Please join with other members and friends of our chapter for an informal get together for the holidays. Bring your stories, fish photos, information to share and any questions you have that we might be able to answer. We will also have information on upcoming events. We will be providing salad, bread sticks, pizza and...
Author: Dave DeJonge (Dave DeJonge)
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Fly Tying Celebration 2009
Grand River Fly Tiers, a FFF/GLC club, is hosting a celebration of the arts, skills and lore of fly tying on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Knights of Columbus hall located at 5830 Clyde Park in Wyoming. Doors will be open from 9am to 4pm. SWMTU will be there in force representing Trout Unlimited....
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Cancelled — Annual Tee Off for Trout Golf Scramble
The golf scramble scheduled for Friday, July 25 has been cancelled.
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Tyler Creek Work Projects
Saturday, June 14 We will be joined by the Lansing and Kalamazoo TU chapters as we continue our work on a new stretch of Tyler Creek. Contact Dave Smith at [email protected] By phone at (616) 394-8765. Saturday, July 26 Our Tyler Creek project wraps up as we are joined again by the Lansing and Kalamazoo...
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Dennis Potter has a passion for fly tying
You may have seen the article in the Grand Rapids Press about Dennis Potter and fly tying. There’s a pretty cool slideshow also.
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Tyler Creek work featured on FOX 17
Here’s some of the recent work that’s been done around the area of the Tyler Creek Golf Course.
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Fly Fishing Expo on May 3
This comes to us from Phil Cusey at the Great Lakes Orvis shop … On May 3rd, We are having a “Fly Fishing Expo”. Dennis Potter will be in the shop for the day tying, Dick Pobst will be around for the day signing copies of his stream side books and giving a program at...
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Celebrate the Coldwater River
The following was supplied by Paul Eberhart, board member of SWMTU and the Coldwater River Watershed Council … The Coldwater River Watershed Council and water resource partners invite the public to celebrate our wonderful trout stream. Help the volunteers who monitor its condition and delight in the plants and animals that it supports. May 3rd,...
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April steelhead outing
Hey all – just an update on 4/20/08. The outing this year was cancelled due to high water on the Muskegon. Not sure if it’s being rescheduled. The annual SWMTU outing on the Muskegon River is planned for Saturday, April 12. Mark the date on your calender now and let us know at [email protected] if...
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The fly fishing movie … no, not that movie!
The Fly Fishing Film Tour is being described as “pure fly-fishing entertainment” and it’s making its way to Grand Rapids. Imagine a bunch of young guys traveling to really remote ares of the world to fly fish. Throw in action, adventure and humor and you get the idea.