reports will be given, and the election of Officers and Directors will be conducted.At this time, the offices to be elected are; President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two 3 Year Director positions.Nominations may be submitted to any Board member, made at a general membership meeting, or made at the beginning of the Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON STATE FAIR

You have the opportunity to attend the upcoming Washington State Fair (Sept 5 through21) with a free admission and free parking. All you need to do is staff the Trout Unlimited exhibit in the Northwest Outdoors Building for a single 3 ½ hour shift. And your help is needed! So sign up for one (or more) of these daily shifts:


Contact Ron Holtcamp,[email protected], 360-943-8269, and selct a date(s) and shift(s). If you are new to TU, don't hesitate to sign up – all the information you will need will be at the exhibit.

RETURN OF THE LEADER

Long-time members of any Washington State chapter of Trout Unlimited (and regional chapters of its predecessor, Northwest Steelhead and Salmon Council) will recall receiving a newspaper. It came every two months and was simply titled The Leader. Though unpublished for over a decade, WCTU is bringing it back as part of the commitment for increased communication with our members. Be on the lookout for your initial issue!

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HELPING OUR VETERANS

Olympia and Tacoma Chapter members are committed to improving the 'quality of life' for resident veterans of the 'Community Living Center' (CLC) at the Veterans Hospital on American Lake. Every Tuesday morning, May through September, (weather permitting), veterans are wheeled from the CLC to the dock and provided all the gear, lures, and assistance they need to fish. The highlight is the end of season 'net pen derby'. Each veteran can catch a 3 – 5 lb trout. But it may not happen this year. We need $1,500 to cover the cost and we need to know by mid-September if you can contribute. E-mail Ron Holtcamp, [email protected], thank you!

DID YOU LET THIS ONE GET AWAY?

If you did not your Trout 2015 calendar, it is likely due to one of the following reasons:

• You are not a member of TU• Your membership expired• It was mailed to the wrong address• TU does not have your valid address

You can resolve any of those problems by going on-line to www.tu.org and join, or view your membership information.Or, you can come to the August chapter meeting and check out your data on the chapter roster. Or contact Ron Holtcamp by e-mail or phone. And if it didn't get away, but you would be willing to turn it loose, the chapter always has need of extra copies to have at public events throughout the year. Bring them with you to any chapter meeting.

Helping Our Veterans

June 14, was a special day for children around the Columbia Gorge. The Army Core of Engineers put on a kids fishing day at Spearfish Park. It was a sunny and somewhat windy day but that didn’t stop the children from coming out to fish with their parents in tow. Many children had not fished before, so this was a exciting day for them. With the help of Chapter 484 of Klickitat Trout Unlimited it was a very successful kids fishing day. Trout Unlimited had volunteers around the lake to show the children and adults the ins and outs of fishing. They also had a fishing cleaning station and provided all the terminal tackle for the fishing poles that Dave Irving from Chapter 484 set up. The poles were generously donated by the DFW to the ACE which the children were able to take home with them.

The ACE had a casting station for the chil-dren to practice casting and a water safety education station. The kids caught plenty of fish that day including some 5 pound rainbow trout.

Kids Fishing Day By Olivia Holderman

Photo of Dave Irving with the Army Core Of Engineers setting up the terminal tackle for the fishing poles for the Kids Fishing Day


2014 NWYCFF Academyby Mike Clancy,

Co-Director, NWYCFF Academy Eighteen excited and enthusiastic boys and girls graduated from the 2014 NW Youth Conservation and Flyfishing Academy this year. After a long week of classroom study, classes in fly tying, knot tying, conservation, stream side ethics and etiquette, water safety, stillwater fly fishing techniques, matching the hatch, exploring a stream to learn about “Living Waters”, principals of ecology, disecting a fish, they were tired. A couple days we started at 5am to go to the ponds or river to learn how to fly fish. It’s not about catching, it’s about learning how to catch and how to read the waters, how to walk in a river, learn to mend, etc.. They fished both morning and evening. This event is not for the feint of heart.

