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General Meeting

May 13, 2008

Guest Speaker

Matt Grobert

Matt Grobert Author Of The Long Awaited Guide “Fly Fishing New Jersey Trout Streams” Tonight Presents “Primary New Jersey Hatches and How to Fish Them”

June 17, 2008

Kelcey Burguess, Black Bear Project Leader For New Jersey’s Division Of Fish & Wildlife Presents A Program Entitiled “Black Bears On The Fly - Minimizing Conflicts, Managing Encounters”

Please take notice that the June meeting has been moved to the third Tuesday of the month due to the hall being closed on our regular meeting night.

Meeting Location

American Legion Hall
137 New Market Road
Dunellen, NJ

Meeting starts at 8 PM

News & Events

Annual Musky Cleanup

Saturday April 19

May 2008

General Meeting - May 13, 2008

Matt Grobert Presents

“Primary New Jersey Hatches and How to Fish Them”

April on the Musky

President’s Letter

This month Bart reminds you of upcoming changes to the delivery format of our newsletter "Mainstream" and announces a rod raffle as an incentive to sign up for our new newsletter. To read more about this and other chapter activities, click here.

Articles

For May we have two articles for you to read. The first is by Brian Cowden, TU’s Musconetcong Home Rivers Project Coordinator, titled "Focus on the Musconetcong", in which he explains TU’s new Musconetcong Home Rivers Initiative and some of the projects on the river such as the removal of Gruendyke dam.

We also have a report on a fishing trip by chapter member Dave Hart titled "Drift Fishing New Zealand".

Trips

There are a number of trips planned for this season. To see what is available, click here.

Fly of the Month

This month we have a pair of saltwater patterns from Ron Ruskai. In the warmer months many of us spend time fishing the vast amount of saltwater available to us living in Central Jersey. To learn how to tie these flys, click here.

Pequest Programs For 2008 - By Ozzie Ozefovich

Due to staffing hours reductions at the Pequest Hatchery there may not be any programs run on Saturdays or Sundays after July 1st. So, please check online or contact Ozzie at to find out the latest update.

Free Fishing Weekend

Saturday and Sunday June 7th and 8th

Fly Casting Clinic For Beginers -- Free !!

Saturday, July 19th 12 noon - 4pm
Saturday, August 16th 12 noon - 4pm

CJTU Kids Fishing Education Day -- Free !!

Saturday, September 20th 10am - 3pm

Kids Fishing Education Day is a special program for family members of Central Jersey Trout Unlimited. We always get a great turnout, rain or shine! All children age 8 or over that are family of CJTU members can also invite a friend to come along. Please let Ozzie know if you will be attending and how many family members/guests you will be bringing. All chapter members are invited to assist the youngsters. A pizza lunchwill be provided.

We will have spin casting outfits for the kids, with barbless hooks, and we also supply the worms. Lures are not allowed. You can bring a fly rod or bring your own fishing outfits, as long as there is someone accompanying your youngster. Safety glasses are supplied for those that aren’t wearing plain glasses or sunglasses.

For information on all programs during the year, and there are many that not just in the fishing category (and they are all free): Snakes of New Jersey, Owl Prowl, Owl Pellets and what they eat, Butterflies and Moths, Life cycle of the Monarch butterfly, Indoor fossil hunt, Trees of NJ, Birds of NJ, Black bears, and more, visit www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/budding.htm .

CJTU is one of New Jersey's leading advocacy and conservation groups leading the fight to protect cold water fisheries and their environments. Our members represent a diverse cross-section of New Jersey and its surrounding areas, but all of us are joined together by a love of trout fishing and a commitment to preserve cold-water fisheries for future generations.

Our mission is to conserve, protect and restore New Jersey's cold water fisheries and their environments. In order to achieve our goals, we conduct habitat improvement projects, stream clean-ups, and educational programs among other activities. We strive to educate the next generation about the importance to preserve clean water and wild trout. While engaged in conservation efforts, we manage to have a lot of fun, whether at monthly meetings, chapter fly fishing trips, or stream projects. We invite you to join.