Seneca Valley Trout Unlimited

 WHEN: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011

TIME: 7:00 PM “SOCIAL TIME”, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM MEETING AND FLY TYING PRESENTATION

PLACE: UP-COUNTY REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER, ROOM A

12900 MIDDLEBROOK ROAD, GERMANTOWN, MD. 20874 : 240-777-8000

This meeting includes our Annual Election of Officers. If you are interested in serving in a position, and several are available, contact

our current Chapter president, Noel Gollehon. @ 301-330-8253 or by email at ngollehon@comcast.net.

PROGRAM:  FLY-TYING 

PRESENTER:  Matt Rosenthal, proprietor of the new “Beaver Creek Fly Shop” who will show us how to tie 2-3 flies that are effective on Beaver Creek.

ALSO: DON’T FORGET TO RENEW YOUR TU MEMBERSHIP IF IS HAS EXPIRED OR WILL SO IN THE NEAR TERM, AND DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR 2011 FISHING LICENSE AND TROUT STAMP. THE NEW YEAR IS UPON US!

SEE YOU FEBRUARY 2, 2011!!!!

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The National TU office has asked all TU chapters to update their chapter bylaws, to bring them in line with recent changes to the National bylaws.  Your Board has been working on this and will present amended Chapter bylaws at the February 2, 2011 Chapter meeting, so that we can all vote on them.  This is an important process, so please make an extra effort to attend this meeting, where we will also elect new officers and Board members.

Following the brief business meeting, which starts at 8:00 pm, we will view a demonstration on fly tying, from an area expert.  We encourage you to bring your fly tying gear and tie along with the expert.  Watch this site for details!

This is an excellent time to attend one of our program meetings, if you are new to the Chapter or have been a member and have not yet been to one of our meetings.  Make this one of your New Year’s resolutions.  Hope to see you there!

 COME TO OUR LAST MEETING OF 2010!!!!!!

 SVTU announces Vicki Blazer as the speaker for the December 1 Chapter meeting. 

Vicki is a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.  She has extensively researched and is a leading authority on the intersex fish issue in the Mid-Atlantic Region.  Come to the Seneca Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited (SVTU) meeting to learn about this resource issue that impacts all fisherman in the region.  This is an opportunity to learn what is fact and fiction on this issue, so don’t miss it! 

Where: Montgomery County Up-County Center 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, MD 20874

When:  Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 7:30PM. 

Are you tired of this long, hot summer?  Want to get out going fishing?  Where were you planning on going?  Want to go someplace different that is not too far?SVTU has just the program for you!  Come to our SVTU Chapter meeting September 22 and hear Tom Starrs talk about “Maryland Wild Trout Streams - The Ones We Don’t Talk About.”  Tom, a long time member of the Maryland Chapter, has fished about “everywhere” in Maryland.  He is willing to share some of his favorite locations to fish for wild trout — places that will be new to many of us.  It sounds like an exciting program and a chance to lean about some new water, just in time for the cooler and hopefully wetter fall weather!SVTU will meet on Wednesday, September 22 at 7:30 in the Montgomery County Up-County Center in Germantown.  The center is located at 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, MD 20874.In addition to Tom’s presentation, we will have a short program by Benton McCarthey, the student that SVTU sponsored at the Tri-State Youth Camp.  If you have teens in the family that might be thinking about this camp, this would be a great opportunity to get their questions answered.See you at the meeting!

The May SVTU meeting will be held at the Up-County Center, at the northwest corner of Middlebrook Rd and Rte 118, in Germantown, MD.

Our own Dick Switalski will give a presentation on fishing Big Bushkill Creek and the West Branch of the Delaware River, in northeast Pennsylvania, and the big five (Beaverkill, Esopus, Willowemoc, East and West Branches of the Neversink, and East Branch of the Delaware) in the Catskills. 

The meeting room opens at 7:00, when folks start gathering to socialize and discuss their latest fishing adventures, etc.  At 8:00, there is a brief chapter business meeting and a raffle.  The feature speaker’s presentation starts about 8:15.  Bring a fishing buddy or family member – non-members are welcome.

The May SVTU meeting will be held at the Up-County Center, at the northwest corner of Middlebrook Rd and Rte 118, in Germantown, MD. 

This month’s guest speaker was to be Vicki Blazer, a very well known Fishery Biologist/ Pathologist with the US Geological Survey’s National Fish Health Research Laboratory; however, a change in her busy schedule requires that she postpone her talk.

Check this site in a few days for an update on the program.

The chapter is in the final stages of planning for our Picnic/BBQ.

The location will be Seneca Creek State Park.We have reserved a shelter.

More details to follow, but there will be a raffle with some nice prizes.

Note that this is Father’s Day weekend, …bring your Dad…so it can be the start of a weekend-long celebration!

Keep checking the website for updates on the time, etc.

The March SVTU meting will be held at the Up-County Center, corner of Middlebrook Rd and Rt 118 in Germantown, MD. 

Dusty Wissmath, a well known guide from the area, will give a presentation focusing on “Fly Fishing in Southwestern Montana, including the Ruby River, Madison, and Yellowstone Park. 

The meeting room is open at 7:00, when folks will gather to discuss fishing, etc.  At 8:00, there will be a brief chapter business meeting and the raffle drawing.  One of the items in the raffle is a ticket to the MAC banquet this Saturday, donated by Dale Thatcher, one of our Board members ($75 value).  Dusty’s presentation follows, at 8:15.  Bring a fishing buddy or family member - non-members are welcome.

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.”