News and General Postings 2004-05

Date	Events, News, Wants/for Sale/Swap ads, etc. Contact Mike Ebner to add your listing.

May 8, 2005	Resica Falls Photos from the April 9th Fly Fishing Day at Resica Falls
Apr. 28, 2005	Realistic Mayfly by Sam Vigorita This original display was one of the raffle prizes at April's Meeting. The lucky winner was Dave Schillington.
Apr. 28, 2005	Members: More of Sam's Specials are available at the members only page
Apr. 6, 2005	FlyFishing Day at Rescica Falls: Don't forget this Saturday April 9th is the annual FlyFishing Day at Resica Falls. Come out and enjoy a morning of fishing and casting clinic's, a free lunch and the afternoon for fishing. Contact Ed Emery for more information.
Apr. 6, 2005	What's Hatching When ? Free raffle tickets at the next meeting to the person who can recite the entire chart ! (Workbook version for download)

Mar. 6, 2005	Sam's Secret Specials Looking for that something extra for fishing, particularly the Upper Delaware. Then take advantage of this members-only exclusive. Sam Vigorita is sharing his "special" flys, developed and tested based on 25+ years of fishing the Upper Delaware River system.

Feb. 09, 2005	Winter Stocking for Extended Season Can't wait for the spring regular trout season to open. Then head on out to French Creek State Park in Berks Co. Antietam Lake stocking was Feb 2nd and Scotts Run Lake Feb. 7th. Or try Levittown Lake (Feb. 11th) and Lake Luxembourg (Feb. 11th) in Bucks Co
Feb. 08, 2005	MLFT Article in the Philadelphia Inquirer Read the article by Don Sapatkin published in the Philly Inquirer Jan. 15, 2005.
Feb. 05, 2005	Icons for Your Desktop If you'd like one of these images to use as an Icon, click the picture, on the following screen right click the small image and select 'save as'. Use your browser back button to return here. w/o background
Jan. 23, 2005	~~Don Douple Spring Tying & Fishing Classes~~ Check Back Later - The 2005 schedule is not yet available Register now for spring tying & fishing classes by Don Douple, one of the most knowledgeable and capable people in the sport of fly fishing. You've seen Don at the club meetings, now get personal instructions from him this spring for tying and fishing trico's, the June hatches, sulphurs, and summer terrestrials. Classes are limited to 15 people - sign up now.
Jan. 23, 2005	Announcing the MLFT Yahoo! Group. Sign up for MLFT’s Yahoo! Group. What is it? A service that will allow club members to post their own messages for all subscribers to the group to view. You'll need a Yahooo user-id (it's free!) to sign-up for the group. Click the link above for more information.
Jan. 15, 2005	The Fine Art of Fooling Fish with Flies A Philadelphia Inquirer feature article by Don Sapatkin / Inquirer Staff Writer. Click the link to Phila.com to read the on-line version if you missed the hard-copy in Saturday's Jan. 15th edition of the newspaper. The article also links to Where to Learn to Tie Flys with information about MLFT and others. (If you don't have a Phila.com sign-in id you'll need to register, it's free but annoying). Stop back again, I'll post the hard-copy version (with pictures) when I get the opportunity.
Jan. 8, 2005	ET Custom Fly Rods Looking for a new fly rod at a reasonable price. Why not a custom rod by Ed Temme (member of MLFT). Ed offers personalized rods on 2, 3, 4 and 5 piece blanks.
Jan. 5, 2005	Fort Washington Sports Show Jan 19th-23rd Reminder, the Ft. Washington show is coming up. We need volunteers to man our both and we need you to tye flys and donate them to us for sale at the show. They don't have to be fancy - wooly buggers sell fine and they're simple to tye, so tye up a gross and bring them to the meeting. Call or email Ed Emery to volunteer to help at the show. Do it now! You can get Ed's email and/or phone number from the members only page.
Oct. 22, 2004	November's Guest Speaker Don't miss this meeting if you're interested in tying realistic flys that catch fish!. November's speaker is Steve Thornton of Lincolnshire, England. A professional advertising photographer by trade, Steve is coming to the US to fish the Catskills and we were able to book him for the Nov. meeting. More pictures of his flys are available at Global Flyfisher.
Oct. 9, 2004	Oak Orchard River Open For Business: The N.Y. Orleans County Attorney's Office has ruled that land owner's Salmon and Bower DO NOT own to the middle of Oak Orchard River. This opens fishing to the general pubic from Waterport Dam downstream. Click 'here' to read the ruling.
Oct. 7, 2004	PA Fish Commission Winter Stocking Scotts Run Lake in French Creek State Park, Berks Co. will be stocked Feb. 7th. The winter fish stocking will be in Jan. and Feb. 2005. Check their Website at http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/stockwinterlate.htm (link stopped working: May 25, 05) for the entire schedule.
Oct. 4, 2004	PA Fish Commission Fall Stocking: The Wissahickon Ck, Perkiomen E. Br, Tulpehocken Ck, and many area lakes will be stocked begining Oct. 4th. Check the entire schedule at http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/stockfall.htm
Sep. 20, 2004	Season Opener: The kick-off meeting for 2004-05 was held Sep. 16th at our new location. About 50 members showed up for the 1st meeting. Chip Swarner was our guest speaker. Chip showed slides and talked on the fishing tactics and waters or the Pulaski NY area. Check out these pictures to see what you missed if you didn't make the meeting.

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