BETHEL – Members of the Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the public are in for a fishy treat at the club’s monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in Ordway Hall at Gould Academy in Bethel.

Florida Power and Light biologists Bill Hanson and Kyle Murphy will make a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the work they’ve done with brook trout, salmon and illegally introduced smallmouth bass in the Rapid River.

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife fisheries biologist Dave Boucher will also join the talk.

Additionally, Shelby Rousseau of the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust and Rangeley Region Guides and Sportsmen’s Association, will show the “Live the Legend” video. It was filmed on the Rapid River in northern Oxford County and Kennebago Lake in northern Franklin County.

Mollyockett spokesman Richard Walthers stated in a recent report that the guides created the program in 2006 in cooperation with Trout Unlimited and other organizations.

The program focuses on children ages 12 to 15 and promotes fly fishing through a hands-on experience session, and has contributed to the education of natural resource conservation, regional history, invasive species education, and self fulfillment, he said.

The meeting will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. meal in the Ordway Hall cafeteria. The cost is $6.50 per person. There is no admission charge for the presentation and meeting, but dinner reservations must be made in advance. Checks may be sent to John L. Wight, P.O. Box 436, Bethel, ME 04217. For more information, contact Wight at 824-3339 or [email protected], or Walthers at 743-7461 or [email protected].