All Events and Changes to Events Found on this Page
If you’re ever in doubt on when an event begins or ends, where it is, and any other details, it will normally be found here, on this page. This is our schedule page, and except for last-minute cancellations due to adverse weather conditions like rain and snowstorms, monsoons, hurricanes, floods, all scheduled events will be found on this page.
Membership Meetings
All membership meetings are held at the Northwest Connecticut Sportsmans Association clubhouse, located at 177 Winsted-Norfolk Rd (Route 44) in Colebrook Connecticut. From Winsted, travel west on Route 44 for about 4 miles. The NWCSA gate is across the road (44)from Rockhall Rd. Once you’ve passed the gate, drive over the bridge and find a parking space. The building with the Double Doors in the front is the clubhouse.
Our year begins in September and ends in August. Our meetings scheduled for 2024 are as follows.
- Membership Meeting, Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 @7:00 PM
- Membership Meeting, Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
- No Membership Meetings Scheduled for April or May
- Membership Meeting, June 4th, with Speaker TBD @7:00 PM
- No Membership Meetings Scheduled in July or August
- Membership Meeting, Thursday, September 5th, 7:00 PM at Parrott Delaney Tavern, 37 Greenwoods Rd, New Hartford, CT
- Membership Meeting, Tuesday, October 1st, TBD
- Membership Meeting, Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
Membership Meetings generally begin with a Fly Swap and end with a $5 Sweepstakes. Prizes for the sweepstakes are generally donated by our corporate sponsors and include gift certificates, fly fishing and tying equipment and more. Tickets are $5 each and you may purchase as many as you like. Proceeds from the Sweepstakes go toward Chapter programs.
We have not scheduled a membership meeting in December because we normally hold a party to usher in the holiday season. Details for this event will be announced at our November meeting, and in a newsletter.
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We have not scheduled a membership meeting in February because instead, we will have our 2024 Authentic Game Dinner/Fundraiser. The Game Dinner/Funsraiser will be held on Saturday, February 3rd, at the Torrington Country Club, 250 Sharon-Goshen Tpke (Route 4) in Goshen. Details are forthcoming and will be listed here; on the ticket reservation page, and in a forthcoming newsletter.
Membership Meetings are not held in April or May as most of our leadership are teaching in the Fly Fishing Classes, and fishing on their nights off. In June because many of our members are away at our June Fishing Trip (Trouphy waters within six hours of our home in Litchfield, CT.) In July & August because it’s too hot and many folks are just too busy, during the summer of are on vacation with their kids. Our president heads out west to Wyoming and/or Montana to fish during those two months. Our Membership Meetings begin again in September.
Classes
In 2024 we will be holding our Fly Tying classes on Saturday afternoons, beginning on January 20th and ending on April 6th, for a total of ten class sessions. Each class is 2 1/2 hours. Our classes will be held at the NWCSA Clubhouse, the same location as our meetings, a well-insulated heated building on a plowed road in Colebrook, CT.
For more information on our Fly Tying course, click here.
From 2016 to 2023 we held Beginner’s Fly Fishing Classes on Thursday Evenings every March-April. Our 2024 classes will move to Wednesday evenings in April and May. The beginner’s class runs for 90 minutes per evening, beginning at 6:00 p.m. for six consecutive Wednesdays. This is so all those folks who normally work or are on call on Thursday Evenings may attend the classes. Normally the first two sessions are held on private property in a heated facility due to weather. Then, future sessions are held in or near Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted, CT near the Farmington River. In cases of inclement weather, zombies, or locusts, a session may be held elsewhere. Thankfully, we haven’t yet had to relocate for either zombies or locusts, but we are ready, just in case.
Each session has a review of the last week’s lessons, a review of the homework assignment, and a new set of lessons for that particular week. Because there’s so much to pack into only four sessions, it’s important that you make it on time to each class session. At the last session, you will receive a completion certificate.
For more information on the Fly Fishing Classes, click here.
During the last week of any class, students are offered the opportunity to join Trout Unlimited at half off the regular price of $35 per year. We accept cash or checks only for membership fees. After the first year, you can sign up at the regular price. Seniors may sign up after the first year for only $25 a year, and family membership is only $55.00. New members of TU may choose the TU chapter in their part of the world or NWCTU.
Important Dates to Remember
- Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 – Elections
- December TBD Holiday Party
- Saturday, January 20th, 2024 -beginning of Tying Classes
- Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 -Game Dinner and Fund Raiser
- Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 -Fly Fishing Classes begin.
- Your wedding anniversary
- Your spouse’s birthday
- October 31st – Halloween – Watch out for Zombies
- November 11th – Veteran’s Day
- December 25th – gimmi a minute, it’s coming to me.
- December 31st – New Year’s Eve.