March 2 Chapter Meeting Minutes
We had a great Chapter meeting this month talking about watersheds and fishing out west. If you missed the event, here are some of the highlights. Gold Rush Chapter Meeting 2 March 2021 v3
January 2021 Chapter Meeting Minutes
Please find the minutes from the January 5, 2021 Chapter Meeting. Gold Rush Chapter Meeting 5 January 2021 Thanks
January 2021 Chapter Meeting Sarah Baker DNR
In this chapter meeting we had the pleasure of having guest speaker Sarah Baker, the new trout biologist for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. She helps manage trout populations throughout North Georgia. She received her B.S. in Biology at The College of Idaho, and her M.S. in Fisheries Science at Auburn […]
January 2020 Board Minutes
Please find here the January 2020 Board Meeting Minutes. B Minutes 20-1-16
Knots on the Website
Recently a chapter member asked if I would post one of Neal’s favorite knots… the Infinity Knot… on the website under the Beginner’s Section and I thought, “hmmm, great idea, and I’ll just add a few more while there”. Another one of Neal’s favorites is the Davey knot so I added that one too. Anyway, […]
Fisheads Chapter Meeting Recap
Our guest speaker was Chris Taylor, President and founder of Fisheads. Fisheads is the premiere flyfishing lodge and guide service on the San Juan River. Fisheads operates out of their San Juan River Lodge in New Mexico. Their web site address is https://www.fisheadsofthesanjuan.com/ Background: The guide service and lodge opened in 1999 with only Chris […]
2021 Dream Ticket Information
2021 Dream Tickets 2021 Dream ticket information is at the links below. This year you must purchase tickets at the Georgia TU website. PLEASE NOTE: You must select Gold Rush Chapter when you buy your tickets for us to get credit, as this is an optional selection during the purchase process. Good luck and remember this supports our Chapter as much as […]
American Fly Fishing Magazine – featuring Sam Johnson & Courthouse Creek
This month’s edition features our very own Sam Johnson in the Around The East section of American Fly Fishing. Sam talks about Courthouse Creek located in Pisgah National Forest. If you haven’t subscribed to this great fly fishing magazine you should. https://www.americanflyfishing.com/
History of Fly Line
Starting out fly fishing can be overwhelming… unless you have a great mentor from say our mentor program 😉 run by Fred Ruppel… and even then the different types of rods, lines, bugs, leaders, tippet and on and on can be like a new sales rep staring at a busy freeway not knowing how or […]
What’s The Jig?
If you missed this article in Trout Bitten, Ken Nichols has provided it here to review the power of the jig hook… wait, what, you mean there’s really no difference? https://troutbitten.com/2020/03/15/nymph-hook-inversion-and-the-myth-of-the-jig-hook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nymph-hook-inversion-and-the-myth-of-the-jig-hook&utm_term=2020-03-16 Probably like many of you I started noticing this huge move to jig hooks a few years ago and when I see jig hook […]