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The 3rd Thursday of the Month The 2015 - 2016 Meeting Schedule
Sep. 17, 2015
The night will feature presentations on past club trips and tips on fly tying and where to fish. .
Oct. 15, 2015
Dwight Landis
Presentation: Mountain Trout, Wild trout fishing on PA's Freestone Streams
Nov. 19, 2015
Vic Attardo
Presentation: Tactics for Tough Trout
Dec. 17, 2015
Annual Christmas Party Auction
Once again our prestigious auctioneer, Sam Vigorita, will host the annual auction with his ‘ball-busting’ style
Notice: The Christmas Party/Auction meeting will begin with food & refreshments at 6PM.
Jan. 21, 2016
Gary Borger
Presentation: to be announced
Feb. 18, 2016
Orvis Film Festival
Tonight's show will be a film from the Orvis "Down the Hatch" film festival series. Thanks to Orvis Plymouth Meeting for providing the film.
Mar. 17, 2016
Don Bastion
Don Bastian has forty-five years fly tying experience including a decade long stint as a commercial tyer. He has nearly 765 classic wet fly, streamer, and bucktail patterns published in the book Forgotten Flies. Many of Don’s classic wets can be seen on the Complete Sportsman webpage www.rareandunusual.com. His first fly tying video, Tying Classic Wet Flies was released in November 2004. In August 2007 two more Don Bastian DVD’s were released – Advanced Classic Wet Flies, and Traditional Streamers and Bucktails. Don has a feature wet fly article in the 2010 print issue of Hatches magazine, and Don’s Ray Bergman Collection, a year-long project, started in September at www.hatchesmagazine.com Don also had a feature article on classic wet flies titled Feathered Splendor in the Fall 2006 issue of Fly Tyer magazine. He has been a fly tying instructor for over twenty five years. Don conducts weekend tying classes at the Fishing Creek Angling B&B in Benton, PA.
Apr. 21, 2016
Rick Kustich
Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead - A complete discussion of the pursuit of steelhead in the Great Lakes region. The program looks at run timing, steelhead behavior, strategy, techniques, flies and some of the region's top rivers. The discussion on techniques focuses on my favorite approach to a steelhead river - swinging the fly, the use of switch and two-hand rods, and Spey casting.
Rick Kustich is a fly fishing author, photographer and instructor. In 2013 he released his fifth fly fishing title, Advanced Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead. Rick’s work has appeared in numerous publications. He has also spent time as a fly fishing guide, shop owner and book publisher. After traveling extensively to experience the finest fly fishing throughout North America and beyond, he continues to find that some of the best fishing often exists in one's own backyard.
May 19, 2016
Joe Humphreys
Mr. Humphreys has authored numerous books and articles on the sport of Fly Fishing including: Trout Tactics, Trout Tactics Revised and On the Trout Stream. In addition to these major and well respected works, he is a regular contributor to regional and national journals and periodicals including: Fly Fisherman, Outdoor Life, Pennsylvania Angler and the fly fishing column of Fly Rod and Reel Magazine.
Joe is also nationally known as one of the foremost educators in angling. For nineteen years, he directed the angling program at the Pennsylvania State University, providing introduction and foundation to young and old for a life-long enjoyment of this sport. His students have become the advocacy base that Pennsylvania waters will always require. In addition to his work as a clinician for Fenwick- Woodstream, Cortland Line Co., he has lectured throughout the United States enhancing the reputation of Pennsylvania fishing. The above photo is Joe with what was the Pennsylvania state record Brown trout.
Jun. 16, 2016
Captain Jim Freda
Captain Jim Freda has been fishing the ocean and beaches of the Jersey Shore for over thirty years. He is recognized as one of New Jersey’s top saltwater fly fishing and light tackle guides. Jim is a principal member of Shore Catch Guide Service, LLC located in Manasquan, NJ that specializes in saltwater fly fishing charters from both the beach and boat.
He also has a weekly fishing column that appears in New Jersey’s second largest newspaper, The Bergen Record and also a weekly saltwater column in The Coast Star and The Ocean Star Newspapers of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
A few of our past speakers |
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Lefty Kreh |
Gary Borger |
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Marc Pettijean |
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Ozzie Ozefovich |
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Classes: Fly Tying & Tactics and Strategies
The Fall 2015 classes begin in September and the Winter (2016) classes in January. Click Here for detailed information.
2016 Trout Season
Southeast Regional Opening Day April 2, 2016 (the 1st Saturday after Mar. 28th)
All streams in Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and York counties.
Regular Opening Day April 16, 2016 (the 1st Saturday after Apr. 11th)
This year's Seminar will be April 9, 2016
Saturday | Oct. 10, 2015
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Tuscarora
Lake
Destination will be voted on at the September Meeting Directions to Tuscarora Lake, Tuscarora State Park, Barnesville, PA From Rt 309, 2 miles west of Tamaqua turn on to Tuscarora lake rd - to the lake. From Rt 54, go into Barnesville and turn on to State Rt 1018 - to the lake. There is map's on the Fish commission web sight. http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/tuscarora.aspx Meeting time - between 8 to 9 am at the park boat launch..
Click Here to sign-up for the trip: Lake Fishing Day |
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Saturday | Nov. 7, 2015
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Cast
and Blast Outing at French Creek State Park or Beltsville
Destination will be voted on at the October Meeting
Click here for Details and to sign-up for the day. For French Creek, Assemble at the main park office at 8:30am. Hunters will be leaving promptly at 9am for the fields. Click Here to sign-up for the trip: Cast & Blast Sign-up |
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Saturday | Nov. xx-xx, 2016 | Club Trip to Pulaski NY - Salmon / Steelhead | ||||||||||||
Saturday | Apr. 2, 2016 | Opening Day - South East PA | ||||||||||||
Saturday | Apr. 9, 2016 | Learn to Fly Fish Day - Resica Falls
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Saturday | Apr 16, 2016 | Opening Day
on the Brodhead
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Saturday | Apr 23, 2016 | Stick
Day on the Brodhead
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Fri - Sun | Spring 2016 | Upper Delaware Weekend
Fishing Trip
The club camping trip is the 1st weekend in June. For those tent camping no need to make reservations, as space has been reserved. You will have to stop at the office and register and pay their charges. Anyone taking an RV or camper will need to call and make their own reservations. Pleasant Valley Campsite, Equinunk, PA. (2 miles SW on Pine Mill Road) Googlemap from Equinunk to the Campground |
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Fri - Sun | Spring 2016 | Penns
Creek - Central Pa
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International Fly Tying Symposium @ Somerset, NJ | Nov 21-22, 2015 |
International Fly Tying Symposium @ Lancaster, PA | Nov 21-22, 2015 |
The Fly Fishing Show @ Garden State Conventions Center, Somerset , N.J. | Jan 29-31, 2016 |
Great American Outdoor Show @ PA Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, PA | Feb 6-14, 2016 |
The Greater Philadelphia Outdoor Sports Show @ Oaks Convention Center | Feb 25-28, 2016 |
The World Fishing and Outdoor Expo @ Suffern, NY | Mar 10-13, 2016 |
The Saltwater Fishing Expo @ Somerset, N.J. | Mar 18-20, 2016 |
The Calvary Outdoor Expo - Souderton, PA | Mar 5, 2016 |
Links for Finding Shows: | |
PA Association of Conventions and Visitors Bureaus | |
Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council |