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Our
monthly meeting includes a different program speaker each month. We
also have "Match the Hatch". Members can bring $2 or a fly
to be placed in the hat for a raffle drawing. The winner receives the
hat, the flies and the money. Sometimes we also have an "education"
segment....but this is up to the Conservation/Education
trainer to coordinate and will differ from month to month. Match
the Hatch is every month.
Our
meetings are held the 2nd monday of every month at the Delkwood
Grill @ 7PM
Bill Oyster, Oyster Fly Rods: Handcrafting a custom bamboo fly rod
Starr Nolan, Brookside Guides: Fly Fishing in Western North Carolina
Gary Mann, Waynesville Fly Shop: Fly Fishing in Western North Carolina
Mark Sokolowski, Bow River
Gary Mann, Waynesville Fly Shop: Fly Fishing in Western North Carolina
Past Meetings:
New Members Raffle and Awards Dinner
Chris Scalley and Kyle Burrell, River Through Atlanta: Fishing the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta and fly selection
Christopher Scalley grew up in Roswell, Georgia, doing the things he loves: hunting, fishing and trapping the Chattahoochee River and surrounding watersheds. Comparing and contrasting other fisheries throughout the world, Chris has fly fished New Zealand's famed freestone waters of the South Island, Ireland's productive loch angling, the Gmundner Traun tailwater of Austria, the Rocky Mountain Western U.S. to more domestic waters like the limestone rich spring creeks of the State of Pennsylvania.
Although these distant waters are well worth the journey, Chris and many of his clients have always felt the 'Hooch compares favorably with these "destination rivers" both from an angling and an aesthetic perspective. Field and Stream Magazine recognized Chris as a finalist in the Heroes of Conservation 2007 Awards Gala for efforts to protect the Chattahoochee sport fishery. He has guided drift boat trips under a National Park Service permit in the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area since 1994 and has maintained a commercial guide's license under the Kentucky's Department of Fish and Wildlife since 2000 leading Cumberland River tailwater float trip adventures.
Chris has a BA in History degree from Elon College, North Carolina; and, maintains CPR certification. Whether you are a beginner, novice or expert, Chris wants to help you rejuvenate your soul on the water!
Steve Lamb, Georgia Fly Guide: Fly fishing on the Tallulah River and Moccosin Creek areas
"My wife and I moved from the Midwest to Georgia where I fell in love with the Blue Ridge mountains. As I traveled the back roads into the mountains I discovered his passion ( Fly-fishing’ ) for the next couple of years I headed out to search each of these streams in the Blue Ridge Mts. Uncovering each stream one by one. God gives us all a talent and mine was the Art of Fly fishing! Toccoa River is my home waters in which almost every weekend you’ll see a Georgia Bull Dog colored drift boat drifting over the majestic pure clean waters they call the Toccoa!"
Steve is also a wildlife photographer with 25yrs.Exp. He worked for envision out of NY. For a couple of seasons but wanted to stay focused on Fly fishing.
Steve has written several publications about fly fishing for Atlanta Constitution, Marietta Journal, Kennesaw University Edu. & Harry Norman Reality.
The Lambster is or has been active with many organizations such as Trout Unlimited, Fly fishing federation, Operation clean stream and has done free seminars for places such as Bass Pro shops, TU as well as large church socials.
Just a little insight on the ( Lambster) Steve has 30 years of knowledge, fishing destinations such as Georgia, Tenn, Penn, NY, Montana, Wyoming Kentucky and Arkansas. Steve also has been doing instructional classes for Seniors, Co-Ed, Ladies only at Kennesaw University EDU. For 11yrs. And smaller institutes. Steve also has 25years of Entomology and 8yrs.of Drift boating.