Each applicant had to write an essay, explaining why he or she wanted to attend The Academy and they also needed a letter of recommendation from their school counselor or a responsible person. The essays were incredible and their letters of recommendations were even more incredible. All were wonderful, well behaved boys and girls. We were privileged to have over 50 volunteers again this year. If it wasn’t for the volunteers and the financial support from TU, IFFF, WSCIFFF Fly Fishing Clubs, WCTU Chapters, business organizations, private individuals and folks like you – this event would never happen. So on behalf of the Youth, the Staff, and the community – thank you!

NWYC & FFA class of 2014, Gwenwood Center Clancy

Make A Lure 101The Olympia and Tacoma Chapters responded to Cabela's call for 'experts' to help kids build their own trout lures. Cabela's two day event in Lacey went from 11:00am to 3:00pm, July 12th and 13th in conjunction with various seminars. Joe Durham and Lee Dudley 'expertly' assisted about 50 youth on Saturday, while Ron Holtcamp and Gene Harshman handled the duties on Sunday for 35 youth.. Cabela's provided all the materials – hooks, beads, blades, clevises, line, and swivels.

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Joe Durham (l) & Lee Dudley (r) at Cabela's Holtcamp

Did You Let This One Get Away ?

If you did not get the Summer issue of TROUT magazine, it is likely due to one of the following reasons:


You can resolve any of those problems by going on-line to www.tu.org and join, or view your membership information.Or, you can come to the July chapter meeting and check out your data on the chapter roster. Or contact Ron Holtcamp by e-mail or phone. And if it didn't get away, but you would be willing to turn it loose, the chapter always has need of extra copies to have at public events throughout the year. Bring them with you to any chapter meeting.

NWYC & FFA Class Of 2014, Gwenwood Center Clancy

Eighteen excited and enthusiastic boys and girls graduated from the 2014 NW Youth Conservation and Flyfishing Academy this year. After a long week of classroom study, classes in fly tying, knot tying, conservation, stream side ethics and etiquette, water safety, stillwater fly fishing techniques, matching the hatch, exploring a stream to learn about “Living Waters”, principals of ecology, disecting a fish, they were tired. A couple days we started at 5am to go to the ponds or river to learn how to fly fish. It’s not about catching, it’s about learning how to catch and how to read the waters, how to walk in a river, learn to mend, etc..

They fished both morning and evening. This event is not for the feint of heart. Each applicant had to write an essay, explaining why he or she wanted to attend The Acad-emy and they also needed a letter of recommendation from their school counselor or a responsible person. The essays were incredible and their etters of recommendations were even more incredible. All were wonderful, well behaved boys and girls. We were privileged to have over 50 volunteers again this year. If it wasn’t for the volunteers and the financial support from TU, IFFF, WSCIFFF Fly Fishing Clubs, WCTU Chapters, business organizations, private individuals and folks like you – this event would never happen. So, on behalf of the Youth, the Staff, and the community – thank you!

Northwest Youth Conservation and Fly Fishing Academy By Mike Clancy, Co-Director, NWYCFF Academy

Congratulations To The Heroes Of ConservationDr. John Muramatsu of Des Moines, Washington, was nominated for the Heroes Of Conservation Award. He has worked on coho salmonstream restoration projects and scientific studies for the past 21 years, raises funds for salmon restoration, and helps introduce children to conservation work. This year’s honorees represent an impres-sive cast of outdoorsmen who are working across the country on inspiring volunteer projects. Read more at: www.bonniercorp.com/field-stream-announces-finalists-for-heroes-of-conservation-awards/

| The Leader | Published by the Washington Council Of Trout Unlimited | Fall Quarter Newsletter 2014

This summer Northshore board members Chris Tompkins and Dave Steiner began a feasibility study for a new riparian habitat improvement project on the south bank of the Wallace River at the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) Salm-on hatchery in Sultan Washington. Presently the narrow riparian buffer zone along this side of the Wallace River is dominated by non-native invasive Himalayan black-berry in the understory which is inhibiting native tree, shrub and groundcover plant species from naturally regenerating and persisting. There is also a lack of conifers in the area. The primary restoration objectives will be to clear, control and manage the invasive Himalayan blackberries onsite, then replant the area with a variety of native plant species that are suitable for the local conditions. Enhanced healthier riparian buffer conditions will increase shade along the channel in this reach, moderate tem-perature, stem soil erosion and improve both terrestrial and aquatic habitat complex-ity for birds, bugs and of course fish.

