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MayflyerDonegal Trout Unlimited
What’s Emerging
February 2010 Vol. 40 # 1
CONTENTSCHAPTERPLANNER.........2EXELONDONATION.......2NEWMEMBERS.........2COMMITTEEREPORTS..........3FLY TACKLE -THE ROD..........5CONSIDER........5BANQUETNEWS..............6CHESAPEAKECLEAN WATERREPORT............7THOUGHT.........7MORE PIX........8
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
What’s in store for Donegal TU in thisNew Year? First of all we have re-ceived official notification from DEP
that we have been awarded $383,14000 forstream restoration at the Herb Weaver farm onConowingo Creek. We have also received the$10,00000 donation from Exelon Power to fundthe Fishing Creek (Valley Lea) project.We met with a multitude of agencies in Januaryfor a final planning session prior to the submis-sion of the permit application required for therestoration work on Climbers Run. After thisinitial planning session more planning work isrequired before permits can be applied for. Thisproject has more agencies involved than anyother project started by DTU.
Another new project is in the works with MarkMcMaster and Wayne Boggs taking on the chal-lenge of creating a new website. As you may notknow Mark is the webmaster for another organi-zation, having created and maintained that site.Besides publishing our newsletter, Mark has vol-unteered to create this new site. The current site,because of the way it was created years ago, hasbecome obsolete and difficult to work with. Thenew site will be much easier to manage and willalso save us about $40000 per year. Wayne Boggshas volunteered to be the webmaster once thenew site is completed and online.
We have applied to National TU for rod and reelsets which are being donated by the Sierra Clubto be distributed to TU Chapters for use in youthfly fishing programs. When we originally createdthe badge program with the Millport Conservan-cy we also agreed to start a youth fly castinginstructional day. Should we receive theserods/reel sets we already have the expertise in our
FEBRUARYMEETING
February 17
Dave RothrockEffective
Nymphing
Farm & HomeCenter
Lancaster
membership and the location to start this pro-gram.
A stream monitoring program sampling streamwater periodically will be started this year withtest kits purchased through the Lancaster Con-servation District. Testing for nitrates, phos-phates, dissolved oxygen and turbidity will bemeasured with these kits and Matt Kofroth willschedule a training day for those who wish tovolunteer. To make this project work we stillneed some volunteers.
The January meeting at the Lancaster Farm &Home Center was well-attended and the film“Rise” was shown to a full house.
TED DOWNS
Button! Button! Who's got the but-ton! Why Faye Haering has the but-tons. The new 2010 Millport Buttonsare available.You can pick one up at the member-ship meetings held the 3rd Wednes-day of the month at the Farm andHome Center, or you can contactFaye at 717- 285-2572 [email protected] give her your name, address,telephone number, email address anddate of renewal with TU. The cost ofthe buttons remains at $2000 or $2200
including postage.
FAYE E. HAERING,DTU VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
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Chapter Planner DTU OFFICERS &BOARD
PRESIDENT
Ted Downs158 Canterbury TurnLancaster, PA 17601
393.6645 (home)[email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT
Wayne BoggsPO Box 486
Terre Hill, PA 17581484.888.0916 (home)
SECRETARY
Gary Roulston1150 S Lefever DrLititz, PA 17543
TREASURER
Tim Suloff859 Salisbury CourtLancaster, PA 17601
293.1844 (home)[email protected]
BOARD
ProgramsBob Albright
733.9430 (home)[email protected]
BanquetDan Brandt
664.2332 (home)[email protected]
MembershipKevin Fausey
VolunteersFaye Haering
285.2572 (home)[email protected]
At LargeTom Hall
ConservationBob Kutz
940.1541 (home)[email protected]
NewsletterMark McMaster
755.0805 (home)markmcmaster
@sprintmail.com
At LargeGlen Mattox
NurseryTom Royer
733.6687 (home)[email protected]
EducationScott Trefny
626.4512 (home)[email protected]
At LargeGreg WIlson
627.0419 (home)[email protected]
CommunicationBob Wyble
733.4939 (home)[email protected]
FEBRUARY10th: 7 pm Board Meeting Millport Conservancy17th: 7 pm Chapter Meeting Farm & Home Center Dave Rothrock Nymphing
MARCH10th: 7 pm Board Meeting Millport Conservancy17th: 7 pm Chapter Meeting Farm & Home Center Brian Shumaker Smallies on the Susky27th: 4:30 Banquet Lancaster Host Resort
APRIL14th: 7 pm Board Meeting Millport Conservancy21st: 7 pm Chapter Meeting Farm & Home Center Craig Hull Tying Clinic
Exelon Donation
Charles Benner86 Elizabeth StLandisville, PA 17538Bobert Mckillips25 N. Hershey Ave.Leola, PA [email protected]
Edward Ridgeway2830a Willow St. PKWillow Street, [email protected]
WelcomeNew Members
Presentation of $10,000 donation by Exelon Power to Donegal TU for Fishing Creek restoration work.From left to right are Mary Helen Marsh Director of Environmental Affairs of Exelon Power, Ted Downs,Jan Hartle President of Friends of Fishing Creek, Bob Kutz, Fran Reining of Friends of Fishing Creek andJune Stumm President of Valley Lea Riding Club.
