Tag: Nutmeg TU

Written by NutmegTrout21726Apr, 2016

Election of new officers on Sept 20th

Nutmeg’s annual election of chapter officers will be held at the membership meeting in September which is Tuesday, Sept 20th, 2016 at 7 p.m. at Marissa’s Restaurant in Trumbull.  Here are our current candidates for the 2016-2017 year:

  1. President –
  2. Vice President – Charles Petrucelli
  3. Secretary – Rich Rosen
  4. Treasurer – Phil Jacques
  5. Membership – Ed Grzeda
  6. Newsletter and Web – Cheryl Groesbeck
  7. Social media – Jerry Goldstein
  8. TIC – Dave Edgeworth
  9. Events and Programs – John Kovach
  10. Conservation Open
  11. Fund Raising – Open
  12. Co-Treasurer – Open

Additional nominations are invited and must be received in writing no later than September 19th. 2016, by sending an email to Rich Rosen, rhrosen@aol.com,  Nutmeg members are welcome to attend any or all the board meetings.

The DEEP found healthy populations of trout and smallmouth during electrofishing surveys of the Housatonic and Farmington Rivers (DEEP Photo)
Written by NutmegTrout21702Apr, 2016

Make the Most of Your Fishing Season with Patrick Fowler on April 19th

On Tuesday, April 19, 2016, Nutmeg TU will hold its monthly meeting at 7 PM at Marissa’s Ristorante, 6540 Main St, Trumbull, CT, just South of where I-25 crosses Route 111.

Patrick Fowler will be breaking down the 3 types of streams in CT and the best time of year to fish them.  We will look at specific techniques for each location and the best patterns for each.  Patrick will go over gear specifics as well.  The presentation will focus on CT streams that are accessible to every angler.  After the presentation members will have a much more comprehensive understanding of how to fish CT to make the most out of a season.

Making the most out of your fishing season will cover stocked streams, wild streams, and tail-waters.  The three fundamental types of streams each offer their own unique challenges.  Patrick will focus on when, where and how to fish each stream effectively using a strategy developed specifically for the state of Connecticut.  In addition, he will cover the varying conditions to be expected on Connecticut’s trout streams and how to adjust angling approaches for the day to day fluctuations in trout behavior.

The focus of this presentation is to enable the audience to maximize time on the water.  By knowing what streams to hit when, and knowing how to fish them when you get there, you will cut down on the learning curve and you will have much more productive time on the water.

Patrick has worked for Orvis for over two years and was recently voted onto the Nutmeg TU board as Conservation chair.  He has a Bachelors degree in environmental science with emphasis on wildlife policy and fish biology.  He attended the University of Tasmania Australian Maritime College graduate school in their Aquaculture program with emphasis on salmonid biology and behavior.  A New England native, Patrick has been fly fishing since the age of 12 and has fished extensively throughout the state and beyond.

Published April 2, 2016.

Written by NutmegTrout21709Feb, 2016

Join Our Meetup Group!

Hi Nutmeg Trout members,

We’ve joined Meetup.com to make it easier for Nutmeg Trout members and prospective members to find out what’s happening in Nutmeg Trout’s calendar and to streamline how to RSVP.

Please help us to make our Meetup.com page the place to go for those interested in fishing.  If you register for a free membership at Meetup.com you can join our page and add yourself to the list of registered attendees.  By RSVPing to Nutmeg Trout meetings and programs you help us to show how popular we are and generate interest from those looking to be a part of our group.

To help new people find us our Meetup.com page is named Eastern Fairfield County Fishing & Conservation Meetup.  You can find our page here: http://www.meetup.com/EASTERN-FAIRFIELD-COUNTY-FISHING-CONSERVATION-Meetup/   Please sign up and RSVP to our meetings.  Help us grow.

If you have any questions on how to use Meetup.com for Nutmeg trout contact me at jerryg@attygoldstein.com.

Thanks for helping.

Regards,
Jerry Goldstein
Nutmeg Trout Social Media Board Chair

February 5, 2016

 

Written by NutmegTrout21727Apr, 2015

Election of officers May 5

Nutmeg’s annual election of chapter officers is by the chapter’s Board of Directors at its May meeting which is Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7 p.m. at the Fairfield Public Library.

