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Fly fishermen - there's camaraderie to be found
The Greenwich Citizen
By Anne Semmes
Friday, June 12, 2009
They stand like lonely
sentinels knee-deep in mid-river, their fishing lines stretched out
before them. They're fly fishermen in search of trout -- and since
April 18, the start of trout season, you'll find them in their favorite
"fishing hole," on the Mianus in Minaus River Park.
For those locals wanting to learn from and linger with fly
fishermen, there's the 40-year-old Mianus Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
the group is comprised of more than 500 anglers from Greenwich to
Ridgefield, with approximately half coming from Greenwich, says Chapter
president Dick O'Neill.
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Trout Unlimited celebrates 50th
The Wilton Bulletin
By Justin Reynolds
Thursday, May 7, 2009
It’s a wet job, but somebody’s got to do it.
And somebody’s done it for a half a century.
Trout
Unlimited — a 140,000-member nonprofit organization that focuses on
preserving, protecting and restoring America’s cold water fisheries —
is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
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Trout fans focus on Norwalk River restoration
The Ridgefield PressFriday, February 6, 2009
Throughout 2009, Trout Unlimited will celebrate its 50th anniversary
as the nation’s largest and oldest coldwater conservation organization
in America.
Locally, the conservation effort is led by Mianus chapter of Trout Unlimited, which has more than 500 members from the area.
In
Ridgefield, the Mianus chapter is active in restoration on the Norwalk
River, completing projects north of Topstone Road and Simpaug Turnpike.
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Trout Unlimited marks 50 years
The Norwalk HourJanuary 31, 2009
By Steve Kobak
There's nothing fishy about a local conservation organization that is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Throughout 2009, Trout Unlimited -- a river conservation group that has
a Mianus River chapter -- will mark 50 years of helping to bolster the
fish population by restoring habitats and streams. The group's members
serve as stewards to the Mianus and Norwalk rivers, according to Duane
Mertz, a member of the Mianus River chapter.
"Over the years, the chapter has invested hundreds of hours in
volunteer time in restoring habitats so that the trout population of
those rivers could thrive," Mertz said.
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Gone Fishing
WestportNow.com
Wednesday, Oct. 15
The fall foliage provided a beautiful setting as several fisherman took advantage of the mild weather to do some trout fishing in the Saugatuck River in Westport. Among them was Bob Stoddard of Stamford. - Lynn U. Miller for WestportNow.com
(Mianus TU Note: Bob is a longtime Mianus TU member and associate at Orvis in Darien.)
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The Orvis Company Joins the Charge to Bring Back the Mianus River
Darien, CT - The Orvis Company recently announced a grant of $2,500 to assist with river restoration work on the Mianus River in Stamford.
The
grant, coupled with chapter funds, will cover a pilot project in the
Mianus River Park, a 200-acre park in the towns of Stamford and
Greenwich. Working with the city of Stamford and the Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection, the Mianus Chapter of TU will
restore a stretch of stream bank damaged during flooding in April of
2007.
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Conservation group spruces up the Norwalk River in Wilton
The Wilton Bulletin
Nov, 17, 2007
Working to
protect the Norwalk River from erosion, promote clean water and improve
habitat for trout and other aquatic life, the Mianus Chapter of Trout
Unlimited recently completed river restoration projects in Wilton. The
projects involved planting native vegetation along the stream corridor
in two areas in town, including work in Cannondale and at Schenck’s
Island.
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Students check up on river insects
By Hoa Nguyen
Greenwich Time, May 28, 2006
For the sake of learning more about water quality, Jeff Yates did a dance of
sorts in the Mianus River Friday morning.
As he stood in river currents that roared downstream past his thighs, Yates
jerked his arms about and teetered his upper body from side to side, looking as
if he might tumble into the 57-degree water at any moment.
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Bypass built at Cannondale Dam to aid passing trout
ctfishing.blogspot.com
April 26, 2006
WILTON: For trout approaching the small, impassible dam in Cannondale,
there is a new current entering the river. Environmentalists hope it
lures the trout, leading them up a bypass built last fall to enable
fish to reach native spawning grounds farther upstream. "Upriver,
there's a clear area with lots of gravel that's good for spawning,"
said Jeff Yates, a member of the Mianus chapter of Trout Unlimited.
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