St. Joseph River Valley Fly Fishers

Other Club Affiliations

The Elkhart Conservation Club raises 20,000 brown trout to stock the local Indiana streams.

St. Joseph River Valley Fly Fishers are affiliated with the Great Lakes Council of the FFF, which includes Michigan, Ohio and Indiana as is a part of the nation-wide Federation of Fly Fishers, the national organization for fly fishers. This affiliation will give our club members an opportunity to participate at local, regional, and national levels with others interested in the advancement of fly fishing and the conservation and restoration of our nation’s waterways.

SJRVFF helps the Elkhart Conservation Club with its hatchery program. The ECC raises 20,000 brown trout from egss in its cold water hatchery. The trout are planted in streams in Northern Indiana. SJRVFF and ECC have a great working relationship. This past fall (2004) members from both clubs worked together to improve the stream habitat and shore up banks on Cobus Creek, which runs through the ECC's property. In the past the ECC has been gracious for allowing SJRVFF use their facilities for meetings and events.

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