Here are our current candidates for the 2015-2016:

  1. President –Chuck Petruccelli
  2. Vice President – Chuck MacMath
  3. Secretary – Rich Rosen
  4. Treasurer – Phil Jacques
  5. Membership – Ed Grzeda
  6. Newsletter and Web – Cheryl Groesbeck
  7. TIC – Dave Edgeworth
  8. Social media – Jerry Goldstein
  9. Conservation – Open
  10. Program head – Open
  11. Fund Raising – Open
  12. Co-Treasurer – Open

Additional nominations must be received in writing no later than April 30, 2015, by sending an email to chuckp@optonline.net.

Written by NutmegTrout21712Apr, 2015

Pizza and movie night April 21

Blue Moon movie

Nutmeg TU will hold pizza and movie night Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. at Port 5, 69 Brewster St., Bridgeport.

The movie will be Once in a Blue Moon.

Once in a Blue Moon unravels the mystery of an event that occurs briefly once a decade. This strange and unreal journey takes us into some of the most remote and beautiful parts of New Zealand as we follow one angler on the fly fishing adventure of a lifetime and a quest to document and unravel a childhood mystery. As part of an unpredictable chain of events, a mass flowering of the ancient New Zealand Beech forest leads to an excess of seed production. Mice and rodents fuel on this abundance and reproduce in numbers reaching plague proportions. Incredible footage follows these rodents as they then embark on a strange migration, attempting to swim across the expanse of New Zealand’s rivers and lakes. There they fall prey to the largest predators in the lake – monster Brown trout. Gorging themselves on swimming mice, these fish become extremely aggressive and grow to epic proportions. For a fly fishing angler, this is the stuff dreams are made of. This bizarre phenomenon has remained a mystery…until now. Stunning cinematography, never before seen underwater footage, fantastic fly-fishing and amazing trout behavior will take you deep into the tale of the fabulous and mysterious “Mouse Year.”

Written by NutmegTrout21708Feb, 2015

Open up to tube flies Feb. 17

Tube-flies-Feb.-2015

Salmon fishing expert Ben Bilello will open our eyes to tube flies at the next Nutmeg TU meeting Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Port 5, 69 Brewster St, Bridgeport.

European anglers have used tube flies for decades. Despite their advantages, tubes are much less frequently used in North America. As time goes on, tube flies are becoming more popular in our fresh and saltwater fisheries. This presentation will outline when, where and how to use tube flies.

Topics include:

  • Tube fly advantages
  • Comparisons of tube/hook sizes and weights
  • Tube fly styles
  • Fishing surface and subsurface tubes
  • Hook selection
  • Rigging
  • Tube fly and hook storage
  • Tube fly tying tools and materials
  • Tying tips and techniques

When he’s not behind a set of drums in a concert hall, jazz club, or recording studio, Ben Bilello can be found either on the water or behind the vise. While he’s an avid trout fisherman and fly tyer, Ben’s true fly fishing and tying passion is the Atlantic salmon. Ben has pursued wild Atlantic salmon in New Brunswick, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Russia; landlocked salmon in New York and Vermont, and broodstock Atlantic salmon in Connecticut.

A collection of Ben’s classic and artistic salmon flies are featured in Michael Radencich’s book “Classic Salmon Fly Patterns: Over 1700 Patterns From the Golden Age of Tying,” the largest illustrated compendium of Atlantic salmon flies published to date.

Ben’s work can be seen at his website www.benbilello.com/salmonflies and on his salmon fly blog www.theleaper.blogspot.com.

Antoine Bissieux, “The French Flyfisherman”
Written by NutmegTrout21711Jan, 2015

French Flyfisherman visits Jan. 20

Antoine Bissieux, “The French Flyfisherman”

Nutmeg TU’s speaker Tuesday, Jan 20, is Antoine Bissieux, “The French Flyfisherman.” Antoine is going to talk to us about the “Farmington River as He Sees It.”

The meeting will be held at Port 5 Naval Vetertans, 69 Brewster St., Bridgeport, from 7 to 9 p.m. Pizza will be sold and there will be a raffle.

A 2012 Orvis-endorsed guide, Bissieux leads fly fishing trips on the Farmington River in Connecticut, the Battenkill River in Vermont, and other places where you can cast at a fish.

