Main Line Fly Tyers 2010-2011 VOLUME 7 ISSUE 7 MARCH 15, 2012 Charlie Craven Fly Fisher/Fly Designer/Author Inside this issue: Charlie Craven International Fly Tying Competition Delaware River Club Raffle Learn To Fly Fish Day Schedule Valley Forge Trout Unlimited Show 2012 PA Trout Openers Opening Day On The Brodhead Fish Commission Biologist to Speak Northwest Territories 2012 Calendar Stocking Schedule Directions and club officers Charlie Craven tied his first fly from a gifted fly tying kit on his eighth birthday. In the days since he has commercially tied flies for most of the shops in the Denver area, as well as many others throughout the Rocky Mountain west. A longtime South Platte River guide, Craven cut his angling teeth on some of the toughest trout in the world. It was these tough fish that prompted him to develop some of his more popular patterns like the Jujubee Midge, Poison Tung and Charlie Boy Hopper. Charlie has now been a commercial fly tyer for over thirty years, and in that time has tied flies for nearly every species of game fish in every location on the planet, though he specializes in trout flies for the Rocky Mountain region. Charlie is a Signature Tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and is the originator of other popular patterns such as the Jujubaetis, the Ragin Craven, Two Bit Hooker and the Double Gonga. Craven was the photographer and fly tyer for Barr Flies (Stackpole 2007) and has now authored two books, Charlie Craven s Basic Fly Tying (Headwater Books 2008) and Charlie s Fly Box (Stackpole Books 2010). (cont. on pg. 2) Visit our website: MainLineFlyTyers.net
PAGE 2 Club News (Charlie Craven continued from page 1). Charlie is also the Fly Tyer s Bench contributor to Fly fisherman Magazine. Charlie is a Colorado native and lives in Arvada, Colorado. He has three kids, Charlie, Julie and Jack. Currently, Charlie is the owner and president of Charlie s Fly Box fly shop in Arvada, Colorado. www.charliesflyboxinc.com International Fly Tying Competition to be held in May I am Anatolij Novikov from Kiev, first certified instructor of FFF in Ukraine, founder and owner of the MFFA -Modern Fly Fishing Academy. ( www.mffa.kiev.ua ) and fly fishing internet portal ( www.fly-centre.com.ua ) My organization holds regular international competitions in fly tying I invite you to learn in our competitions. If you decide to participate in our competitions, let me know. I will send you template to describe your flies. Event website - http://mayfly-ua.com/ We look forward to receiving your flies! Now is the time to buy that raffle ticket This week the Club will raffle off a two night stay gift certificate at the Delaware River Club in Starlight, PA. The DRC is on the banks of the Delaware River just steps away from some of the finest trout fishing in the Northeast. The MLFT sincerely appreciates the generosity of Jeff, Bart and the rest of the folks at the Delaware River Club for making this and many other prizes available to our membership. Delaware River Club 1228 Winterdale Road Starlight, PA 18461 570-635-5880 www.thedelawareriverclub.com Visit our website: MainLineFlyTyers.net
PAGE 3 LEARN TO FLY FISH DAY, APRIL 7, RESICA FALLS From: To: This event is free to all members. For nonmembers the fee for the entire day is $40. (includes a Club membership for the remainder of the year) Arrive and have a cup of coffee 8:00 am 8:30 am When you arrive at Rescia, please setup your fly rod and place it safely in your car or truck until later in the day for the casting clinic. You don t need your waders until later in the day if you plan on fishing. Directions to Resica Falls 8:30 am 9:30 am "Knot Basics" - which ones and how to tie them. Rigging / Leader System How to setup your rod, reel, line & leader 9:30 am 10:00 am Nymphing Setup & Techniques 10:00 am 10:30 pm Wet Flys Setup & Techniques 10:30 am 11:00 am Dry Fly Setup & Techniques 11:00 am 11:45 pm Casting Demonstration 11:45 pm 12:45 pm Lunch 12:45 pm 1:30 pm One-on-one Casting Clinic On-Steam Demonstrations 1:30 pm 2:15:pm 3:00 pm 2:15 pm 3:00 pm 3:45 pm Nymphing Wet Flys Dry Flys Visit our website: MainLineFlyTyers.net
PAGE 4 Upcoming Events The 2012 Valley Forge TU Trout Show will be held on Thursday, March 29, at the Valley Forge Middle School. This year s presenter will be Dave Hughes. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the directions are as follows: From King of Prussia, take Rt. 202 South; get off at the Devon Exit and turn Right on Rt. 252. Go approx. 400 yards and turn Left into the Valley Forge Middle School parking lot. The Club needs flys for shows and charitable donations. Last year we donated several hundred to the Boy Scouts of America and sold hundreds more at the shows. Members are encouraged to bring flys to our meetings. For every six you donate to the Club you will receive a free raffle ticket for that night. (limit two tickets per night.) Regional Opening Day counties: Open 8:00 AM March 31 All waters in Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and York counties (County Guide). Streams on county borders that are part of Regional Opening Day: Mahantango Creek, between Northumberland and Dauphin counties. This is the ONLY stream in Northumberland County opening on the earlier date. http://fishandboat.com/ West Branch Mahantango Creek, between Snyder and Juniata counties. This is the ONLY stream in Snyder County opening on the earlier date. Two streams in Carbon County -- Lizard Creek and Mahoning Creek.
