March 27, 2013 General Meeting

The Edmonds Salmon Chapter of Trout Unlimited is happy to announce that our speaker or this month will be Loren Elliott, a fly fishing guide based in Northern California, who moved to Seattle to attend college, where he recently graduated from Seattle University. While here he has been fishing the shores of Puget Sound, successfully adapting his techniques for our area. Loren will share his strategies for this fishery, as well as some of his fishing and water related photography that he is equally adept at. The meeting will start at 7:00 PM at the Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds, WA 98020. We will also have Pizza and refreshments as well as raffle so please plan to attend this great event.

Changes to Yearly Meeting & Event schedule

 

The Board of Directors, in our attempt to make the meetings more compelling and interesting for the members, have decided to make the following changes to our meeting schedule. We will have general meetings essentially quarterly (March 27th, June 26th, Sept 25th and Nov. 20th). Our big special events will be the Open House and Kids Fishing Pond as part of the Edmonds Waterfront Festival (June 1st & 2nd this year) and our annual Banquet and Auction will be on August 7th. We hope that this advance notice will help everyone to plan to attend these events. At each of the General Meetings we will have a good speaker that will address the needs or issues of that particular season, provide pizza for dinner and a great raffle.
The Hatchery is off to a great start this year and we can always use help with hosting school students who come to the hatchery to learn about salmon for field trips, feeding the fish that are being moved to the pond this weekend or working at the Open House in June. Contact Walter Thompson at 425-774-3903 or email him at wedell@msn.com

No General Meeting Wednesday January 23rd

This post to inform everyone that we will not be having our General Meeting this Wednesday January 23rd. 2013. Several events prevented the speakers that we had planned from being able to participate this month and we didn't want to have a meeting without a compelling speaker. We will have a good speaker for the the 4th Wednesday in February, the 28th and will be bringing in Pizza for everyone to enjoy so plan on attending that meeting. At that time we will also outline the meetings for the rest of year and other activities.
As far as the Hatchery is concerned, we got our eggs in December and they are progressing nicely. There will be an announcement regarding the net pen installation within the next couple of weeks for those interested in helping to launch and participate in the feeding schedule.

Sept 28th General Meeting & Elections

Our next meeting will be Wendesday November 28th at 7:00 PM at the Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave (two blocks south of the Edmonds Ferry Dock). Our special guest speaker this month will be Tom O'Haus who is the owner/operator of Angling Unlimited in Sitka, Alaska. Tom is from the Northwest (Tom O'Haus info link) and has a great deal of information to present about various fishing methods and his current work in Sitka. It should be a very informative and fun discussion.
We will also be having a Board Meeting before the general meeting, starting at 6:00 pm if you have anything to discuss with your Board of Directors. We will also be having elections for the Board for 2013. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please contact one of the current board members ahead of the meeting and we will also be taking nominations from the floor. You must be a current TU member to serve on the board.

BBQ and Auction Moved to Saturday October 13th

The Board of Directors has decided that the BBQ and Auction would be better positioned if we moved it to a Saturday instead of Wednesday. The Edmonds Senior Center has Saturday October 13 available so we are moving it to that date. We hope it doesn't inconvenience those that had planned to attend on Sept 26th but hope you find this date will work for you. If you already have your ticket for the 26th , it will work just fine for Oct. 13th. Any questions contact me at: edmondstu@gmail.com or call my phone at 206-354-0877
Thank you, Gary McConaghy

BBQ & Auction set for Sept 26th

The decision has been made to move the planned August BBQ & Auction to the Sept 26th General Meeting Date. The event will be catered by Larry's Smokehouse once again but the ticket price has been reduced to $10/member or $15 for non-members. We will have raffles for restaurant and retail gift cards as well as auction items of fishing trips with Chapter members and other great items. In addition everyone that attends will be entered into a drawing for an overnight stay at a Northwest Resort with Dinner. So mark your calendars and plan to attend this great/fun event. Tickets will be available by requesting by email to: edmondstu@gmail.com or call Gary McConaghy @ 206-354-0877

Hatchery Open House 2012

We had a great time doing the Open House at the Willow Creek Hatchery during the Edmonds Waterfront Festival. In the two days we had over 300 young fisher boys and girls try their luck at the ol fish'n pond and most all of them were successful. We look forward to doing it again next year. A big thank you to all the members who came down to help out with all the activities.