Seneca Valley Trout Unlimited

  Saturday, June 1: Project Healing Waters on Beaver Creek:

  SVTU will be assisting in a Project Healing Waters outing to Beaver Creek on Saturday June 1. If you can assist, please contact Noel Gollehon at ngollehon@comcast.net.

Sunday, June 9, 1-3 pm: Youth Fly Fishing event at IWLA Rockville

  SVTU is assisting the Izaak Walton League Rockville Chapter youth fishing event at their private lake. Come out for a few hours and teach a kid the basics of fly fishing. The future of our sport depends on the next generation. There will be signup sheets at the May 22 meeting or contact Noel Gollehon at ngollehon@comcast.net to volunteer. To sign up a kid (grand kid, neighbor’s kid, or your kid) go to www.SignUpGenius.com/go/805054BA4A728A20-youth . This page will also provide you with more details of the event.

DIRECTIONS:   Izaak Walton League Rockville Chapter Lake    12057 Clopper Rd. 20878.

   **Some GPS services classify this as Germantown, others as Gaithersburg, so just use the zip code if you are entering the address into a GPS or other navigation system**

   From I-270S (for points north of Germantown, MD):

Take exit 11 for MD 124/Quince Orchard Rd. Toward Montgomery Village Ave.

Keep right at the fork, follow signs for MD-124 S/Quince Orchard Rd and merge onto MD-124 S/Quince Orchard Rd 

Turn right onto MD-117 W/Clopper Rd

=Lake entrance will be on the right at a yellow gate, after you pass Seneca Creek State Park.

   From I-270 N (for points south of Germantown, MD):

Take exit 10 for MD -117/West Diamond Ave toward MD-124 S/Clopper Rd/Quince Orchard Rd

Turn right onto MD-117 W/W Diamond Ave

Continue straight onto MD-117 W/Clopper Rd

=Lake entrance will be on the right at a yellow gate, after you pass Seneca Creek State Park.

Please note: If you are coming from a direction which would mean turning left into the lake entrance, you will probably want to continue past the entrance and make a U-turn so that you are able to make a right into the lake entrance, as there is no left hand turn lane here.

For questions regarding directions (or anything else) please email iwlar.youth.conservation@gmail.com.

 SVTU CHAPTER MEETING: Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Fly Fishing the Catoctin Mountain National Park, with local activist and fly fisherman Bob Robinson.  Come hear Bob unravel the secrets to success on Big Hunting Creek and numerous other nearby streams, and help you identify Spring fly hatches coming off right now.  It’s the time to be fishing on the mountain!

Come join us at Dicks Sporting Goods 3^rd floor meeting room at we gather at 7:00 and start the program at 7:30 pm.  It will be another excellent program. (Yes there is a third floor, look behind the climbing wall for the stairs.)

 April 6, 2013, Stream Clean-up and First Saturday Fly Casting Clinic on Little Seneca

9:00 til ??, Meet at the Lodge on Little Seneca off of Clopper Road

14500-A Clopper Road
Boyds, MD 20841 (map)

Seneca Valley TU is once again hosting a stream clean-up and, in addition, a  fly casting clinic at the Lodge at Little Seneca and Clopper Road on Saturday, April 6.  Volunteers should arrive by 9am and plan on making a sweeps along Little Seneca upstream and downstream of Clopper Road.  After the initial clean-up we will break for fly-casting instruction on the lawn between 10:30 and 11:00.  Bring your gloves, rake, or grabber (if you have one), bring a rod and reel if you wish to work with our FFF certified casting instructor. Clothes and shoes may get dirty. Wear old clothing that is weather appropriate and bring extra layers.  Waterproof boots or waders will be helpful. Hot dogs will be served at the IWLA pond off Clopper Road at 12:30.

The stream clean-up is just one of many activities the Chapter has been dedicated to supporting over the years. In addition to providing a service to the community and improving our streams, it is an excellent opportunity to meet with members of the chapter, and other indviduals who join in the effort. You do not have to be a member of TU to help.

Casting Clinic with Dave Cleaves approx. 10:30 

In addition to suporting the Stream clanup you can join Dave to improve your casting skills! Dave is a long-time member of SVTU AND a Certified Fly Casting Instructor . He has provided excellent skill enhancement to many of our Chapter members, and others.