Planting will begin in the fall of 2015 and the buffer area will be densely replanted with native tree and shrub species including Western Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce, Doug-las Fir, Western Hemlock, Big Leaf Maple, Vine Maple, Red Alder, Black Cottonwood, Willow spp., Red Osier Dogwood, Pacific Ninebark, Western Hazelnut, Cascara, Red Elderberry, Indian Plum, Thimbleberry, Snowberry, Oceanspray, and Oregon Grape. Monitoring and maintenance of the site will be performed by Trout Unlimited vol-unteers. The newly planted site will need to be cared for over a minimum period of 3 years to provide ample time for plantings to become established. Interpretive and educational signs will be placed to inform the public about the project and to also deter trampling of the new plantings.

Along with completing ecological restoration another important aim of the project will be to improve public access to the river for fishing and other passive recreation purposes. WDFW (landowner) and hatchery management staff onsite are onboard and supportive of the project and so the next step will be to continue looking for resources and securing funds to implement the project. Were very excited to move forward and will be working to build membership and community support for the project over the next year. Stay Tuned...

Wallace River Riparian Habitat Enhancement By Dave Steiner

Evergreen State Fair BoothSky Valley will again be hosting a booth at the Evergreen State Fair starting 8-21 and running through the holiday weekend. In cooperation with the local WDFW, the Sky Valley chapter will bring in our pond, stock it with left over brood stock from the Wallace Hatchery and be providing viewing and information to fair goers. This is an educational booth and unfortunately no fishing is allowed.

Haskell Slough StudyThe Sky Valley chapter has been con-tinuing our work with Tualco Power in regards to study and maintenance of the Haskell Sough. The Haskell Slough pro-vides vital rearing area for salmon fry (all species). Sky Valley has had several field exercises to beat/remove the weeds, re-move non native fish (bass mostly) and evaluate the water quality and volume to help Tualco determine if additional work needs to be done on the upstream side. The slough typically only receives flow-ing water at very high water periods for the Skykomish river.

Coho River Fishing DerbyThe Sky Valley will again be hosting our Coho River fishing derby in October (provided DFW keeps the season open). More details available through chapter members but this typically involves a full day floatilla (several drift boats and a few sleds) with numerous chapter members trying for several prizes. If interested in participating, give any Sky Valley mem-ber a call on come float the Sky! With the pinks not running this year, fish will be harder to come by but it makes for a great day fishing and an opportunity to tell fishing stories.

To Join, Please Visit TU.org

The public was invited to the July 23, 2014 meeting of Trout Unlimited for an active and descriptive presentation by Casey Weigel from Waters West Guide Service on fishing for the prized Steelhead on the Cowlitz River. He covered available data re-garding plants and forecasts for the upcoming seasons and described the hot spots to fish from bank or boat and cover the special disabled fisherman access. Fishing tech-niques were shared on how to catch this sought after trophy fish. He has manufac-tured special lures and ‘mystery’ hooks (were shown for the first time at this meeting) that contribute to hooking and landing a prized Steelhead from the river.

The Fishing Line The Fishing Line Olympia Chapter #189 of Trout UnlimitedOlympia Chapter #189 of Trout Unlimited

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OLYMPIA CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITEDJULY 23, 2014 7:00PM

NORTH OLYMPIA FIRE STATION5046 BOSTON HARBOR ROAD NE

STEELHEAD FISHING ON THE COWLITZ RIVER

Program: The public is invited to the July 23, 2014 meeting of Trout Unlimited for an active and descriptive presentation by Casey Weigel on fishing for the prized Steelhead on the Cowlitz River. He will be covering available data regarding plants and forecasts for the upcoming seasons as well as describing the hot spots to fish from bank or boat and cover the special disabled fisherman access. Fishing techniques will be shared on how to catch this sought after trophy fish. He has manufactured special lures and 'mystery' hooks (to be shown fopr the first time at this meeting) that contribute to hooking and landing a prized Steelhead from the river. Be ready to have a well delivered presentation and a “hands on” tackle discussion during the program.

Refreshments and a fishing equipment raffle will follow his presentation.

