This year’s Wa Wa Sum annual membership meeting/board elections was a big success! It marked Schrems 30th anniversary of this annual four-day event and we had a capacity attendance. Incidentally, learned from Kevin (fifth generation Wa Wa Sum caretaker) that we can thank Dennis Potter for getting ‘Hex” week-end when it became available several years ago. As always,...
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Welcome a’board’
We’re please to introduce our newly elected Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited board member: Jeff Edwards Jeff Edwards spent most of his childhood in a small Northern California town on the banks of the Eel River, where he fished for trout with his father. Jeff later joined his mother in Southeast Michigan, graduated high school...
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How fishing helps Michigan veterans deal with emotional scars of war
By Howard Meyerson | The Grand Rapids Press NEWAYGO, MI — Any differences were set aside when they stepped off the bus; those of the men who had to gone war and come back sullied; and those of the open-faced anglers who greeted them, hoping to thank them for their efforts. The bus had arrived...
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Fishing Yellowstone National Park – A Volunteer’s Summer of Research
Pastor, trout bum, and environmental activist Rich Hamstra spent a summer Sabbatical from his church duties an assisting in the Volunteer Fly Fishing program at Yellowstone National Park. His role? Fish. Fish, a lot!
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Help create a permanent SWMTU scholarship at MSU
In the next 2 months, we have the unique opportunity to fully fund the Schrems Scholarship at MSU. We are $3,000 short of our $40,000 goal and need the support of all our members.
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Volunteers needed
We need your help! The Schrems West Michigan Chapter of Trout Unlimited was awared a $84,000 grant by the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. This grant will fund an inventory of Kent County’s coldwater streams and the development of a strategic plan for their future mananagement. Volunteers will be needed throughout the year for temperature logging, data...
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Victory for the Pigeon River
Court sides with Michigan Trout Unlimited and Pigeon River Country Association in Golden Lotus Dam case motion. July, 25, 2011 A recent opinion from the courts just validated what we at TU already knew, that an agreement for a “dam removal” means the physical removal of all of the parts of the dam. It does...
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Like father, like son
On Opening Day 2011, five-year old Darby Zuiderveen landed this nice trout in Stegman Creek. Darby’s dad Josh reports the fish was holding in timber put in Stegman Creek last year with help for Schrerms volunteers. That high-end rod is a 3 foot, T&T Batman edition.
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Fly Fishing Film Tour involvement
During the April 15th Fly Fishing Film Tour, Schrems conducted a youth drawing for a rod/reel package. Lucky winner eight year old Jorden Klein was all smiles when Schrems board member Tom Mundt presented the package.