Our Beginner Fly Tying session this month will continue our theme for 2025: learning to tie a diversity of flies based on one pattern simply by substituting one or two…
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Advanced Fly Tying: Don Lee’s Special Mayfly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on Wednesday, March 19th, Donald Lee will be our featured tier and will show us how to tie a Special Mayfly. Mr. Lee catches…
March club meeting: Catoctin Trout Populations
At our March meeting, Michael Kashiwagi of the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources will present the results of the 2024 trout population surveys for the Catoctin streams. He will also…
PVFF Streamlines (March 2025)
Here is our monthly Streamlines newsletter for March! (view as PDF)
Conservation Update: March 2025
– We’ve scheduled a stream clean-up on April 12, 2025 at our home stream, the Catoctin Creek Park & Nature Center. The clean-up will occur between 9 a.m. and 11…
Film Premier — Lefty: The Greatest of All Time
A new documentary film about the life of Lefty Kreh will be premiered in Frederick at the Weinberg Center for the Arts on March 27, 2025. This gala event will…
February club meeting canceled due to weather
NOTE: This meeting will be moved to March. The February meeting is cancelled due to inclement weather. Euro nymphing. It has been the buzz-word for the last decade. You’ve heard…
Conservation Update: February 2025
I am excited to continue Dave Keane’s legacy as PVFF’s Conservation Lead. Always feel free to reach out to me (lcsmoss63@yahoo.com) with your thoughts, ideas, and conservation oriented activities you…
Advanced Fly Tying: Higa’s S.O.S.
Historically speaking, Higa’s S.O.S. is a relatively new pattern. Spencer Higa is an all-around fly-fishing professional from Utah, who has been a guide and lodge manager, an Orvis store manager,…
Beginner Fly Tying: Cold Weather Flies
As noted in the January issue of Streamlines, beginner fly tying sessions this year will focus on the use of alternative materials in tying similar, or variant, fly patterns. People who…
PVFF Streamlines (February 2025)
Here is our monthly Streamlines newsletter for February!
Advanced Fly Tying: New approach to tying foam ants and beetles
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on Wednesday, January 15, at 7:00 p.m., Terry Alexander will tie a foam ant/beetle fly and demonstrate a unique approach to tying ants, beetles,…
Beginner Fly Tying: Fundamentals of Tying Artificial flies
Over the past ten plus years the focus of our PVFF Beginner’s Fly Tying class has been to learn the basic procedural steps in constructing a specific fly pattern. Our…
Club Meeting: Program TBD
The program for this month is still in development, but we promise it will be worth your while. We will meet on Tuesday, January 14th, 7 p.m. at Tuscarora High School,…
PVFF Streamlines (January 2025)
Here is our monthly Streamlines newsletter for January 2025. In this issue: