Tallulah River and the Upper Chattahoochee at Nacoochee Bend with mentors by their side. The job of stream mentor is vital. The finer points of trout fishing are learned on the stream by trial and error and having an expert close at hand draws the most from each experience on the water. Mentors also teach proper respect for the quarry, safe netting and release, respect for and proper distance from
other fishermen, and more. Mentor role models help campers with the joys of success and the reality of lack of success while fishing. As a full-time adult mentor for the first time this year, I developed a new respect for my organization, the folks who created this great program, and the value of trout fishing as a motivator for positive human behavior. The Camp Director for the
camp’s first eleven years, Charlie Breithaupt, and his wife, Camp Coordinator Kathy Breithaupt, along with Mack Martin, developed and refined a comprehensive and actionfilled program that is the envy of TU trout camps around the nation. Those three remain the heart and soul of Georgia Trout Camp. Normally it takes abundant study and trial and error experience
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