I am extremely happy to report that we are finally back on the water. On April 22, the PHWFF chapter was able to get out to the Monocacy and fish. Although…
Author: Kevin Haney
Our Annual Picnic is Back!
We’re happy to report that our annual PVFF picnic at Catoctin Creek Nature Center will be held on June 14th. The event will start at 4:00 PM with a “one-fly”…
Welcome to Fly Fishing
After the movie, “A River Runs Through It,” was released in October 1992, many people took up fly fishing. In fact, Montana issued over 40,000 more two-day, nonresident fishing licenses…
Project Healing Waters: Getting Ready for the Season
What a strange month March has been. It is supposed to be “in like a lion and out like a lamb,” not the other way around. Even though the weather has…
Advanced Fly Tying: Extended Body Mayfly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on April 20 at 7:00 PM, Nina Cleven will show us how to tie the Extended Body Mayfly. This is a great fly to have…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Beck’s Super Beetle
Session Overview Our session for April 19 (7:00 PM) is an opportunity for our class participants to ‘step outside the box’ when it comes to learning to tie terrestrial fly…
APRIL CLUB MEETING — Fishing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with Dusty Wissmath
At our April meeting on Tuesday, April 12, join us as we welcome Dusty Wissmath for a talk on fly fishing the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. If you have never been to…
PVFF Stream Cleanup
Our club will once again clean up our home waters and support Project Clean Stream in April. As spring arrives, tens of thousands of volunteers come together to remove trash from local…
March Club Meeting: Talking About Bugs with Chuck Dinkel
Bugs are a mystery to me, especially when they are hatching around me and I can’t figure out what dry fly to use. At our March monthly meeting, our very…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Red Tag (Wet & Dry)
Session Overview Realizing that spring trout season is upon us, I sought to find a fly pattern which would provide our Beginner’s class with new tying techniques and a pattern…
Advanced Fly Tying: Little Black Stone Fly & Yellow Tailed Black Fly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on March 16 at 7:00 PM, Randy Underwood will show us how to tie the little black stone fly for early trout and his…
Project Healing Waters: Getting Ready for the Season
Have you ever been fishing and everything was going your way? The weather is perfect, your casts are as near perfect as they are going to be, you’ve tied the…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Dirty Bird
Session Overview The fly pattern chosen for the February 15 Beginner’s Fly Tying class is “The Dirty Bird.” We chose this fly pattern to honor Bob Abraham, long time member…
Advanced Fly Tying: the Circus Peanut
At our February Advanced Fly Tying gathering on Feb. 16 at 7:00 PM, Joe Walther will tie the Circus Peanut fly — an articulated streamer that is essentially two wooly…
Call to Action on Proposed Fly Fishing Heritage Trail
Submit Your Comments by February 3! We have an opportunity to influence what will become of a section of Hunting Creek at Frank Bentz pond following the removal of the…