HARRY AND LAURA NOHR CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED

After twice cancelling due to COVID-19 flares, we are optimistic that a new variant is not going to force us to cancel yet again.

Thank you for all the many donations over the past couple of years as our chapter’s work has not been cancelled.  WE WILL HONOR THE DONATIONS MADE SINCE OUR LAST BANQUET WITH THE ALLOTTED DINNER TICKETS BASED ON THE DONATION AMOUNT.  Those who purchased dinner tickets for either of the two cancelled events will also have tickets for the May 2022 banquet.  All purchased or earned tickets will be available at the door the night of the event.

Please be prepared to bid on our silent auction items and bucket raffles.  We have been gathering prizes for the cancelled banquets.  A large trove of prizes including rods, reels, treasured books, and an entire setup for fly tying have been donated to our chapter by the estates of Bill Weege and Paul Carpenter, and generous donations by Jeff and Cleo Ware and John and Wendy Dunagan.  These items will help everyone have the gear they desire to fish, wade, fly tie, water monitor, or to learn about a multitude of conservation topics and interesting places to travel.

We have lost our president, Tim Fraley, several long-time banquet attendees, and a land owner who allowed us to do work on her stream since our last event in 2019.  We hope to honor their memories the night of the banquet.  There is also much to celebrate as our chapter has many dedicated members who continue to spend thousands of hours toward the preservation and improvement of the cold water streams this piece of the world has been blessed with.

If you have items that you wish to donate as prizes for the banquet, please notify me soon at the email address below.  We hope to see many of you at the banquet Friday, May 6, 2022 at Castle Rock Ridge west of Montfort at the intersection of Highway G and Shemak Road in the heart of the beautiful Driftless Region.

Gordon Grieshaber, Secretary

ggries@mhtc.net

H&L Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a Lie and Tie on Saturday, March 5. It will be from 11:00 to 3:00 at The Hollow in downtown Montfort. There will be a brief Board meeting at 11 and all are invited to attend the meeting or begin tying flies. If one doesn’t know how to tie and is interested in learning, there will be some opportunity for instruction and extra tying equipment available. Food and drink will be available for purchase from The Hollow. Hope to have a pleasant gathering.

Any and All are invited!!!

Hello from our chapter President Tim Fraley

Fall in in the air; walnuts leaves are starting to change, grasshoppers are abundant! Our Summer Social and Landowner Appreciation picnic was a success with 45 in attendance, thank you to all the people who organized and helped!

Please don’t miss out on our October 9 Banquet! Details are to the right on this page! Behind the scenes Ted and Carol are making progress on a much-improved website with new features and information. Highlights include an:

• interactive project map
• chapter history
• women’s events
• an events calendar
• Amazon Smile
• donations via PayPal, etc.

Project work on the Zadrizil property is moving along without major weather problems and should be complete by year’s end!

Hello from Chapter President Tim Fraley!

I hope this newsletter finds everyone safe and healthy during this pandemic.
One of the chapter events that has been postponed several times is our banquet. The board has decided to not have a banquet before the traditional opening day of regular fishing. We are looking at a possibility of a banquet in early October if the vaccinations go well. I am also looking for a chapter member to help the chapter start a trash pickup program along our more well used streams. Please email me if you are interested.

Finally, if you are feeling cooped up, the early catch and release season is opened till the first Saturday in May.

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