We are presently looking into future projects onthe Conowingo Creek as well other streamswithin the County.
BOB KUTZ
CONSERVATION CHAIRMAN
PROGRAMS
FEBRUARY 17, 2010Dave Rothrock, owner-operator of Salmo-Trutta Enterprises, and Presi-dent PA Council T.U.“Effective Nymph Tactics & Patterns”In this program Dave focuses on the variety of patterns and tactics, andhe points out the conditions under which they can most effectively beemployed. This program is actually the WHY and the HOW of nymphfishing. He gives the audience a detailed look at the characteristics ofnymphs and shows how these can be incorporated to produce moreeffective patterns.
MARCH 17, 2010Brian Shumaker - “Fly Fishing for Smallmouth” on the Juniata &Susquehanna Rivers, including photos, flies and tactics for taking small-mouth in Central PA.
APRIL 21, 2010Craig Hull of Troutgetter.com will give a Tying Clinic with video camera& projector, featuring his Extended Body Green Drake & Coffin Fly.These patterns have been featured in “Fly Fisherman Magazine” and“Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide”. He will also have flies for sale by thedozen at wholesale prices, a huge selection.
BOB ALBRIGHT
PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
CONSERVATIONOur 2010 stream improvement projects are moving along as scheduled.Both the Fishing Creek and the (2) Climbers Run projects have beendesigned by the Fish & Boat Commission and the raw materials, such as100 tons of shot rock & all the necessary logs are now on site The startdate will be mid summer. Some of our members have mentioned thatthey are interested in volunteering their time to help build the devices. Iwill publish the exact dates as they become available.
We will be having an exciting meeting on Jan. 21st concerning ClimbersRun. The Stoltzfus Farm will need the Run relocated in 2 places. Fallentrees have caused the stream to vacate its banks & has now eroded anadjacent field. In order to relocate the stream to its original stream bank,we need the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to “OK” our new relocationplan as well as the consent of the PA DEP, the PA Fish & BoatCommission, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service & the Lancaster CountyConservation District. This will be a first for DTU where we partnerwith all these organizations. We see this type of “Patterning” as a newtool to use as we move forward with our future projects .
MORE GOOD NEWSThe PA Dept. of Environmental Protection just officially notified usthat we did, in fact, receive a $385,00000 grant to work on the HerbWeaver farm, the worst site within the Conowingo Creek Watershed.We will be rebuilding 1 mile of stream bank as well as 900 ft of 2tributary streams. Rettew Associates will be our design & constructionpartner on this section of the stream. Rettew reports that the design isnow finished & that they are applying for the proper permits. Workshould be started in July & finished in September. Again, volunteers willbe needed to help plant trees as well as seeding warm season grasses.
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The tackle for trout fly-fishing has been developed to a point of excellencewhere further improvement, save in unimportant details, seems impos-sible. The rods, reels, lines, and flies now specially made for the fly-
caster are certainly things of beauty and, if carefully treated, practicallypermanent joys. The matter of tackle selection for brook trout flyfishing is avery simple affair to the man who knows. But the man who does not know isquite capable of going to considerable expense for a museum of tackle curiosi-ties the collective intent of which would be difficult to determine.Herein it will be possible to state only with the utmost brevity compatible withclearness the essential tools and tackle of the fly-caster. For a more detailedtreatise on fly-tackle and general equipment the reader is referred to “FishingKits and Equipment” by the present writer. Many years of stream use andexperiment have shown that only certain tools are suited to effective andsatisfactory and sportsmanlike fly-casting. In the following the suitability ofthe outfit to stream wading and fly-fishing in an average trout stream isprimarily considered.To the absolute exclusion of every other material the fly-rod should be ofsplit-bamboo. The split-cane rod alone has the necessary speed and resiliencewhich are imperative for effective and comfortable fly-casting and fly-fishing.Solid wood rods of either lancewood, greenheart, or bethabara are very muchslower in action than the split-bamboo, and the steel rod is not at all to beconsidered. It should be said, however, that in the cheaper grades the split-bamboo rod is inferior to the solid wood rod of equal price. The angler shouldselect a fly-rod of either medium or, if the purse is a fairly long one, the verybest grade. A good fly-rod is worth every cent you pay for it - and more; also itshould be said that good tackle of any sort is not only its own reward but isabsolutely essential if you would have the best of the sport. Shoddy tackleconduces to careless work on the stream and consequently to poor success. Onthe other hand, good tackle tends to interest one in its proper handling, bothin casting and also in fishing the flies, and as a result the angler finds hisinterest and success increasing rather than otherwise.Choice must be made between the six-strip and eight-strip rods, the split-bamboo rod being made from triangular strips - usually six or eight- rent fromthe natural cane and cemented and bound together. Expert opinion favors thesix-strip fly-rod.If the angler is to have but one rod probably ten feet is the best length, but anylength from nine to ten feet is generally satisfactory. It depends a great deal
