Editor's Note:
This month's BUFFER is only six pages due to the editor's need to rush out
the door to take a family vacation. Of
course, I’ll have to stop long enough to pick up my rods on the way out.
Tight lines! MJB
2000 Fall Trout Trip
Bob Ireton, trip coordinator
This has
been a long, hot, summer! Wouldn't
it be great to step into a cool; clear, trout stream?
Unfortimately, our area isn't blessed with cool, trout streams,
except for maybe the Mad River. I
don't know about you, but my thoughts have been drifting South. I'm thinking of the Nantahala river, im the mountains of
Western North Carolina. Nantahala
in Cherokee means 'Land of the noon-day sun.
The delayed
harvest section, where we will be fishing, is in the upper gorge area.
The mountains are so steep and high, that in some sections of the
river, the sun shines on the river only at mid-day!
The elevation at the beginning of the Delayed Harvest section is
approximately 2000 feet, and climbs to an elevation of approximately 2500
feet. This works out to be a drop in the river of about 125 feet. per
mile! The headwaters of the feeder streams can be above 3600 feet, so the
water temperature is 'cool'. Although
you will find a fair amount of pools to fish, the river is mostly rapids,
runs, and pocket water, that is my kind of trout fishing!
Major
reconstruction of this 35-acre lake completed in 1989.
The project included fish habitat to pull off and park.
The road runs along the entire was Delayed Harvest section of the
river. There are some wild and holdover improvements as well as an
intensive restocking plan. The lake is considered one of the area's better
bass this section in both the FAIL and Spring. There is a catch & release policy for bass.
I caught almost equal numbers of Rainbows and
Brookies, and a much lower number of Brown trout.
I missed at least that many fish, also!
Average size is 10-12 inches, with some smaller, and some larger.
I have caught fish so small, they hung on to the hook with their
pectoral fms, and I have landed trout over 20 'inches!
The Nantahala is the perfect place for the novice
to learn the sport. It also
can be very challenging for the advanced fly fisherman.
Let's not forget the ladies! There
have been female Buffers on past trps) and they did very well!
All the participants had a great time! I have some
pictures of various sections of the river, and they will be on a display
board at the next BUFF meeting.
Mad River
Report
- July 2000
Steve Groome
July has seen pretty good water conditions with
enough rain to keep the flow going pretty well.
However, fishing has been a little tough due to heavy hatches of
small tricos and large aluminum canoes! (Unless you've been fishing tricos
and avoiding canoers!) Some good risers early can be taken on #22 tricos
but have some larger mayfly imitations ready for larger bugs in the
afternoon as well. As far as
subsurface, I would use a #16 olive caddis deep as well as #16 black ants
(in the film) and try SJ worms and small green inchworm patterns
underneath. The inchworm
pattern should work better in August and September when you start seeing
their tent nests in trees along the river.
I did very well on them last year!
Because of canoe traffic on the weekends, I
would fish from 6:00am to 10:00 am and then after 4:00 pm till dark. You're probably OK on the weekdays, however midday fishing
can still be slow anyway. Most
fish being taken now are between 8 - 10 inches with an occasional Brown or
Rainbow in the 12-13 inch range!
The "Day on the Mad' TU activities and
picnic originally scheduled for August 13th at 8:00 is subject to change
or cancellation right now but contact myself or Jorge for updates.
We will mention something about at the August meeting if and when
it will take place. Also, I
will have our recent stream monitoring report in next month's article for
you! Tight lines till then
and good luck fishing!
The Fall trout trip is October 6-7-8, 2000.
Our base of operations will be Bryson City, North Carolina.
The cost of the trip is only your actual expenses, such as license,
lodging, food, gas, etc. Registration
for this trip is at the August BUFF meeting, at Sharon Woods Lake.
Past experience demonstrates that a limit of around 20 participants
is best for this trip. . Those registered for this trip will receive a
nice packet of information. In order to insure that each participant
receives a trip packet and name badge, please register for this trip only
if you are reasonably sure you will be able to actually go on the trip.
