Seneca Valley Trout Unlimited

With the snow events of recent days I thought I would post this as a bit of a ”fishing booster shot”.  

This still is the only “show” in town, so mark your calendar.

35th ANNUAL NATIONAL CAPITAL ANGLING SHOW
NATIONAL CAPITAL CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED
SATURDAY MARCH 13, 2010The National Capital Chapter of Trout Unlimited (NCC-TU) will hold its 35th Annual National Capital Angling Show on Saturday March 13, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland. 
INFORMATION
What: The National Capital Chapter of Trout Unlimited (NCC-TU) presents its 35th Annual National Capital Angling Show. Proceeds benefit local watershed restoration, conservation education, and conservation projects.
When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Where: Georgetown Preparatory School, 10900 Rockville Pike, in North Bethesda, Maryland.
Admission: Adults $10, youth 16 and under free.Featured speakers: Jack Dennis, legendary Jackson Hole Wyoming fly fishing guide, author, and fly tyer, speaking on “20 Places You Should Fly Fish Before You Die,” “How to Become A Better Streamer Fly Fisherman,” and “European Nymph Fishing: Hot New Techniques.” Also featured are Dave Rothrock on “Trout Stream Insects and Fly Designs to Match,” Wendell “Underwater Ozzie” Ozefovich on “Trout Feeding Lies,” humorist Bill Heavey, on “Fly Fishing Misadventures,” journalist Ed Gray, on “Flashes and Shadows: Caught in the Flow While Casting Toward Fish,” artist C.D. Clarke on Atlantic salmon or tropical saltwater fishing, Dr. Bob Bachman, on Modern Trout Management Concepts and Practices, Charlie Gougeon, “Trout and Bass Fishing Oppportunities in Maryland, Brandon White, on “Fishing the Chesapeake Through the Seasons With Fly and Light Tackle,” Dusty Wissmath, on “Getting Started in Fly Fishing.”

We are passing on information regarding a meeting that should be of interest to all! 

The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a regional public meeting to discuss the state of the county?s streams.  The public will be encouraged to provide input on watershed-specific restoration plans that address stream pollution in their area and meet new stormwater permit requirements.

For more information, go to http://montgomerycountymd.gov/dep and click on “Stormwater Permit (MS4)”

Montgomery County Stormwater Restoration Implementation Strategy Team

The next SVTU Chapter meeting is scheduled for Wednesday March 24th.

In the early post and the newsletter it was announced we were going to return to the Rockville Izaak Walton League Clubhouse  for meetings. THIS HAS CHANGED.

EFFECTIVE FOR THE MARCH MEETING, AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY UP-COUNTY REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER, 12900 MIDDLEBROOK ROAD, GERMANTOWN, MARYLAND 20874, 240-777-8000. ROOM TO BE ANNOUNCED WHEN KNOWN, BUT CHECK WITH THE GUARD. . This is the same location we held THE JANUARY MEETING.

The speaker will be Dusty Wissmath (see his “bio” below) and the topic will be Fly-fishing small streams.

Hope see you there. Be safe in the snow!

Dusty started his fly-fishing school and guide service in 1995.  He also served as the lead instructor at the L.L. Bean Fly Fishing School in Virginia and still teaches at the Wulff School of Fly Fishing in New York.  He is a Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructor and is a member of the Board of Governors of the F.F.F. Guides Association.   When he’s not teaching or guiding, Dusty gives casting demonstrations and workshops at sports shows from Montana to Virginia.  His articles and photographs can be found in several outdoor magazines.

Dusty is on the Pro Staff of the Scott Fly Rod Co., Ross Reels, & Hyde Drift Boats and is a fly designer for Brookside Flies of Denver, Colorado.

Dusty says, “ I’ve been lucky enough to work with and learn from some of the best in the business.  Jay Buchner, Bob Clouser, Dave Whitlock and Scott Sanchez inspired me with their innovative and masterful approach to fly tying as well as effectively fishing the flies that they tie.  From Paul Bruun, of Jackson, Wyoming I learned how to guide professionally and  have fun doing it.  Joan Wulff, Lefty Kreh, Macauley Lord and Floyd Franke taught me how to teach and how to analyze the cast.  It’s because of these folks that I am able to say I have the best job in the world.  I’m privileged to call them my friends.  I hope that I can open the door for you, as they did for me, to this fantastic sport.”

It is time to get ready to hit the stream with flies to entice the Trout!

Fly Tying Evenings

The chapter will again sponsor fly tying sessions.

WHEN: The first session will be held on January 19, 2010.  Every other Tuesday evening from 7:30-9:30 PM

WHERE:  Rockville Izaak Walton League Clubhouse (same venue as the chapter meetings). 8301 Waring Station Rd.  Germantown, Md. 20874. 301-972-1645The format for the tying sessions will be essentially the same as last year.  Five sessions will consist of tying.  The 6^th and last session will be fishing with our flies in the IWL pond.  Charles August will teach beginners.  Tools and materials will be provided. 

A curriculum for beginners will include the green weenie and green caddis nymph (session #1), wooly buggers (session #2),  pheasant tail and gold ribbed hare’s ear nymphs (session #3),  cream and other “variant” dry flies (session #4), elk hair  and X caddis flies (session #5).

An experienced tier from the chapter will serve as “guru” for members who have advanced beyond the “beginner” stage.  These will include Dick Switalski, Leslie Gollehon, John Lachin, and Allen Smeltz.  Members are encouraged to bring their questions,  patterns they would like to learn to tie, and materials to share and exchange. 