After teaching thousands of beginner anglers and guiding at the Orvis fly fishing flagship school in Manchester, Vt., he now focuses on the Farmington, offering guided trips, classes, instruction, all catered to each fisherman’s expectations. All levels and abilities are welcome.

The French Fisherman can also be heard on National Public Radio.

More information can be found a bissieux.com.

Tying flies for Casting for Recovery
Written by NutmegTrout21711Jan, 2015

Nutmeg fly tying resumes

Tying flies for Casting for Recovery

The Nutmeg TU fly tying group resumes meeting Thursday, Jan 15, at 7 p.m. at Chuck MacMath’s home in Trumbull. Contact Chuck at cmacmath59@yahoo.com for additional information.

Beginning Jan.15 the fly tying group will meet on the first and third Thursdays of every month from 7-9 p.m.

The cost is $2 per session to cover the cost of materials.

All are welcome, beginners are encouraged to attend. Vises, tools and materials are available if needed.

Nutmeg TU member Jim Lynch recently caught his first Atlantic salmon.
Written by NutmegTrout21711Jan, 2015

Good fishing rings in 2015

Nutmeg TU member Jim Lynch recently caught his first Atlantic salmon.

There are still a good amount of peanut bunker out in the harbors and anglers are catching the occasional striper and yet, the better action has been in the lower estuary of the Housatonic. Atlantic herring have arrived in good numbers and those can be caught using a sabiki rig on an ultra-light spin fishing set-up. Herring are an excellent food source as well as being great striper bait.

The upper Housatonic has been blown out due to all of the rain in recent weeks and is now coming back down to a fishable level. The Farmington continues to give up a steady number of larger rainbows and browns which have been bulking up for the winter months. The Atlantic salmon fishing in the Naugy continues to thrill anglers and I recently fished there with fellow Nutmeggers John Kovach and Jim Lynch, who caught his first Atlantic Salmon.

John Kovach and I also joined Mianus T.U. at their annual New Year’s outing on the Norwalk River for some fly fishing. Despite the cold temps, more than 30 anglers showed up and many browns and bows were caught in a few different sections of the Norwalk. A few holdovers and some beautiful wild browns. I started the New Year off with a 6 inch wild Norwalk River brown and that was a great start to the year!!

Tight lines!

Ron Merly

Ian-Scott Devlin will talk about stripers and salt water fishing equipment and tactics at the Dec. 16 meeting of Nutmeg TU.
Written by NutmegTrout21703Dec, 2014

Devlin shares striper secrets Dec. 16

Ian-Scott Devlin will talk about stripers and salt water fishing equipment and tactics at the Dec. 16 meeting of Nutmeg TU.

Ian Devlin will share his knowledge of striper fishing in the Housatonic and salt water fishing in the Sound at the Nutmeg Trout Unlimited meeting Tuesday, Dec. 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Port 5, 69 Brewster St, Bridgeport.

If there is time after the presentation, Ian also would like to give an in-depth overview of fly lines (tapers, stiffness/limpness for different temperatures), and when to use a line that floats or sinks or something in between. Proper leader tapers and construction/knots for saltwater angling may also be covered.

Ian has been a guide for more than 20 years in both Florida and Connecticut, specializing in fly casting and plug. He holds a current fly rod world record for bluefish caught in 1999 on 20 pound weight tippet.

He has worked in fly fishing retail for more than 25 years including four different shops in both Connecticut and Florida.

Lou Tabory certified Ian as a FFF fly casting instructor in 1996. He learned to routinely cast 100 foot or more at the early age of 15 years old.

His Devil N’ Blends synthetic blend fibers that he makes since 2000 have been purchased by people from all over the planet (literally South America, Australia, Europe, Japan, and all over the USA). He has been tying flies for warm freshwater, and mostly saltwater since for many years.

He is a keen observer of the various skiff types and is designing his skiff from scratch; likely his biggest project to date.

He has also developed fly rods for G. Loomis.

Photography is becoming more than a pastime, and he plans to integrate it into more trips.

Ian is an avid birder and nature enthusiast, and recognizes the value of coastal cleanups.

Lastly, Ian tends to think outside the box and often tries new ideas keep him on a progressive path to innovation.