The Lambster also designs custom flies for fly fishing, his first pattern for 2006 was ( Mr.Copper ) a Metallic streamer which has captured a lot of attention since its arrival. Big Y flies out of OR has been helping with the process of the new streamer which will be sold in the spring of 2008
Steve also heads his Guide Service “Georgia Fly Guide” & Fly Tying School. As far as destinations we offer the best selections in the State of Georgia, for more info please call the Lambster at 770-382-9696 www.georgiaflyguide.com
David Hulsey, Unicoi Outfitters: Fishing the Toccoa River and fly
David Hulsey has been obsessed with the sport of fly fishing for over 30 years. For the past 15 years, he has logged over 4000 days guiding customers from all over the world on the waters of Georgia, North Carolina, and Wyoming. David is the Manager at Unicoi Outfitters in Blue Ridge, Georgia. He is a year 2000 Graduate of the Joan Wulff Fly Casting Instructors Course and a Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructor. A member of the R.L. Winston and Ross Reels Prostaff. Also, he is a published outdoor writer and photographer.
Dane Law, Southeastern Anglers Fly Fishing Guides: Fishing the Hiwassee and Tellico Rivers: A Must for the fall camping trip. Fly selection for the fall trip.
Dane is a native of Cartersville, GA and a graduate of the University of Georgia. He began guiding in Illiamna, Alaska in 1987. In 2000 Dane started Southeaster Anglers on the Hiwassee River in Reliance, TN. He offers drift boat fly fishing trips on the major tailwaters of the Southeast.
No meeting - Look for GaWomFly Summer Party on June Calendar
Daniel Boone, Nantahala Fly Fishing Co. - "Fishing the Nantahala and Surrounding Streams of the Area"
Little known world class, trophy trout opportunities in Graham County, NC and the newly created fly fishing only waters on the Cherokee Indian Reservation.
Larry Vigil & Duane Stalnaker, Cohutta TU 242 Chpt. Members - "Fishing the S. Holston R. at the Holston Castaways section." They will give us a presentation on when and where to fish at the property we are renting including fly selection. They have stayed at this rental and fished this river many times.
Duane Stalnaker grew up fishing in West Virginia and fell in love with the beautiful scenery that trout fishing offered. Duane took up flyfishing in 1998 and has been a serious student of the sport ever since. He loves Wyoming where he has been going on trips for the last 10 years and has guided occasionally for the Green River Guest Ranch near Pinedale, Wy on the upper Green River. Duane also spearheaded and has served as guide for the last 4 years for The Georgia Council of Trout Unlimited`s “Dream Flyfishing Vacation”. He has flyfished in Wisconsin and Michigan for steelhead and king salmon, Canada for northern pike, Wyoming and Montana for cutthroat trout, NC, TN, GA, WV, and KY for rainbows, brown and brook trout, but his favorite flyfishing pastime is chasing bonefish and tarpon in the Florida Keys and the Carribean.
Mr. Larry Vigil was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1958. Mr. Vigil is married and resides in the metro Atlanta area. He has been fly fishing for 25 years, one half of his lifetime. Larry has been fishing the South Holston River on an annual basis since 1998, making the Holston Castaways on the South Holston River home base while in the Bluff City area. Larry has been a member of the Cohutta Trout Unlimited Chapter for 20 years. As a member of the Cohutta chapter; he has served in various leadership roles in the chapter over the years.He has served as the former Georgia Trout Unlimited State Council Chair and is currently the Trout Unlimited National Leadership Council Representative for Georgia.
Kyle Burrell: Fishing the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta and fly selection
March 9, 2009
The Hiwassee River Top to Bottom: Overview of the Hiwassee riverway, from its headwaters in the highlands of North Georgia to the warmwater fishery of the lower riverway near Reliance, TN, covering fishing opportunities (where, how) for trout, panfish, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, largemouth bass, striped bass in riverine habitats.
Company Background
- Name: Reel Angling Adventures, owned by Bob Borgwat
- Claim to Fame: More guided fishing destinations than any outfitter in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
- Entering our 6th year of guided fishing services
- Fly-fishing and conventional bass fishing
- Wade trips, drift-boat trips, remote hike-, bass boat
- Regional coverage:
- Chattahoochee River north to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, west to the Hiwassee
River at Reliance, TN, east to the Tuckaseegee River, NC.
