Welcome to the 89er Chapter of Trout Unlimited. We hope that this site will provide you with updates of our activities and events, and supply you with information on happenings that affect you and the waters you fish.
Meeting/Event Schedule:
Sept 13th: OWDC and the water flow issues surrounding the Lower Illinois River
Oct 11th:
- Part I: Elections (We really need a TREASURER!)
- Part II: "Growing and Fishing Grass" a treatise on making and fishing bamboo fly rods
Nov 4th-5th: Mid-South Regional Trout Unlimited Meeting in Greers Ferry Arkansas (Open to all Trout Unlimited Members)
Nov 8th: Rob Woodruff "Fishing the Lower Mountain Fork River"
Dec 10th: Stream Clean-up on the Lower Illinois River
Jan 10th: To be determined
Feb 11th: Ed Engle!!!!!
Mar 3rd: Annual Fundraiser Banquet
All meetings will start at 7:00 pm
Meetings held at Sportsman Country Club, 4001 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
UPDATE: HOT NEWS! 14 Nov 2011 Trout Stocking to resume in the Lower Illinois River
ODWC announced today that troutstocking will resume in Lower Illinois starting November the 16th with an extra stocking on the 18th. The normal stocking schedule will resume November 30th.
Recent rains and associated runoff have resulted in Lake Tenkiller conservation pool reaching normal levels, resetting water storage allocations for all water supply contract holders, including the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's (ODWC) donated storage from 19 October 2011 to 17 January 2012. Once again, ODWC can order releases as needed for the downstream fishery.
Also, one of the Tenkiller Dam sluice gates will be temporarily back in service tomorrow, allowing releases requested by ODWC to be discharged through the sluice gate, increasing dissolved oxygen content and enabling more refined flow amounts. Prior to the sluice gate being operable while repairs were being made, releases were being made through the hydropower turbines, which required larger than the minimum necessary quantity of water and less than optimum quality of water. One sluice gate will remain in service while final repairs are made to both sluice gates.
Be advised that this good news is only a temporary solution - The water authorization that ODWC has been granted to use to maintain the water flow for the river is on a 90-day permit and ODWC must reapply each 90 days...we can expect that this permit will be renewed in 90 days but only if there is enough water flowing into the reservoir to maintain conservation pool and refill the permitted storage authorization....Overall this announcement is very good news, but unless we continue to push for a permanent solution to maintain the water flow and water quality for Lower Illinois River, our celebrations may be short lived...let us enjoy the river for now but work diligently to ensure we have the ability to enjoy it as a year round trout fishery for years to come.
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HELP!
Our Chapter has been asked by a Boy Scout Troop in Mustang to lend a hand as their Scouts work to earn the Boy Scout Merit Badge for Fly Fishing and Martin (Marty) Weaver has volunteered to lead this effort but he REALLY needs our HELP!!
The troop has roughly 40 scouts and therefore the plan is to break the group down into "bite sized chunks" as we guide them through the merit badge requirements.
We will be assisting the Scouts in their quest for the badge as they learn all about flyfishing. Topics include: Equipment, Hazards, Basic Entomology, Fly Types, Fly Casting, No Trace Fishing Techniques, Fly Tying, Catching and Landing Fish.
We understand that you probably can't make every session but we are asking that each of our members try to help out with at least one session. Considering that we have 3 rounds scheduled with 3 sessions each it gives you 9 opportunities to lend a hand!
Here's the proposed schedule:
Round 1: Monday April 2nd, Monday April 9th and Saturday April 14th.
Round 2: Monday April 16th, Monday April 23rd and Saturday April 28th.
Round 3: Monday April 30th, Monday May 7th and Saturday May 19th.
Monday sessions will start at 7:15 P.M. and go to 8:30 P.M.
Saturday sessions will start at 3:00 P.M. and finish by 6:00 P.M
Sessions will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 10928 SW 15th St, OKC.
Want to help? Want more information? contact Marty at okieflier@att.net or call him at (405)808-7116, Greg at gmann6@cox.net or Chuck at chasbass62@yahoo.com or call at (405)973-4571
