Holiday Party @ Radio Social!

Join our November Social at the the Orvis Rochester Store. We’ll have guest Speaker Scott Daskiewich from the Native Fish Coalition speak to us about Native Trout in New York State.

SCOTT DASKIEWICH was born and raised in the southern Tug Hill Plateau area of upstate New York.  He currently lives in the Mohawk Valley area with his wife and two daughters.  Scott attended University of Buffalo where he received a degree in Chemical Engineering. Scott caught his first wild native brook trout in ponds while on family hiking trips to the Adirondack Mountains.  This spurred a lifetime fascination with stillwater trout and the various challenges they face.  Scott is an avid fly fisher and fly tyer, and also enjoying skiing, mountain biking, running, mushroom foraging, and hiking.  He is currently the New York chairman of the Native Fish Coalition and sees NFC as a key driver for protecting the wild native fish species in the Adirondack Park region where they currently face many challenges. 

To learn more about this conservation partner click on their website Click Here

Please plan to arrive early at 6:30 to discuss native fish, Irondequoit Creek stewardship, enjoy refreshments and hear more about the upcoming Fly Fishers Workshop. Also, please bring any gear to donate (that is in good working condition) to help support our local chapter’s conservation efforts. eBay listings that benefit the Seth Green Chapter can be found here:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/sethgree-0

Orvis Rochester is located at 3349 Monroe Ave. Pittsford, NY 14618

Join our October Social at the the Orvis Rochester Store for a fun and informative Lake Ontario Tributary Fishing ‘Primer’. Our expert panel includes local guides Aaron DeRuyter, Jessie Hollenbeck and Nick Angelone, along with our Chapter President, former guide and veteran angler Dave Agness. They will present their favorite fishing styles, techniques and tactics for migratory Lake Ontario fish, followed by a panel discussion to answer your questions.

Our featured fly tyer is Jack from Forest Fly Company and he will be spinning up some of his famous tributary patterns starting at 6:30. We’ll be raffling off a new 6 wt Orvis Clearwater rod and other swag, so please plan to arrive early at 6:30 to buy raffle tickets, discuss Irondequoit Creek stewardship, enjoy refreshments and chat up your cohorts.

Also, please bring any gear to donate (that is in good working condition) to help support our local chapter’s conservation efforts. eBay listings that benefit the Seth Green Chapter can be found here:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/sethgree-0

We've also got some Board Elections, so please attend!

Orvis Rochester is located at 3349 Monroe Ave. Pittsford, NY 14618

At our September Social, Steve Hurst (NYS DEC Bureau Chief Of Fisheries) and Chris Legard (Lake Ontario Section Head) will be on hand to update us on the state of New York trout fisheries and take questions from the group. This is a public event so both members and Non-members are welcome to attend.

Steve & Chris' presentation will start at 7pm, but please plan to arrive by 6:30pm to connect about Irondequoit Creek stewardship efforts, enjoy refreshments, ask questions, and meet and share stories among your fellow anglers and conservationists. We look forward to seeing you!

Also, please bring any gear to donate (that is in good working condition) to help support our local chapter’s conservation efforts. eBay listings that benefit the Seth Green Chapter can be found here:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/sethgree-0

Orvis Rochester is located at 3349 Monroe Ave. Pittsford, NY 14618

Seth Green Trout Unlimited chapter will be holding a Citizen Science study on Oatka Creek in the park Saturday August 24 starting at 9 AM. The study is a Thermal Mapping exercise to determine if we can find areas in the stream where cold water is detected among warmer water areas. We are looking for 10 to 15 volunteers to join this study.

Seth Green Trout Unlimited chapter will be holding its annual June Picnic this year at Channing Philbrick Park in Penfield on Wednesday June 12 4PM till 9 PM

Come out and meet our chapter board of directors and chapter members. The event is open to chapter members & their families & friends.

Please join us for this outdoor celebration! Sign in as a Guest when ordering your tickets on Eventgroove, no password required. Get your tickets here:

https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Seth-Green-Trout-Unlimited-Chapter-Annual-Family-93642

Food: Join us for a Picnic style dinner starting at 6pm. Our event will be catered by Forest Hill Catering. Please be sure to order tickets for food. The Menu includes: Hotdogs, Hamburgers, Chicken & 4 side dishes. Please bring your own beverage (Beer & Wine are allowed at the park). Please bring a lawn chair. Food is FREE, and is sponsored by Seth Green Chapter TU.

