About Annual Indian Hollow Campground Weekend, May 21 - 23, 2010

Annual Council Meeting at 10 AM Saturday, May 22.

Fly fisher men and woman from all over Massachusetts and Rhode island make the yearly Indian Hollow Weekend a must.

They all envy our Taconic Chapter being located in the beautiful Berkshires and surrounded by the many fine Trout Streams there. Members of our Chapter will be camping out at Indian Hollow Campground from Friday noon to Monday noon.

Camping is free. Come and enjoy it with your friends. A large rental tent is erected in the center of the campground and the Council caters a free Saturday lunch. Marc Hoechstetter, one of our very active members provides the material and builds a huge and I do mean huge bonfire for the Saturday night entertainment.

John Salemi reported 6 fish in 7 casts - although your catch may vary.

The nights are usually cool so bring a jacket for the evening campfire. The river is heavily stocked with good size trout for this event.

Mike Shepard once took a nice Rainbow trout pushing 5 lbs. The following year Dwayne Anderson did the same thing.

This is a catch and release river. Other nearby streams are not.

At a large upstream pool you will often see beaver in the early evening. Gene Chague watched a moose cross the river one year. Paul Ouellette saw a huge salmon leap in the air below the Rainbow Pool.

Please do NOT bring any firewood unless it is from a certified source. Due to efforts to prevent Asian Longhorn Beetle infestation, any firewood will have to be purchased from area certified sources. Our friends at Riverways, DFW's Division of Ecological Restoration remind us that the Asian Longhorned Beetle is one of the invasive species on the top of the early-detection list and one of the key ways they move is through firewood.

Click here for a map where the ALB quaratine was established in Fall of 2009. Here is the best resource from Mass.gov about ALB.

Read more about ongoing collaborative efforts to stop the spread of non-native invasive plants >>here

Back to details about Indian Hollow:

The campground has hot showers at the men and women’s toilet facilities.

This is a fine chance to commune with nature and your fellow TU members.

For those of you who like Google Maps, Click here for more info.

Read more about Indian Hollow at the Taconic May 2006 Newsletter

Basic Directions:

In the center of Chesterfield on Route 143 is the Town Hall, a large white columned building. Next to it is South Street.

Turn (south) on South Street and follow it to the TU signs for 2.3 miles to Indian Hollow Road. This is a dirt road which leads down to the campground, a fly fisher’s Shangri-la there on the Westfield River.