Greetings all, Happy 2010! Our first meeting of the new year is Wednesday January 27th.  The meeting will feature a presentation on Fly Tying by by Jim Greco. To aid in letting members see his demonstration it will be projected onto a screen.  Jim will present some new Hendrickson patterns that worked for him on the Delaware system this year.  The techniques may be known to some but you won’t see them in a fly shop.  Please include this in the newsletter.  Bring your own tying material and tie after Jim has finished his demonstration.The meeting place - an interim change - will be at the Montgomery County Up-County Regional Service Center; 12900 Middlebrook Road. Germantown, MD 20874, 240-777-8000, THIRD FLOOR ROOM D .This is the same location, but in a different room, we held meetings in the past.

JUST A REMINDER TO ALL THAT WE HAVE OUR CHAPTER MEETING WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2 

• SOCIAL HOUR COMMENCES AT 7:00 PM

• MEETING AT 7:30 PM

• SEE THE POST BELOW WITH LOCATION SPECIFICS AND PROGRAM AGENDA.

• HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!

FIRST: A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE OCTOBER CHAPTER MEETING. THE MEETING LOCATION IS NOW AT THE IWL -CHAPTER CLUBHOUSE - 18301 WARING STATION ROAD; GERMANTOWN, MD. 20874. 301-972-1645

The agenda for this meeting includes an exciting FORUM discussion on STEELHEAD FISHING.

SVTU Steelhead Fishing Forum

December 2, 2009

Are you an experienced  steelheader who wants to learn more to improve the outcome of your steelhead trips??

Have you thought about learning how to go steelhead fishing but didn’t know where to go, when to go or what equipment you needed to get started??

Then don’t miss the 2 Dec SVTU STEELHEAD conclave.

Experienced SVTU chapter members will be sharing their experience and knowledge on steelhead fishing at our 2 December meeting. 

Agenda

New York to Michigan:  Steelhead fishing is not that far away.  The Great Lakes are the world’s best steelhead waters.  Learn where and when to go from those who have been there.

1. Planning Your Trip:  How to find information about destinations from the comfort of your home from on-line sources so you are ready for success when you arrive
2. Go when the water is right:  finding and reading hydrographs; what level of water causes steelhead to run up stream
3. The right equipment:  How to rig fly and spin equipment; equipment on display
4. On the River: reading river characteristics to fish in the right place
5. Flies and bait:  see proven flies and bait that catch steelhead

• SUMMER IS OVER BUT OUR CHAPTER MEETINGS RESUME!Our next meeting is scheduled for WEDNESDAY September 23.The program for this meeting is “Fall Trout Fishing in Maryland”" presented by Jay Sheppard.

When the water temps start to fall, the trout put on a big feeding binge to lay on fat for the upcoming winter and spawning in the case of the browns and brookies.  This surge in feeding is also coupled to the last of summer’s bountiful menu provided to the trout by mother nature.  From now until just after the leaves drop, we can expect to find some very hungry trout on all the better trout waters here in Maryland.  Some fish will be looking for real meat to inhale and others may spend their time sipping myriads of tiny insects going past them.  Jay Sheppard will be describing some special tactics to entice wary trout to the end of your line, along with some handouts on some flies that have proved reliable at this time of the year on our Maryland waters.

Jay is the Vice Chair for Resources for the Mid-Atlantic Council of TU, as well as a past president of the Potomac-Patuxent Chapter of TU.  He has been fishing for over 65 years and for over half of that time for trout in Maryland with a fly rod.  Although he retired from the US Fish and Wildlife Service in early 1995, he regrets that he has not been able to fish every day since then.  Jay has been spending a lot of time helping TU to protect our important resources here in the State— from Savage River and the North Branch to the Gunpowder and streams in-between.

 PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION FOR THE CHAPTER MEETINGS!!!!!!Our new location is actually a location we met at a few years ago.ISAAC WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA (IWLA): ROCKVILLE CHAPTER / CLUBHOUSE. 18301 WARING STATION ROAD; GERMANTOWN, MD. 20874. 301-972-1645Social Hour commences at 7:00 PM, with the meeting and program starting at 8:00 PM.Stop by and meet your fellow members and enjoy what is always a great presentation.

Doug Hutzell and John Mullican will present an update on the Beaver Creek project and will give us some insight into future projects on the stream. If you have been involved in these efforts, or just want to hear about what has been completed and what is planned for the future, this promises to be an interesting evening.   As part of the pesentation, a short, professionally- produced video about the restoration efforts will be shown. 

We will also be discussing the possiblility of scheduling future Chapter fishing trips.  

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Up-County Regional Service Center
Conference Room A
12900 Middlebrook Road
Germantown, MD 20874
240-777-8000

7:00-7:45 p.m. — Social ‘Hour’
7:45-8:00 p.m. — Business meeting
8:00-9:15 — Program -Beaver Creek Update

Doug Hutzell and John Mullican will present an update on the Beaver Creek project and will give us some insight into future projects on the stream.  The Chapter’s involvement in these restoration efforts, in partnership with the Beaver Creek Watershed Association, Antietam Fly Anglers, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has helped to turn Beaver Creek into one of the premier trout streams in Maryland.  If you have been involved in these efforts, or just want to hear about what has been completed and what is planned for the future, this promises to be an interesting evening.   As part of the pesentation, a short, professionally- produced video about the restoration efforts will be shown.  Also, as usual, we will be raffling off some fishing-related items before the presentation.  Hope to see you there!