If you have any questions about this trip, ask any of the many past
participants, or see me at the meeting, or give me a call at
Until then, good fishing!
YOU NEED TO RESPOND ASAP!
The Ohio EPA, after classifying the O'Bannion
Creek as an exceptional warm water stream does an about face and is
selling out this premier stream. They
have issued a draft permit-to-install (PT@ for the construction of the
wastewater treatment works/disposal system for the Clermont County Sewer
District. In their own words
The Ohio EPA has made a determination that the wastewater discharge from
this proposed facility would result in degradation to or lowering of the
water quality of O'Bannon Creek and subsequently the Little Miami River!
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!
All the work that has been done to clean up Ohio's water and they
are going to authorize Clermont County to pollute it up again.
NOT IF WE BAND TOGETHER!
Read the following public notice.
If we all write to the addresses listed requesting a public
hearing, all the conservation groups will have a chance to lobby. Without your letters, this permit may become a reality
without public comment.
Here
is the notice as released to the public
Public Notice:
Clermont County
PTI No. 05-10784
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Draft Permit to Install (PUBLIC NOTICE)
Draft Permit to Install for wastewater treatment
and/or disposal facilities
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Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Permits Section
122 South Front Street
P.O. Box 1049
Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049
(614) 644-2001
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Public Notice No. OEPA 00-07-010 PTI
Date of Issue of Public Notice: July 14, 2000
Name and Address of Applicant: The Clermont County Sewer District,
4000
Filager Road, Batavia, Ohio 45103
Name and Address of Facility Where Discharge
Occurs:
O'Bannon Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant,
1270 Neale Lane, Miami Township, Ohio
Receiving Water: O'Bannon Creek |
Public notice is hereby given that Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA)- Division of Surface Water PSW)
has issued a draft permit-to-install (PTI) for the construction of the
wastewater treatment works/disposal system for the above referenced
project. Ohio EPA has made a
determination that the wastewater discharge from this proposed facility
would result in degradation to or lowering of the water quality of
O'Bannon Creek and subsequently the Little Miami River.
After considering the technical, economic, and social aspects of
this project, the Director of the Ohio EPA has decided to make this
preliminary determination to allow this degradation.
However, the chemical specific water quality standards developed to
protect aquatic life and human health, set forth in Ohio Administrative
Code (OAC) 3745-1, will not he exceeded.
As required in 3745-1-05-(C)(7)(b) the
director has reserved 50% of the remaining assimilative capacity in the
Little Miami River from confluence of O'Bannon Creek with Little Miami
River to Interstate 275 bridge for Ammonia Nitrogen, Dissolved Oxygen and
Biochemical Oxygen Demand. This
permit action accounts for less than 5% of the total assimilative capacity
of the Little Miami River.
In accordance with OAC 3745-1-05, Ohio EPA
will provide an opportunity for public comment concerning this project.
Comments received, shall be considered by the Director, before the
permit is issued as final. Any
person may submit written comments on the draft permit and administrative
record and may request a public hearing.
A request for public hearing shall be in writing and shall state
the nature of the issues to be raised.
In appropriate cases, including cases where there is significant
public interest, the director may hold a public hearing on a draft permit
or permits prior-to final-- of the pernm or per Written c and/or public
hearing requests must be received by the Ohio EPA, Division of Surface
Water no later than 30 days from the date of this public notice. (Editor's
note.- A st 12,2000 is
the 30 day deadline, so mtond quickly!)
Comments and/or public hearing requests
should be delivered or mailed to both of the following locations:
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Ohio Environmental Protection Agency,
Division of Surface Water, Permits Processing
Unit, 122 South Front Street,
P.O. Box 1049,
Columbus, Ohio 43216
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Ohio Environmental Protection Agency,
Southwest District office,
401 East Fifth Street,
Dayton, Ohio 45402.
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Comments received after this date may not be
considered by the Director before issuing the final permit.
Copies of the draft Permit to Install and technical
support information may be reviewed and/or copies made at Ohio EPA Southwest
District office, 401 East Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio, by first calling (937)
285-6357, to make an appointment.