Join TUSWVT at the Paramount Theater for¼
Chalk: The Bedrock of Fly Fishing
Where was modern fly fishing born? In the Catskills? On Vermont’s Batten Kill? No, the birthplace of modern fly fishing are the spring-fed, gin clear chalkstreams of England. To celebrate and learn more about this wonderful angling heritage, Trout Unlimited’s Southwestern Vermont Chapter (TUSWVT) invites you to Chalk: Bedrock of Fly Fishing.
Showing at the Paramount Theater in Rutland at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 13th, this film is a must-watch experience for the passionate fly fisher. It’s also a great way to support an important trout habitat restoration project planned for Rutland’s Moon Brook.
Chalk is not so much about method but about the culture and ecology of fly fishing. It’s a story that begins 90,000 years ago with the first stages in the development of chalkstream habitat and continues to the present as anglers work to protect these special streams.
Among many things, Chalk: Bedrock of Fly Fishing makes the point that quality trout waters can exist even in urban areas as long as steps are taken to restore and conserve them. This is a lesson not lost on TUSWVT. The City of Rutland is committed to bringing brook trout back to Moon Brook and Mussey Brook, tributaries of Otter Creek that flow through the municipality. The Chalk fundraiser is just the first step. The second will be to provide people-power for planting streamside vegetation. That, along with the lowering of two impoundments on Moon Brook, will result in the cooler water temperatures needed by brook trout.
TUSWVT’s co-sponsors – All Saints Anglican Church of Rutland (ASAC), WhistlePig Whiskey, and Orvis – are each adding something to the event to make it a fundraiser to remember. ASAC has the connections to bring groups with shared interests together to achieve success. Thus, it’s assisting with logistics and advertising. WhistlePig supports field sports. So when doors open at 6:00 pm before the start of the film, it’s holding a silent auction of a bottle each of its six core expressions, from the Boss Hog V to its new 6-Year Piggyback Rye. Come early and place a bid for trout! Each bidder gets a complimentary WhistlePig Piggyback Rye t-shirt. You can’t lose. Orvis’s business is sporting traditions. So it’s donating a magnificent Helios 3 rod for the fundraiser’s on-line sweepstakes. Visit https://tusouthwesternvermont.rallyup.com/h3rod to enter. All proceeds from both the silent auction and sweepstakes go to support the Moon Brook trout habitat restoration project.
TUSWVT is bringing to Rutland every fly fisher’s must-watch film. Peer into the spiritual headwaters of fly fishing. Come to Chalk: Bedrock of Fly Fishing. You’ll appreciate your home river even more afterward.