PAGE 5 Upcoming Events Opening Day On The Brodhead. April 14 Come Fish with the Club on the Brodhead and enjoy a nice hot lunch. on April 14. We usually meet at the creek in the morning at the park just under the RT. 191 bridge between 7 and 7:30AM This is where we will also meet for lunch at 12:30. Anyone that just wants to fish on their own in the morning can do so and then meet up with everyone at lunch time. If you want to fish with other club members and can not find anyone, you can usually find some of us at the RT 191 bridge pool or the next pool down from that on RT 191 at the Pinebrook Park. This is where the water treatment station is located. Also check the Brodhead Creek Park, where the kids fishing pond is. Also located on RT 191. Finally if you can t find anyone at any of the above locations try looking at the Moose Lodge pool - just behind the Moose Lodge on Stokes Mill Ave. Some of us do go up on Fri night for the weekend. We usually stay at Werrys Motel & Cottages on RT 209 in Marshalls Creek Pa Fish Commission Biologist to Speak at the Old Mill March 25 The public is invited to learn about The State of Fisheries in Southeastern Pennsylvania from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission at the Spring Meeting of the Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association (CRC) to be held on Sunday, March 25. The featured speaker will be Fish Commission Regional Habitat Biologist John Buzzar. His talk will address trends and projects in the Delaware River drainage area and specifically Chester, Ridley, Crum, Valley Creek, and Darby Creek watersheds. The meeting will begin at 2 pm and conclude around 3:30 pm. It will be held at the historic Old Mill which is located across from the Hedgerow Theater in Rose Valley. The public is invited and the program is free of charge. Please consider coming a little early from 1:30 PM on to enjoy a variety of refreshments and meet others in the social hour. Attendees are invited to enjoy a self- guided walk on the scenic trail along Ridley Creek in the Saul Wildlife Sanctuary following the program. Advance registrations requested with CRC at crc@nni.com or 610-892-8731. Walkins are also welcome.
PAGE 6 The Northwest Territories by Rick Say Wednesday, June 18th This was an easy day canoe wise. We only paddled about six miles instead of yesterday s nineteen. We came to a set of rapids and had to guide the canoes through them. Matt got on the front and I was on the back. We waded into the water and by using the canoe as a crutch guided it through the rapids. The water was waist high in places. The water was cold at first but after a while it was kind of fun. The pool at the bottom of the rapids was loaded with trout. We made camp and went fishing for the rest of the afternoon. I had about four strikes and caught one six pounder which we had for dinner. The big show was put on by my canoe mate. Matt hooked a big one and fought it for about an hour. Every time the fish got close to the boat he would dive straight down then take off on a run. During this time the fish actually towed us into the middle of a large lake. The trout was estimated to be at least 25 to 35 pounds (we did not have a scale). We did have a tape measure. It was 36 inches long. We let him go and paddled back to shore. Later in the evening Matt and I were in our tent. I use the term evening loosely, because this far up north at this time of year it doesn t get dark. It kind of just goes to twilight for a couple of hours. Anyhow Matt and I were having a boisterous game of cards when a strange noise started right behind our tent. It went Mauw mauw.mmaaurum. Matt said it was probably some kind of weird bird. We kept playing and the noise continued. Suddenly we heard You guys better get out of your tent! I poked my head out and saw George standing about thirty yards away. He yelled. Two bear cubs are in a tree just behind your tent. That s when I saw the mother. She was the biggest fattest bear I ever saw. She was just sitting there across from George looking at me. I scrambled for my camera and my shoes and Matt and I bailed out of the tent. By this time everybody in camp was up. We gave the mother bear a wide berth. It took her forever to coax those cubs out of the tree. Meanwhile I m freezing and the mosquitos are feasting. Every time the cubs got close to the ground they ran back up. Alex blamed Matt and me for spooking them. Nobody was in a good mood. Finally the mother coaxed the cubs down. All the bears left and we went to bed. Sometime during the night it started to rain.