Please contact Chapter President Noel Gollehon @  ngollehon@comcast.net if you plan to help so we can get an estimate of “helpers”.

BEAVER CREEK WORK DAY – SATURDAY MARCH 23rd

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!  We need your help to make this event happen!

There is a work day planned on Beaver Creek, Saturday March 23, 8:30 - 2:00. There will be three meeting places; Beaver Creek Fly Shop and both fly fishing parking lots. We will conduct general stream cleanup and removing tree tubes to replace them with wire cages. Also, Project Healing Waters will be planting trees and shrubs on the mill property where the PHW events are held. They will need help too. Also, there will be a film crew from Field & Stream magazine filming the event and interviewing people about the Beaver Creek project.

Bring gloves, small sledge hammer, wire cutters, pruners and hip boots or waders.

If attending contact Noel Gollehon, SVTU Conservation Chair, at ngollehon@comcast.net to enable an accurate count of volunteers for planning purposes.

CHAPTER MEETING – WEDNESDAY MARCH 27^TH –FLY FISHING FOR SHAD

Guest Speaker Rob Snowhite presents: “Fly fishing for shad on the Potomac River and other nearby waters.”

Washington DC is full of consultants. Rob just happens to be one who focuses on fly fishing, providing expert knowledge and advice to fly fisherman in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., and beyond. He offers guided trips in Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. Rob specializes in urban and suburban fly fishing for warm water species like bass (striped, largemouth, and smallmouth), northern snakehead, carp, catfish, bluegill, sunfish, crappie, gar, and walleye. He is the only guide who has federally issued permits for working along the tidal and non-tidal sections of the Potomac River between Great Falls and Mt. Vernon.

(see http://www.robsnowhite.com)

SHAKE OFF THE WINTER COLD……GET READY TO FISH, IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, BY STOPPING BY THE SHOW.. 

 THE SENECA VALLEY CHAPTER WILL AGAIN HAVE A DISPLAY FOR FOLKS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CHAPTER!

SAVE THE DATE!
2013 NATIONAL CAPITAL ANGLING SHOW
Sunday, March 10, 2013
10:00am — 5:30pm
Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda, MD

Check out the link for details regarding the presenters, including Lefty Kreh, multiple vendors, silent auction, and raffles  …..http://www.ncc-tu.org/

Hope to see you all there! Bring a friend!

January 23, 2013 Chapter Meeting

NEW MEETING LOCATION:
Dick’s Sporting Goods @ the RIO Center
3rd Floor Conference Room
7:00-7:30 p.m. – Social Time
7:30-8:00 p.m. – Meeting & Elections
8:00-9:30 p.m. – Program: : Fly fishing the North Branch of the Potomac River to get your Maryland Grand Slam, with William Heresniak, Eastern Trophies Fly Fishing. You’ll think you are in the raft with William when he expounds on this fishing destination, while casting dries, streamers, or nymphs – your choice!

In conjunction with the December 1 SVTU meeting at the Beaver Creek Fly Shop there will be a work day on Beaver Creek.  We will gather at the parking lot on Beaver Creek Road at 9:00 am.  We need to do some storm cleanup, protect trees from beaver activity, replace some deer guards and replace some trees.  Bring gloves and tools if you have them (hammer, pliers, knife, shovel, and pruners.)  We will be finished by the noon SVTU meeting.  Lunch for the volunteers will be provided.  There will still be time after the meeting for some fishing.

See you there!

The next SVTU Chapter meeting will be held @ the BEAVER CREEK FLY SHOP , on the banks of the Beaver Creek.. 

Come join us for a great opportunity to mingle with fellow Chapter members, and learn about and fish a great local limestone trout stream.

WHEN: SATURDAY, DECEMEBR, 1 2012

MEETING START TIME: 12:00 NOON 

If you are interested in improving your casting abilty come to the clinic!

Dave Cleaves, a long standing member of our Chapter, is a certified Fly Casting Instructor and also instructs other instructors!

Many members have benfited from Dave’s clinics.

Current plan is to start at 9:00 AM Saturday @ the Lake.

Please contact Dave, or Noel Gollehon, Interim Chapter President, by Friday evening, if you plan to attend and for the exact time and location.

Contact Dave @ cleaves.david@comcast.net OR

Noel @ ngollehon@comcast.net