Jimmy How do you keep track of who pays their dues when you "lease" a river? That sounds a little "elitist" to me. Do they still lease salmon rivers also? That is one thing that kind of turns me off to trout unlimited. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] HAVE A GREAT DAY !!
> Ken, Our TU chapter has "leases" all along the river below the dam. We > usually have 100+ members who pay for lease access at $85/yr. Others > like myself fish the public access areas which are just about as good > albeit, more crowded. Of course, there are many people who are not TU > members who fish the Guad also. it'd be hard to put a figure on it, but > it's a LOT. Enough to support big Orvis stores in Austin and San > Antone, plus several other big fly shops. Besides trout fishing, there > is always other stream fly fishing too. With the restocking that we've > done in the last month and will continue through February, there'll be > plenty of trout. Already put in several thousand at 10" all the way to 20". > > Cheers, > > JIMMY > > Ken Staples wrote: > > >Hey Jimmy, > > > >I saw that two nights ago on TU TV. It was a beautiful river. I wondered > >how many of the VFB Texans fished that. Don't feel bad, that's one more > >reproducing trout stream than we have in Florida! > > > >Ken (FL) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >www.snorkelsite.com > > > >>Trout season here in Texas is year-round too, Neville. The only kicker > >> > > > >>is that we have only one reproducing trout stream. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Jimmy D. Moore - Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU > Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. > http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html > > www.sportingtales.com This is the website of Sporting Tales > magazine - No "how-to OR "where-to"! Just the "Why-to", > with outstanding campfire type stories about hunting and fishing. > > > > > >
