Get Hooked on Fly Fishing!

Get Hooked on Fly Fishing at the Library!

The Long Hill Township Library is pleased to offer an Introduction to Fly Fishing workshop at the library on Saturday, October 11 at 11:00 am. Bill Silvia, Long Hill Township resident and New Jersey Fly Fisherman of the Year, will be presenting the program along with other members of the Ken Lockwood Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

The program is free and open to the public. The Long Hill Township Library is located at 917 Valley Road, Gillette, NJ. Please register for this program by calling the library at 908-647-2088 or stop by.

The experienced fisherman from the Ken Lockwood Chapter of Trout Unlimited will introduce you to the Ken Lockwood mission, fly rods, reels, fly lines, leaders, knots, accessories, waders, flies, casting and more. There will also be refreshments and a free raffle with a prize donated by Shannon’s Fly Shop in Califon.

More interested in nature than fishing? Not a problem. Come learn about Trout Unlimited. The Ken Lockwood Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU) is a conservation organization dedicated to the preservation of cold water resources. The objectives of the national organization of Trout Unlimited are to conserve, protect and restore cold water resources and the watersheds on which they depend. Protecting water quality, in stream flows, Atlantic and Pacific salmon and wild trout conservation.

The Ken Lockwood Chapter of TU has adopted the South Branch of the Raritan and its tributaries as its home river. The chapter works with other TU chapters, watershed groups, NJ Fish and Wildlife, municipalities and other conservation organizations to accomplish water quality preservation goals.Activities include in stream work, stream bank stabilization, water quality monitoring, youth education programs (Pequest Hatchery), fundraising , and YES, fishing! Trout Unlimited practices catch and release. A trout is too valuable to be caught just once.