2011-2012 Meetings and Events March 15th MLFT Meeting Guest Speaker : Charlie Craven April 7th April 14th Learn to Fly Fish Day Opening Day on the Brodhead April 19st MLFT Meeting Guest Speaker : Ben Rinker April 21rd May 4th-6th Stick Day Spring Coburn Trip (Penns Creek) May 17th MLFT Meeting Guest Speaker : Henry Ramsay June 1th 3rd Upper Delaware Camping Trip June 21th MLFT Meeting Guest Speaker : TBD
NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY 2012 PRESEASON & INSEASON STOCKING LIST DATE WATER MEETING PLACE TIME 2/15 FRENCH CREEK - FFOC&R RIDGE FIRRE CO. 12:00 PICKERING, WEST VALLEY DHAL S 2/16 EAST BRANDYWINE DHAL KERR PARK 12:00 3/1 FRENCH, PICKREING RIDGE FIRE CO. 12:00 WEST VALLEY CREEKS 3/3 FRENCH CREEK (3) TRUCKS RIDGE FIRE CO. 12:00 HOLLOW RD. RT23 3/7 EAST BRANDYWINE CREEK KERR PARK 12:00 KERR PARK DOWLIN FORGE RD. 3/10 FRENCH CREEK WARWICK PARK 12:00 GAMELANDS COVENTRYVILLE RD. 3/23 EAST BRANDYWINE GLENMORE FIRE CO 12:00 GLENMORE TO REEDS RD. 4/3 FRENCH CREEK WARWICK PARK 12:00 GAMELANDS TO CAMP SANKANAK & FFO C&R 4/5 FRENCH & PICKERING (2 trucks) RIDGE FIRE CO. 12:00 HOLLOW RD RT23 4/10 EAST BRANDYWINE GLENMORE FIRE CO. 12:00 WEST VALLEY CREEK & DHAL 4/24 EAST BRANDYWINE & DHAL GLENMORE FIRE CO. 12:00 4/27 FRENCH - PICKERING & DHAL RIDGE FIRE CO. 12:00 (2 Trucks) (Game lands to Rt. 23)
PAGE 9 Directions to: Greater Plymouth Community Center 2910 Jolly Rd, Plymouth Meeting PA 19462 610-277-4312 From Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276) Take Exit 333 (Norristown - old exit 25). At the end of the ramp, turn left onto Plymouth Road. At the light, turn right onto Germantown Pike West. Continue approximately one (1) mile, through four (4) traffic lights (not counting the left hand turn light at Sandy Hill Road). At the fifth light, turn right onto Jolly Road. The Community Center is on the right at 2910 Jolly Road. From Blue Route (I-476) Take exit for Germantown Pike West (Exit 20). Continue on Germantown Pike west for approximately one (1) mile, through five (5) traffic lights (not counting the left hand turn light at Sandy Hill Road). At the fifth light, turn right onto Jolly Road. The Community Center is on the right at 2910 Jolly Road. From Route 202 Follow Route 202 to Germantown Pike. Travel EAST on Germantown Pike, through five (5) traffic lights. At the next traffic light, approximately half a mile, turn left onto Jolly Road. The Community Center is on the right at 2910 Jolly Road. Club Officers President :Steve Nack President@mainlineflytyers.net Vice President :Chris McGeehan VP@mailineflytyers.net Treasurer :Jim Costello Treasurer@mainlineflytyers.net Secretary :Rick Say Secretary@mailineflytyers.net Board Members Steve Nack Ed Emery Dave Shillington Rick Say Sam Vigorita Kurt Griffin Jim Costello Mike Ebner Chris McGeehan Coordinators Librarian : Ed Sclarow Web Guy : Mike Ebner Newsletter : Rick Say Refreshments : Jerry Usatch Kathleen McKenzie Raffle : Ed Emery Unsung Hero's : Elsa Zumstein Steve Ellis Al Katoke Newsletter@mailineflytyers.net Feel free to contact us at any time