Seneca Valley Trout Unlimited

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!

Wednesday, January 28, 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’
7:45-8:15 p.m. — Business meeting/Election
8:15-9:15 — Program - Fly tying

Mike Heck, a well known Pennsylvania guide, will be our featured tyer.  Mike is also an excellent guide.  In addition, he just published a book – Pennsylvania Fly Fishing: Spring Creek Strategies.  It will be available for sale and he will be happy to provide autographs, so bring your copy in if you already have one.  Mike will also have some fly assortments for purchase.  Bring your fly tying gear, if you wish, and learn to tie some new flies or show us how to tie your favorite(s).  We will be raffling off a fly rod, as well as some other fishing-related items.  Hope to see you there.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Up-County Regional Service Center
Conference Room A
12900 Middlebrook Road
Germantown, MD 20874
240-777-8000

7:00-8:00 p.m. — Social Hour
8:00-9:15 p.m. — Program: Southern Cross Outfitters

A representative from Southern Cross Outfitters, Chip Drozenski, will talk about fishing big rivers; how and where to fish them, with a focus on Argentina.  We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.   If you can;t make it to this meeting, the next one will be on Wednesday, December 3 (the only time we don’t hold the meeting on the 4th Wednesday, due to the Thanksgiving holiday), in the same location.

Our next Chapter meeting is Wednesday, September 24, 2008.  We meet in the Up-County Government Facility at Middlebrook and Route 118.  The meeting is from 7:00-9:15; we spend the first hour just talking among ourselves and meeting new members and guests, have a very brief business meeting at 8:00, and the speaker starts at 8:15. 

The speaker for the September 24 meeting will be from Southern Cross Outfitters.  I do not have a title for his talk yet, but it will be on fishing large streams for big trout, as they run trips to Patagonia in South America.  Some of the topics we expect to cover at future meetings – scheduled for Dec 3, Jan 28, March 25, and May 27 — include fishing for steelhead, fly tying, and an update on the Beaver Creek project.

If you are a member but haven’t come to one of our meetings, please stop in, as we would love to meet and talk with you.  Our members cover much of Montgomery County and Washington County, range from beginners to expert fisherman/woman, and we fish all types of water, with both flies and spinning gear.

Drop me a note at stanoaks@gmail.com, if you have a question or a suggestion for a future program.

Hope to see you at a meeting.

Stan Oaks

President

Seneca Valley Chapter TU - #369