Bio: Casey Weigel grew up fishing the farm ponds of the Midwest in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. When he came out to Washington as a teenager he fell in love with steelhead fishing on his first guided fishing trip on the Cowlitz River. He started guiding in Washington State on the Kalama, Wynoochee, Humptulips and Satsop Rivers in 2003. With his wife Jessica, they operate the Waters West Guide Service offering services on the Wynoochee, Columbia, Cowlitz, Satsop, Nisqually and Chehalis rivers. They have been “doing this as a team for 10+ years and realize we wouldn't have made it this far without each other”. Catching fish is always important but so is customer service before and after the trip.


Fishing For The Prized Steelhead By Ron Holtcamp

Nisqually River Steelhead Recovery ProgramThe public was invited to the August 27, 2014 meeting of Trout Unlimited for an ac-tive and descriptive presentation by Christopher Ellings, Salmon Recovery Program Manager, on the management of the Nisqually River Steelhead Recovery Program. It is focused on the important Steelhead fish runs on the Nisqually River. Despite the habitat gains made through the Chinook recovery effort, dramatic reductions in steelhead harvest, and no current hatchery supplementation, Nisqually River steel-head average run size has plummeted over 85% since 1992 with run sizes averag-ing just over 700 fish for the last ten years. In order to reverse the downward trend in Nisqually steelhead abundance, the Nisqually Salmon Recovery Plan developed the Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan. The plan is a comprehensive recovery strategy that includes a habitat action plan which identifies habitat restoration and protection strategies as well as an inclusive stock management plan.

The Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan incorporates steelhead into the ex-isting salmon management framework for the Nisqually Basin which is currently focused on Chinook.

The Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan will guide steelhead recovery efforts in the watershed. By Ron Holtcamp


Aug 2014Aug 2014 (Since 1973)(Since 1973) Issue # 270Issue # 270



NISQUALLY RIVER STEELHEAD RECOVERY PROGRAM

Program: The public is invited to the August 27, 2014 meeting of Trout Unlimited for an active and descriptive presentation by Christopher Ellings, Salmon Recovery Program Manager, on the management of the Nisqually River Steelhead Recovery Program. It is focused on the important Steelhead fish runs on the Nisqually River. Despite the habitat gains made through the Chinook recovery effort, dramatic reductions in steelhead harvest, and no current hatchery supplementation, Nisqually River steelhead average run size has plummeted over 85% since 1992 with run sizes averaging just over 700 fish for the last ten years. In order to reverse the downward trend in Nisqually steelhead abundance, the Nisqually Salmon Recovery Plan developed the Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan. The plan is a comprehensive recovery strategy that includes a habitat action plan which identifies habitat restoration and protection strategies as well as an inclusive stock management plan. The Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan incorporates steelhead into the existing salmon management framework for the Nisqually Basin which is currently focused on Chinook. The Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan will guide steelhead recovery efforts in the watershed.

Light refreshments are provided, and a fishing equipment raffle will follow his presentation.

Bio: Christopher EllingsChristopher Ellings manages a ten person team dedicated to developing, implementing, and adaptively managing recovery plans in the Nisqually Watershed. For ten years Chris has worked side by side with tribal, federal, state, local, and non-profit biologists and managers to conduct research, restore habitat, and develop management plans in support of salmon recovery. Chris contributed to the development of the Nisqually Chinook Stock Management Plan (NCSMP). The NCSMP establishes a set of actions that will ultimately lead to the development of a natural Nisqually Chinook stock. Chris also developed and heads a multi-disciplinary research program to assess the effectiveness of large scale restoration in the Nisqually Delta. The Nisqually Delta Research Program is one of the largest of its kind and involves managing a diverse group of scientists. The scientists are from across the region and produce tools the Nisqually Tribe and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge can use to adaptively manage the Delta in a dynamic landscape.


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NISQUALLY RIVER STEELHEAD RECOVERY PROGRAM

Program: The public is invited to the August 27, 2014 meeting of Trout Unlimited for an active and descriptive presentation by Christopher Ellings, Salmon Recovery Program Manager, on the management of the Nisqually River Steelhead Recovery Program. It is focused on the important Steelhead fish runs on the Nisqually River. Despite the habitat gains made through the Chinook recovery effort, dramatic reductions in steelhead harvest, and no current hatchery supplementation, Nisqually River steelhead average run size has plummeted over 85% since 1992 with run sizes averaging just over 700 fish for the last ten years. In order to reverse the downward trend in Nisqually steelhead abundance, the Nisqually Salmon Recovery Plan developed the Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan. The plan is a comprehensive recovery strategy that includes a habitat action plan which identifies habitat restoration and protection strategies as well as an inclusive stock management plan. The Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan incorporates steelhead into the existing salmon management framework for the Nisqually Basin which is currently focused on Chinook. The Nisqually Winter Steelhead Recovery Plan will guide steelhead recovery efforts in the watershed.

