Our meeting site for May will be at Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, MA.

Address: 142 Pleasant St #103a, Easthampton, MA 01027

On May 14th the Pioneer Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is excited to host Jerry Schoen who will be talking about flyfishing for arctic char in Greenland.

Jerry Schoen is the former director of outreach and education for the University of Massachusetts’ Water Resources Research Center (WRRC). He worked at UMass from 1990 – 2016, running WRRC’s Water Watch Partnership and Massachusetts Stormwater Technology Evaluation Project programs. Through his work and as a volunteer, he has been involved in volunteer water monitoring and related citizen science programs since the late 1980s. In 2010, he began working with Trout Unlimited and other partners to develop The River’s Calendar program, and continues this work to the present day.

Our meetings start at 7:00 (but a lot of us show up early at Abandoned Building Brewery to chat and have a fine brew beforehand). If you like finely crafted cold beer and want to learn more about what's happening with our cold-water fisheries, you'll want to attend this meeting. You do not need to be a Trout Unlimited member to attend this presentation or win the raffle.

Parking for the meeting is behind the long row of factories on Pleasant Street. Access the parking lot via the American Legion Post 224 entrance on Pleasant Street. Drive past the American Legion parking area, turn right, and go to the middle of the factory row. You will see the Abandoned Building Brewery entrance. https://www.abandonedbuildingbrewery.com/