Winston-Salem, NC Blue Ridge Chapter of Trout Unlimited
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"072 - Blue Ridge"
Fly Tying Classes
Wednesdays at 9am until 12pm AND 6pm - 8pm
Location: South Fork Community Center, 4401 Country Club Rd, Winston-Salem
At 9am on Wednesdays Project Healing Waters will host fly tying classes and at 6pm on Wednesday evenings Blue Ridge Trout Unlimited will host classes. The classes are free and all are welcome - from beginners to advanced. No need to sign up, just come join us. If you have specific questions about the evening classes, you can contact, Rusty Berrier [email protected].
Wednesdays at 9am until 12pm AND 6pm - 8pm
Location: South Fork Community Center, 4401 Country Club Rd, Winston-Salem
At 9am on Wednesdays Project Healing Waters will host fly tying classes and at 6pm on Wednesday evenings Blue Ridge Trout Unlimited will host classes. The classes are free and all are welcome - from beginners to advanced. No need to sign up, just come join us. If you have specific questions about the evening classes, you can contact, Rusty Berrier [email protected].
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Lansing Big Horse Creek River Cleanup
Date: July 6, 2025 Location: Wagoner Access in the New River State Park Time: 5pm - 7pm New River Conservancy will be hosting two clean ups after Ann Rose’s Celebration in Lansing, North Carolina. These New River cleanups are co-sponsored by Ann Rose – River Warrior. The New River Conservancy will provide shuttle, canoes, life jackets, trash grabbers, trash bags, tire pullers, and a great time. There will be a Big Horse Creek cleanup at 5:00 following Ann Rose’s Celebration at the Lansing Creeper Trail Park, and a river clean up at Deep Ford Bridge. We will be running a shuttle from Lansing Creeper Trail Park at 5:00 after Ann Rose’s Celebration. Please register here. If you have questions, please contact [email protected] |
Project Healing Waters Tie-A-Thon
Date: July 19th, 2025 Location: Patterson School 4646 Patterson School Dr, Lenoir, NC 28645 Time: 9am - 3pm Tie-a-Thon For Project Healing Waters in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, July 19th at Patterson School. We will be tying Walt’s Worm, Squirmy, and Egg Fly. Materials are provided. If you can, bring your own tying equipment but a few sets are available. If you can, tie some flies up before you come and bring them along. |
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International Fly Fishing Film Festival
Date: October 9th, 2025 Location: Paul J Ciener Botanical Gardens 215 S Main St, Kernersville, NC 27284 Time: 5:15pm - Social Time 6:30pm - Show Starts Join us for the 2025 International Fly Fishing Festival. There will be social time with a food truck and beer from Fiddlin' Fish available for purchase. We will have give aways as well as amazing fly fishing films for viewing. Purchase Tickets by clicking here - https://flyfilmfest.com/kernersvillenc/ Click Calendar Icon Below to add to calendar
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Garden Creek Temperature Logs from 2024
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In late 2024 Tyler Pait, Randy Mays, and Bob Lassiter monitored temps in the Garden Creek Upper and Lower sections. The results of the test of the temperature monitoring showed very little different in water temperatures between the two sections. Garden Creek is located within Stone Mountain State Park.
Link to temperature result details. |
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The Todd Community Preservation Organization is continuing to support the local Todd community with Hurricane Helene relief. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so by visiting their website. |
Purple Paint Law
Have you started seeing purple paint on tress or fence posts? It is a result of the NC Purple Paint Law, read more here.
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We thank these companies for their continued support of Blue Ridge Trout Unlimited
Sponsors who generously contribute to our conservation efforts!
Please, click on logos to visit their sites
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Orvis Retail Store located at 627 Friendly Center Road, Greensboro, NC.
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