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Great Bay Trout Unlimited's Casting for Recovery Event 2009This year Great Bay Trout Unlimited hosted its 6th annual Casting for Recovery event on Saturday, October 17th from 9:30AM to 4:00PM, on the banks of the scenic Cocheco River in Dover, New Hampshire. We were blessed with exceptional weather. Six women were able to attend and enjoyed learning to tie knots, had casting instruction on land in the Measured Progress parking lot, learned entomology by the river's edge and waded into the river with one-on-one guidance, caught fish and had a lot of fun. More photos will be posted on our website at http://www.greatbaytu.org in the near future. Great Bay Trout Unlimited strongly supports the efforts of the Casting for Recovery
Program, Many sponsors and volunteers made this event possible. Great Bay Trout Unlimited would like to thank Measured Progress of Dover for the use of their parking area and restroom facilities for the day's event; Dunkin Donuts of Lee, NH, for coffee and donuts; Carol Reynolds for her fresh baked breads; Weeksie's Pizza of Dover for morning turnovers and for their outstanding lunch donation of hot pizzas, rollups and whoopee pies for lunch; North Country Angler of North Conway for donating the fly boxes for all the flies that were generously donated by many members of GBTU; and the many who volunteered their time either guiding on the river or helping out in many other ways. Also, thank you to the many that tied flies for the women to take home with them. I would also like to thank NH Fish & Game for supporting our event by stocking the river prior to our event and Judy Tumosa for giving such a dynamic entomology presentation. Also, thank you to the NH Fish & Game Let's Go Fishing Program for their support and supplying us with needed equipment. You can view more information about the National Casting for Recovery Program at http://www.castingforrecovery.org, or contact Wendy Nixon at fishinnixon2@comcast.net for further information on how you can help our local event for next year. It was a day full of hope, promise and trout ... and a lot of fun! Wendy Nixon |
2010-2011 Season Meeting & Event Schedule
All of the programs listed below will take place at the Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road,
Portsmouth, NH, (directions) and begin at 6:30PM, unless otherwise indicated.
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