- More than 60 destinations by permit in the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Nantahala National Forest
- Primary destinations – Lower Toccoa River tailwater at Blue Ridge dam, Hiwassee River at Reliance, TN, Nantahala River DH section; Chattooga River DH section, numerous wild trout streams of Coopers Creek/Blue Ridge WMAs, Lake Blue Ridge, Lake Chatuge
- Private trophy-trout waters – Tooni Cove Farm (upper Toccoa River, GA), Noontootla Creek Farm (Noontootla Creek, GA), Mountaintown Creek (Gilmer County, GA)
Guides (presenting program)
- Bob Borgwat – owner/operator/outfitter/guide-team leader of Reel Angling Adventures (52 years old)
- Has lived for 12 years on the upper Toccoa River in Fannin County, GA
- Bob's fishing experience in the southern Appalachian Mountains spans 18 years. A native Californian, he grew up fishing the trout streams of the Sierras and the near-shore waters of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. He came to North Georgia in 1990 after living 15 years in Texas, where he honed his bass-fishing skills on the legendary lakes of East Texas. Bob's angling fortunes stretch to the rivers of Wyoming's Rocky Mountains, high-country streams of California's Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains, the bays and bayous of the Mississippi Delta, the waterways of Nicaragua's Caribbean jungles, the flats of The Bahamas, the rocky shelves of Mozambique's Indian Ocean, many rivers of southern Africa, and more.
- Freelance writer/editor/photographer with more than 100 magazine articles published as a freelance writer and editor for state, regional, national and international fishing magazines. Bob also has frequently served as interim senior editor for 16 state titles of outdoors magazines published by Intermedia Outdoors in Marietta, Ga.
- Current member/former officer of Georgia Outdoors Writers Association
- Bill Stranahan – lead guide (35 years old)
- A river rat … lives and breathes the Hiwassee River at Reliance, TN
- 11 years’ experience floating, wading and fishing the Hiwassee River tailwater at Reliance (Smith Creek Powerhouse)
- Joined Reel Angling Adventures in 2007, meeting immediate needs for our first season of floating drift boats on the Hiwassee River at Reliance, TN
- Formerly led the guide services for Reliance Fly & Tackle.
Elizabeth Farquharson will be speaking about how the Georgia Council of Trout Unlimited’s Trout Camp has changed her life. Elizabeth was sponsored by the GWFF in 2006. Since then she has returned twice as a youth mentor and plans on returning again as an adult mentor. After camp, Elizabeth became very active in the Kanooka Chapter of Trout Unlimited, to the point of being elected President. Elizabeth will talk about her experiences at the camp and her adventures since camp to demonstrate that age and gender have no bearing on excelling in a field of conservation and fly fishing.
Noel Holcomb
 Acting on the recommendation of Governor Sonny Perdue, the Board of Natural Resources appointed Noel Holcomb as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on August 9, 2004.
As Commissioner, Mr. Holcomb is responsible for the daily operations of the department, which involve overseeing the management and conservation of Georgia’s wildlife, the operation of over one million acres of wildlife management areas and public fishing areas and state parks, the protection and conservation of coastal marshlands, the preservation of historic resources, and the implementation of environmentally sound business practices for industry. In addition, he works closely with Dr. Carol Couch, Director of DNR’s Environmental Protection Division on environmental regulations including water and air quality.
Mr. Holcomb’s career with DNR spans 29 years, beginning as a wildlife technician at Ossabaw Island in 1978. He also served as manager of Ossabaw, along with being a wildlife technician supervisor in northeast Georgia, a senior wildlife biologist and manager of Sapelo Island, and a game management supervisor in northwest Georgia. Mr. Holcomb was named as Assistant Director of Wildlife Resources Division in 2001 and Director in 2003.
Mr. Holcomb holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from West Georgia College. The Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (P.O.S.T.) certify him as a deputy conservation ranger.
Mr. Holcomb is a member of the Wildlife Society, the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Advisory Committee’s Instruction and Outreach Committee, and serves as Chairman of the Teaming With Wildlife Committee of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. He is also Chairman of the Coastal Marshlands and Shore Protection Committees, serves on the Land Conservation Council, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, and the Water Council.
Mr. Holcomb has a strong history of service to the agency and an extensive knowledge of natural resources issues. He has the leadership and experience to effectively guide the agency in the coming years.
Mr. Holcomb currently resides in Plainville with his wife, Terri, and son, Zane.
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