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The Gold Rush Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Dahlonega, Georgia is sponsoring the first annual “Gold Rush Cup, Fly Fishing Challenge”. You are invited to attend as well as participate in this fly fishing event to be held on the beautiful and picturesque waters of the Chestatee River.

The venue, which has been carefully chosen, is one of the most popular trophy trout streams in the United States; Frog Hollow.  This year’s event will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Directions to the venue can be found @:  www.goldrushtu.org or www.froghollowflyfishing.com. Rain Date scheduled for Sunday November 22, 2009 from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. Click here for directions to Frog Hollow.

Attendance

Attendance is open to the public, with fly casting and fly tying demonstrations being provided by Gold Rush Chapter members.  Food and drink will be available for purchase.  Event tickets are $5.00 per person; children 12 and under are free.

Participants

This is a fishing challenge which will permit two person teams of contestants, to match their skills as fly fisherman against other teams, to earn a $1,000 grand prize, plus two, quality, custom made fly rods. Individual medals will be given for, 2nd, and 3rd place. Registration to compete is open to all members of the general public, on a first come basis.   Participants must be members of the national organization of Trout Unlimited, www.tu.org. ; membership is open to the general public. A maximum of 10, two person teams will be permitted; a minimum of 5, two person teams must be registered for the event to take place.

A $500, non-refundable registration and entry fee for each team is required. Each team can have have up to five business sponsors. This is in effort to help defer the cost of the entry fee. Booth/Table rental for business sponsors at this event is $100.  In the event an insufficient number of participants register for this event, all funds for individuals and businesses will be returned.

A kick-off dinner will be hosted at the site of the tournament in Frog Hollow on the Friday night before the competition; it will begin at 5:00 p.m.; the cost is $10.00 per person.   A participant captain’s meeting will also be held at Frog Hollow on the evening prior to the tournament.

This is a two person team event and will be conducted according to Gold Rush Tournament Committee member rules and regulations.  Further details on the event, as well as a detailed listing of the rules are posted on the Gold rush Chapter www.goldrushtu.org. All proceeds from this event will go to Trout Unlimited, a 501 (C)(3), non-profit organization.

Event and team sponsors will receive a business hyper link to and from Gold Rush Chapter Challenge website winners results page, provided they supply a logo and website address.

The Gold Cup Challenge is a yearly fund raising event. The goal of the Challenge Committee was to coordinate an event with a prestigious award with the benefits and intent to promote, educate and inform the public about the joy of fly fishing and Trout Unlimited and their mission.

Kenny Simmons
Gold Rush Member
Gold Cup Challenge Director
(706)244-4372
kenny@froghollowflyfishing.com