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Film Tour: Flyfishing around the world

Dave DeJonge — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:12:45 +0000

Join SWMTU for the West Michigan premier of “Connect” — the third high-energy fly-fishing movie from Confluence Films.

The movie is set for Saturday, February 11 at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids. Movie time begins at 2pm, doors open at 1pm. Get your tickets now from the Wealthy Theatre and save two bucks off the normal $12.

Want to know more? Watch the trailer here: http://www.confluencefilms.tv/index.php

Fishing Yellowstone National Park – A Volunteer’s Summer of Research

Dave DeJonge — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:06:19 +0000

Pastor, trout bum, and environmental activist Rich Hamstra spent a summer Sabbatical from his church duties an assisting in the Volunteer Fly Fishing program at Yellowstone National Park. His role? Fish. Fish, a lot!

Join us for Rich’s photo-essay telling of his amazing summer adventure gathering data on Yellowstone trout and trout waters.

Friday, January 27, 2012
Watermark Country Club, 5500 Cascade Road, SE, Grand Rapids, MI
Doors open at 5:30 p.m, dinner at 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.00, includes meal. Cash bar.

If you want to register now and pay later, email Don Messinger at dgmessinger@gmail.com

Schrems Holiday Social

Dave DeJonge — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:45:30 +0000

Please join us on Wednesday December 14th at Pietro’s Back Door Pizzeria from 6:00PM-8:00PM for our holiday social. There is no cost to attend and the whole family is welcome. We will have salad, bread sticks, pizza and soft drinks for all.

Come say hi, meet the board, catch up with friends and tell some fish tales. We will have some prize giveaways and raffles.

Please RSVP at info@swmtu.org by December 12th. We look forward to seeing you there!

Welcome a’board’

Rich Steketee — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:04:15 +0000

Four new board members joined the Schrems West Michigan TU board at our recent annual meeting, they are:

Ellie Frey

Eleonora “Ellie” Frey’s work experience has been focused on the blurred boundaries between businesses with a socially-responsible mission and non-profits with an earned income stream. Currently, Ellie is the Director of the Family Business Alliance (FBA). The Family Business Alliance is an independent, membership-based non-profit organization with a mission to help family businesses of West Michigan succeed generation to generation. The FBA was founded over five years ago as a unique collaboration between the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business, and has grown to over eighty-five family business members.

Prior to the FBA, Ellie worked as a Commercial Realtor with a firm that specialized in re-inventing downtown warehouse and manufacturing buildings and was the first Executive Director of Local First West Michigan, a network of locally-owned, privately held businesses. Through many years of participating in her family’s foundation, Ellie also has been deeply involved in working with the next generation of family philanthropy, and personally supports worthy causes domestically and internationally. Ellie earned her Bachelor’s degree in international business and economics from Boston University and currently lives in Grand Rapids, MI.

Mark Gurney

Mark Gurney back packed and fished in the Sierra Nevada Mountains as a child growing up in California. He lived abroad for a number of years where he was introduced to fly fishing on the salmon rivers of Iceland. Mark now lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife, a local physician, where he leads an early–stage biotechnology company whose focus is the discovery of new treatments for depression. He enjoys fly fishing on the Rogue River and Coldwater River.

Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson grew up in Ann Arbor and was taught to fly fish by grandfather on the Little Manistee River. In adulthood he became a fallen-away fisherman, spending many prodigal years owning a machining business and raising three wonderful daughters. He has returned to the fold and as atonement for his waywardness has resolved to fish more and contribute time to Trout Unlimited. Johnson has lived in Holland for thirty-five years with his wife, Barb. He is a U of M graduate (Engineering) and a suffering football fan.

Pete Miller

Pete Miller grew up in Brighton, Michigan enjoying the outdoors and fishing from a young age. During my undergraduate studies at MSU I fished as much as I could and enjoyed exploring the Grand River, possibly one of the most underrated fisheries in the state. After starting my teaching career in west Michigan my interest in cold water conservation started to expand. I have been fishing west Michigan cold water streams since 1998 and still enjoy every day on the water and the diversity our rivers. I look forward to introducing others to the Schrems chapter and continuing the current conservation effort.

In addition to welcoming these new board members, we’d like to thank outgoing board members Jim Flamming, Robert Fox, Andy Milnes and Jim Scott for their years of service.

Last call for Wa Wa Sum

Dave DeJonge — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:48:53 +0000

The annual meeting and outing at Wa Wa Sum Lodge is coming up this weekend – space is still available. Take advantage of this rare opportunity now!

The lodge is located on the banks of the Main Stream of the Au Sables’s fabled “holy waters,” just east of Grayling, Michigan. The annual membership meeting to elect officers and new board members will held on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 10:00am.

Please RSVP by June 17, 2010. Contact Larry Risbridger at either elrisbridger@charter.net or by phone at 616.890.8327 (cell) or 616.891.0148 (home). Please give your name, which nights we can expect you and your phone number/email address. If you have any questions, please give Larry a call.

Arrival is any time after noon on Thursday, June 23 with departure on Sunday, June 26. You may come for one, two or all three nights. This year’s nightly rate remains the same as last year at $150.00 for three nights, $100.00 for two nights and $50.00 for one night.

You can read all about the weekend event here.