Saturday, 6/18, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. ~ National Stream Clean-Up Day

We will be working with three different conservation organizations to conduct stream clean-ups on four Fairfield County rivers. We need as many volunteers to come out for T.U.'s National Stream Clean-Up Day as possible!

* Pequonnock River (with Pequonnock River Initiative) - meeting place is at the Beardsley Zoo (1875 Noble Avenue, Bridgeport). Follow the river upstream within Beardsley Park to the north end of the property. We will be cleaning up the area under and around the Rte. 8 Bridge.

*Farmill River (with Shelton Land Conservation Trust) - meeting place is on Beard Saw Mill Rd in Shelton, under the Rte. 8 Bridge.

*Mill River's Wild Trout Management Area (with Aspetuck Land Trust) - meeting place is the William S. Warner Angler Preserve (parking lot at the intersection of Buck Hill Rd. and South Park Ave. in Easton.)

*Saugatuck River - meeting place is at the William "Doc" Skerlick Trout Management Area on Ford Rd. in Westport.

Garbage bags and bottled water will be supplied by the chapter.

Please bring:
-if possible, boots or waders for pulling trash out of or across the river
-insect repellent
-gloves for picking up the trash

See you there!

For more information, please email us at info@nutmegtu.org

Nutmeg TU encourages all fly tiers to donate flies to Casting for Recovery. Please mail them directly to CFR (click on their logo to the left.)

Casting for Recovery is a great program that provides fly fishing retreats specifically designed for women who have or have had breast cancer.

The following list of flies are the most desirable ones for use at their retreats. Feel free to expand on the list as you wish, as they often experience differing conditions that warrant a wide variety of patterns and sizes.

• Adams (dry) - sizes 12,14
• Elk Hair Caddis (dry) - sz 12,14
• Attractor patterns (dry, such as Wulffs) - sz 12,14
• Griffith's Gnat (dry) - sz 16
• Bead-Head Hare's Ear (nymph) - sz 10,12
• Stonefly (nymph) - sz 10,12
• Bead-Head Soft Hackle (wet) - sz 10,12
• Terrestrials (dry) - sz 10,12
• Lightly weighted Woolly Buggers (streamer) - sz 6,8