Fly Tackle - The Rodupon the character of the waters to be fished. Forsmall brooks the shorter rod is preferable, but forbig, rough streams where long casting must bedone and large trout handled in swift water theten-foot rod is best.Be sure to have the ferrules and reel-seat of the rodof German silver. This material is stronger, clean-er, and more serviceable than nickeled brass. Thehand-grasp should be of the sort known in thetackle trade as “solid cork,” not a mere sheathingof composition-cork over a wooden form. Forfly-casting the reelseat must be below thehandgrasp. The guides of the rod should by allmeans be of the pattern known as English “snake”guides, and their material should be steel or Ger-man silver, the former being most suitable becausethe line will not wear grooves in them as in thesofter German silver.Select a rod that bends equally from handgrasp totip-end, one that balances well - is not either tip orbutt heavy - and is not too limber or whippy. Thewhippy rod is a poor caster and one with which itis difficult to hook and play a fish properly. Fly-rods from nine to ten feet in length should weighfrom five to six and a quarter ounces.
SAMUEL G. CAMP
THE FINE ART OF FISHING
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MAYFLYER ADSIf you are a business owner and would like to reach over560 members with a common interest, please considerrunning your ad in the Mayflyer. There are 6 issues eachyear. Cost of the ads are $150 for a business card size and$300 for a half page ad.Please contact Glen Nephin at [email protected] or 271-9208.
Once again, members areurged to consider receiving theirMayflyer via the internet rather than
Her Majesty’s Royal Mail. While no doubt your postal deliv-ery person merits gainful employment, the fact is that printingand mailing the Mayflyer is a very expensive proposition, con-suming a significant portion of DTU’s funds. Many membersmay not realize that DTU receives none of the membership feeyou pay to Trout Unlimited, relying instead on our fund-raisingactivities to support our streamwork and the Mayflyer. Knowingthat, wouldn’t you rather see that money spent on a trout stream?You can easily switch to the “online” version of the Mayflyer bysimply sending an email to Wayne Boggs @ [email protected] asking him to move you to the email list. You’ll then receivean email every time an issue is posted to the website, giving youthe link, and you can download a copy at your convenience. The“online” version is in full color, is posted a week or more beforethe hardcopy version, and trust me, your postal carrier will stillhave a job delivering all that junk mail.
MARK MCMASTER
EDITOR
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Banquet News
Once again it’s time to think Spring. Mark your calendars for March27. This year we celebrate our 31st Annual Spring FundRaisingBanquet, held once again at the Lancaster Host Resort. Next to
receiving a state grant, this is our largest fundraiser of the year. Last year,with the help of our banquet donors, we raised over $30,000 in that onenight for DTU. This money is well-spent on our local streams, along witheducational support in our area schools.
Doors open at 4:30 pmand dinner will be at ap-proximately 6:30 pm.Dinner this year will be alarge buffet with freshbread, your choice of 3salads, 3 meats, 3 sides,dessert, coffee, tea anddrink. WOW! all for thesame price as we had lastyear. Thirty dollars eachor you can purchase aGold Table for $4000
which will get you frontrow seating, extra goodiesand tickets in your giftbag and a chance to win$10000 cash.
The door prizes went over so well last year, we thought we would do itagain this year. The ticket for the door prize table will be in your seatingpacket as you come in and register. Tickets will be pulled throughout thenight. There will be many items on the table and lots of chances to win foreveryone.Buckets: this year we have decided to do 10 buckets. You buy the ticketsin strips and disburse them in any bucket you would like to win. The moretickets you buy and throw in a bucket you would like, the better yourchances. So buy those tickets.Back again from last year are our Theme Baskets. These extra large basketsare filled full of items that have to do with the theme on the basket. Thiswill be a silent bid. You will use your bid number to bid on the basket orbaskets you would like to have and write in the amount you would bewilling to pay for that basket. The same as the silent auction,the starting bid will be established with reasonable incre-ments.Here is a short list of some of the items we have so far.