Light refreshments are provided, and a fishing equipment raffle will follow his presentation.

Bio: Christopher EllingsChristopher Ellings manages a ten person team dedicated to developing, implementing, and adaptively managing recovery plans in the Nisqually Watershed. For ten years Chris has worked side by side with tribal, federal, state, local, and non-profit biologists and managers to conduct research, restore habitat, and develop management plans in support of salmon recovery. Chris contributed to the development of the Nisqually Chinook Stock Management Plan (NCSMP). The NCSMP establishes a set of actions that will ultimately lead to the development of a natural Nisqually Chinook stock. Chris also developed and heads a multi-disciplinary research program to assess the effectiveness of large scale restoration in the Nisqually Delta. The Nisqually Delta Research Program is one of the largest of its kind and involves managing a diverse group of scientists. The scientists are from across the region and produce tools the Nisqually Tribe and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge can use to adaptively manage the Delta in a dynamic landscape.

2014 NWYCFF Academyby Mike Clancy,

Co-Director, NWYCFF Academy Eighteen excited and enthusiastic boys and girls graduated from the 2014 NW Youth Conservation and Flyfishing Academy this year. After a long week of classroom study, classes in fly tying, knot tying, conservation, stream side ethics and etiquette, water safety, stillwater fly fishing techniques, matching the hatch, exploring a stream to learn about “Living Waters”, principals of ecology, disecting a fish, they were tired. A couple days we started at 5am to go to the ponds or river to learn how to fly fish. It’s not about catching, it’s about learning how to catch and how to read the waters, how to walk in a river, learn to mend, etc.. They fished both morning and evening. This event is not for the feint of heart.

Each applicant had to write an essay, explaining why he or she wanted to attend The Academy and they also needed a letter of recommendation from their school counselor or a responsible person. The essays were incredible and their letters of recommendations were even more incredible. All were wonderful, well behaved boys and girls. We were privileged to have over 50 volunteers again this year. If it wasn’t for the volunteers and the financial support from TU, IFFF, WSCIFFF Fly Fishing Clubs, WCTU Chapters, business organizations, private individuals and folks like you – this event would never happen. So on behalf of the Youth, the Staff, and the community – thank you!

NWYC & FFA class of 2014, Gwenwood Center Clancy

Make A Lure 101The Olympia and Tacoma Chapters responded to Cabela's call for 'experts' to help kids build their own trout lures. Cabela's two day event in Lacey went from 11:00am to 3:00pm, July 12th and 13th in conjunction with various seminars. Joe Durham and Lee Dudley 'expertly' assisted about 50 youth on Saturday, while Ron Holtcamp and Gene Harshman handled the duties on Sunday for 35 youth.. Cabela's provided all the materials – hooks, beads, blades, clevises, line, and swivels.

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Joe Durham (l) & Lee Dudley (r) at Cabela's Holtcamp

Did You Let This One Get Away ?

If you did not get the Summer issue of TROUT magazine, it is likely due to one of the following reasons:


You can resolve any of those problems by going on-line to www.tu.org and join, or view your membership information.Or, you can come to the July chapter meeting and check out your data on the chapter roster. Or contact Ron Holtcamp by e-mail or phone. And if it didn't get away, but you would be willing to turn it loose, the chapter always has need of extra copies to have at public events throughout the year. Bring them with you to any chapter meeting.

The Olympia and Tacoma Chapter re-sponded to Cabela’s call for ‘experts’ to help kids build their own trout lures. Cabela’s two day event in Lacey went from 11:00am to 3:00pm, July 12th and 13th in conjunction with various seminars. Joe Durham and Lee Dud-ley ‘expertly’ assisted about 50 youth on Saturday, while Ron Holtcamp and Gene Harshman handled the duties on Sunday for 35 youth. Cabela’s pro-vided all the materials – hooks, beads, blades, clevises, line, and swivels.