Fun Activities include:

A one fly team tournament after dinner

Casting accuracy Olympics

Corn Hole game

Fishing on Irondequoit creek

Dinner is free to all, please purchase dinner tickets due by June 5th so we have a headcount for food.

Bring your favorite beverage, a chair & your fishing gear.

Seth Green TU will have a major presence at the Caledonia Trout Festival in 2024. Please stop by our table to introduce yourself.

The May Seth Green TU Membership Meeting has a Location Change!

We will be meeting at the Big Springs Historical Society & Museum in Caledonia NY at 7pm.

Join us for a FREE family fishing day. No fishing license required. Open to all ages and abilities. Youth must be accompained by an adult. Seth Green TU will be demonstrating fly casting and providing an Introduction to Fly Fishing for those interested.

The 18th annual FLY FISHING FILM TOUR (F3T) is back on the road this year with a top notch selection of short films that are sure to get you fired up for the season ahead!

Seth Green TU in conjunction with the Oatka Fish & Game Club are sponsoring a Fly Tying and Gear Swap/Sale event at the Oatka Fish & Game Club. This an opportunity to bring your unwanted but useable fly fishing gear and either trade it for other fly fishing treasures or sell it. And join a great group of fly tyiers to tie or learn how to tie everything from small dry flies and terrestials to Tarpon streamers. Bring your vice and materials to tie.

Coffee, water and softdrinks will be on hand, and you are free to BYOB if you are looking for an adult beverage. A hot lunch will be served around noon for a nominal fee.

Rules if bringing gear to sell or swap: You are responsible for your gear and any transactions that take place.

Please join us for guest speaker Mike DiSarno, Region 8 Biologist DEC. The meeting starts at 7pm. Mike will be presenting electrofishing data results from the 2023 study on Oatka Creek. Please come early @6:30pm to watch our board member, Lance Lascari tie flies. Bring your cash to enter our raffles and purchase Seth Green TU gear.

See you soon! All are welcome, bring a friend!

The meeting is at the Orivs Rochester Store, 3349 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY

Our Guest Speaker this Wednesday is Aldo Pescatore-Tardioli owner and Co-Host of the Podcast series So-Fly.

James L. Markham, senior aquatic biologist with the DEC, will be presenting on the steelhead in Lake Erie. His presentation will be a general overview of everything steelhead on Lake Erie, including stocking, strains, management, research, and the fishery, mainly focused on NY tribs.

The presentation will focus on the angling opportunities that can be found during specific time frames of the year in an effort to pair the angler with their desired experience. We'll review the general angling techniques that are effective during each time frame and including a History of Douglaston Salmon Run and the experience it offers to anglers.

As part of Orvis' on-going commitment to giving back to nature, join the Rochester store as we participate in National Cleanup Day. We will meet at Channing Philbrick Park on Irondequoit Creek for a stream clean-up event.

Youth & Diversity Engagement Opportunities within TU community

The Seth Green Chapter of Trout Unlimited is proud to host the 2023 International Fly Fishing Film Festival in Rochester, NY on March 25, 2023 at The Little Theatre featuring 10 short and feature -length films.

Join Orvis Rochester & Canandaigua Lake Trout Unlimited as we host local guide Rick Kustisch. Rick will be discussing the pursuit of steelhead in the Great Lakes Region.

Instead of our regular January meeting, we have partnered with Orvis Rochester to bring Tom Rosenbauer to Rochester, NY.  Tom Rosenbauer has been a fly fisher for fifty years and was a commercial fly tier by age fourteen.  A native of Rochester, NY, Tom grew up fishing Oatka and Spring Creek.

Location TBD! In years past we’ve used Chen Garden. They are under new management, so we are looking for a new location. Please let us know if you have any ideas.

On November 26th we will be assessing Oatka Creek water quality by counting the prevalence of different types of bugs (known as macroinvertebrates) that live in the stream. A few weeks ago we placed packs of leaves into riffles, which create colonies of macroinvertebrates that trout feed on. We will remove those packs, pull out the bugs, sort them by type, count them, and put them back into the stream.

Patrick Scanlon

We're very excited to announce that we are co-sponsoring an event with Orvis on November 12, 2022. George Daniels will be joining us to speak about European Nymphing.

Lisa Abel

NYTU Youth Camp Presentation: Kiley Duvall & Micah Pollock

Christopher Legard – NYS DEC