Rusty Russell is the executive director of the Merrimack River Watershed Association; hired in 2016, following on a decade of teaching graduate students in Tufts University’s urban and environmental policy and planning program. He will be presenting the MRWC’s fight to clean up the Merrimack, New England’s third largest river system. The Merrimack Watershed includes…

There never seems enough time for Chapter members to sit around and just chew the fat. Well December is our traditional members’ night when we gather to socialize and tell fish stories.  We share our fishing experiences, with map in hand, and show where our successes are found.  You can bring a few pictures of…

Please join us for our regular meeting at the Ipswich River Watershed Assoc HQ, 143 County Road in Ipswich.  A delicious meal is served at 6 PM ($5 donation) and our speaker, James Shimer will begin his presentation after 7 PM on a review of the data collected by our own Geof Day, Executive Director…

  You’re Invited to Fish with Us!   2 PM Sunday, 21st October – Wiswall Falls on the Lamprey River, GPS address: 49 Wiswall Rd, Lee, NH   Rules: You must have a NH state fishing license Artificial lures only, single barbless hook, and catch and release This is an impromptu event.   Everyone is…

TU Nor’East’s fabulous auction will be March 10th this year.   Please order early. Tickets are available >here.

Come hear Captain Alex Gottlieb of North Side Charters talk about finding and catching striped bass on the flats. As a fly and light tackle guide in Cape Cod Bay, Capt. Alex specializes in sight fishing the flats and has spent years figuring out the tricks of this complex fishery. There is no more exhilarating…

Monday’s meeting will not have a speaker, but don’t assume that it won’t be important to be there because of that! This may be one of our most important and decisive meetings of the year, so please try to attend. This is the moment when we will determine the direction for the chapter’s efforts over…

Our last meeting of this season will be on May 1st, and will feature Dwayne Shaw of the Downeast Salmon Federation. If you’ve not heard about their work, you will be utterly intrigued. Using methods developed in the U.K. by Peter Gray, the DSF has adapted these methods to Downeast Maine conditions on a number…