○ Hunting trip for Turkey by Rick Groff○ All inclusive Trophy Turkey Hunt for Two, 3 days
and 3 nights.○ Custom Rod built by Chuck Elmer.○ Bid on Baskets with over $200 worth of items in each
one.○ CFR Rod and Reel.○ Vocal Auction Items such as: Eagles Tickets, Fishing
Trips, Vacation Condo Packages, Gas Grills, LadiesJewelry, Dinners & Shows, Furniture, Rods & Reels.
○ Over 100 Silent Auction items such asHand-tied flies, Prints, Dishes, Books,Life vests, more Jewelry, Rods, Reels.
○ Door Prizes all night long.The rest of the evening will be filled with plentyof entertainment. This year again we brought intwo gentlemen playing acoustical guitarsthrough out the evening with music from the60’s to the 90’s. Along with all the vocal action,silent action and the many raffles throughoutthe room, we will be drawing the winners forthe $100000 Super Fund ticket at the end of theevening. These are the tickets you will receivewith your registration form. If you would likemore, please call or e-mail me and I will sendthem out to you. Phone: 664-2332 (home) or341-1581 (cell). Email: [email protected] your info and registration form will be in themail soon, or you can download your Registra-tion form from our website. Remember to savethe date and bring a friend for a night of fun.Hope to see you there,
DAN BRANDT
BANQUET CHAIRMAN
DTU Chesapeake Clean Water Report
The following are recent stream projects which DTU has complet-ed, or is presently planning. List prepared by Bob Kutz for areport submitted to TU national. A list to be proud of.
1. Swarr Run — $6,00000
Riparian Fencing, In-stream Structures and Tree plantingPartners: Lancaster Conservation DistrictDate:2004
2. Mill Creek, — $4,00000
Riparian Fencing, In-stream Structures & Tree plantingPartners: U.S. Fish & Wildlife & Lancaster Conservation DistrictDate: 2006
3. Shearers Run — $6,00000
In-stream structuresDate:2006
4. Fishing Creek — $3,00000
In-stream structures, cattle crossings, & tree plantingPartner: Friends of Fishing CreekDate 2007
5. Little Conestoga — $3,00000
Tree PlantingPartners: Little Conestoga Watershed Association & Lancaster Conservation DistrictDate 2005
6. Little Conestoga — $10,50000
In-stream Structures & Tree PlantingPartners,: PA Fish & Boat CommissionDate, 2007
7. Segloch/Furnace Run — $42,00000
In-stream Structures & Tree PlantingPartners: PA Turnpike Commission, PA Fish & Boat Commission & Lancaster Conservation DistrictDate: 2007
8. 8. Lititz Run- Millport Conservancy — $6,00000
In-stream Structures & Tree plantingPartners: Lititz Watershed Association & Lancaster Conservation DistrictDate: 2008
9. Donegal Spring Creek — $13,50000
In-stream Structures & tree PlantingPartners: PA Fish & Boat Commission., & Donegal Fish & Conservation AssociationDate: 2008
10. 10 Lititz Run- Millport Conservancy — $10,00000
In-stream Structures & Tree PlantingPartners: PA Fish & Boat Commission.& Lititz Watershed AssociationDate: 2009
11. 11. Lititz Run-Banta Farm — $180,00000
Redesign of stream, Removal of 9,000 Cubic yards of legacy soil, In-stream structures & plant trees (CREP)
Partners: EPA 319 Grant & LancasterConservation DistrictDate: 2004
12. 12 Lititz Run-Riparian Park —$7,00000
In-stream Structures & Plant treesPartners: Lititz Watershed Association & PA. Fish & Boat CommissionDate: 2008
2010 PROJECTS1. Climbers Run Amish Farms (2) farms
— $35,00000
Redesign of abraded stream, In-stream Structures, Cattle Crossings, Fencing & Tree planting.Partners: U.S. Corp of Engineers, PA DEP, PA Fish & Boat Commission., Lancaster Conservation District & U.S. Fish & WildlifeCompletion date: August 2010
2. Fishing Creek-Valley Lea Horse Center — $14,00000
In-stream Structures & tree plantingPartners: PA Fish & Boat Commission. & Friends of Fishing CreekCompletion Date: July, 2010
3. Conowingo Creek — $385,00000
In-stream Structures, Fencing & Tree planting along one half mile on stream.Partners, U.S. EPA (319 Grant)Completion date: Sept. 2010
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One drawback of tying very accurate flies:Bats, dragonflies, swallows, and ducksfind them just as attractive as trout do.
(Of these, ducks put up the best fight and makethe longest runs.)
LLOYD GONZALES
Thoughtfor the Day
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