Make A Lure 101

Kidding Around Event Photo Gallery

Kidding Around Event Banner Jeffrey Barbee, Event Organizer (Salmon-Colored Shirt)

Kids Fishing at Kidding Around Event


Catching Fish at Kidding Around Event


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On Sunday April, 27 the Yakima Fly Fishers’ Association hosted a youth event to teach the basics of fly casting and fly tying. The event was led by Jeffry Barbee, youth member of our club and a “graduate” of TU and FFF’s Fly Fishing Academy. Jeffry organized the event to complete the requirements of his senior project at Naches High School. The project was conducted within the framework of the Yakima Greenway Founda-tion’s Kidding Around program. Kidding Around is a summer activity program for kids in the Yakima area. The mission of Kiddin’ Around is to promote a healthy and active lifestyle for all youth, with an emphasis on fighting childhood obesity. Last year nearly 8000 youth participated in one or more the programs’ many events.

Eleven students participated in our event. The boys and girls were rotated between learning basic fly casting and fly tying. Each student tied a Wooley Bugger. After cast-ing and tying practice the students moved to Yakima Greenway’s Reflection Pond to apply their new skills. The event was held the day after Yakima’s Annual Kid’s Fish In, so the Pond was still heavily stocked with trout. Every student eventually caught a fish on the fly that he or she tied! The project was a huge success and will likely become an annual project for our club.

Yakima Fly Fisher’s Hosts Kid’s Fishing Event By Tim Gavin








Jeffrey Barbee, Youth Event Coordinator









Kidding Around Event Photo Gallery Continued

Tying Flies at Kidding Around Event


Fishing at Kidding Around Event



Spokane Falls Chapter

Meetings:

● Chapter meetings o 1st Tuesday each month September through May. o Start time is 7:00 o Meeting site is currently scheduled for Longhorn BBQ on north Argonne.

● Board Meetings o Last Tuesday each month throughout the year. o Start time is 5:30 o Meeting site varies

Social Media:

● Facebook ● Meet-up - Spokane Falls Trout Unlimited ● Email (need current email addresses so that announcements can reach you)

Contact for more info:

● Bill Abrahamse – President – email [email protected] or phone (509) 209-4048

Something of interest:

We partnered with Spokane artist Deanna Camp to develop a redband trout print, posters etc. The

trout depicted in the prints show the Monroe Street Bridge and Spokane Falls. The print also pays

respect to the historical importance of redband trout (a.k.a steelhead) to the Spokane Tribe by using

eagle feathers and pictographs.

The redband items can be purchased via Deanna’s website http://w w w .hybrid-arts.com and 5% of the sale of

redband items comes back to the chapter to further our w ork.

The Spokane Falls Chapter partnered with Spokane artist Deanna Camp to develop a redband trout print, post-ers etc. The trout depicted in the prints show the Monroe Street Bridge and Spokane Falls. The print also pays re-spect to the historical importance of redband trout (a.k.a steelhead) to the Spokane Tribe by using eagle feathers and pictographs. The redband items can be purchased via Deanna’s web-site http://www.hybrid-arts.com and 5% of the sale of redband items comes back to the chapter to further our work.

Spokane Falls Chapter

Meetings:

● Chapter meetings o 1st Tuesday each month September through May. o Start time is 7:00 o Meeting site is currently scheduled for Longhorn BBQ on north Argonne.

● Board Meetings o Last Tuesday each month throughout the year. o Start time is 5:30 o Meeting site varies

Social Media:

● Facebook ● Meet-up - Spokane Falls Trout Unlimited ● Email (need current email addresses so that announcements can reach you)

Contact for more info:

● Bill Abrahamse – President – email [email protected] or phone (509) 209-4048

Something of interest:

We partnered with Spokane artist Deanna Camp to develop a redband trout print, posters etc. The

trout depicted in the prints show the Monroe Street Bridge and Spokane Falls. The print also pays

respect to the historical importance of redband trout (a.k.a steelhead) to the Spokane Tribe by using

eagle feathers and pictographs.

The redband items can be purchased via Deanna’s website http://w w w .hybrid-arts.com and 5% of the sale of

redband items comes back to the chapter to further our w ork.

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