On Saturday, April 24th, members from our club volunteered their time to clean up our Home Waters. They also branched out and collected fallen tree shelters within the reforestation areas.…
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Project Healing Waters: Getting Closer
As many of you know, Project Healing Waters has been completely virtual for the past year, remaining active in what has been referred to as Phase 1. During this time,…
Astronomy Minute
Planet Viewing – Both Mercury and Venus have swung behind the sun and are entering our evening sky. I think of these inferior (orbits closer to the sun) planets as…
Streamlines: Vol. 30, No. 5 (May 2021)
Here is the Streamlines newsletter for May, 2021:
Last Cast: May 2021
Ah, some warm weather and no rain to cause flood conditions. This describes the perfect spring fishing weather for me. Not that I fish as much as I’d like (especially…
Club Meeting: An Evening with Bob Clouser
At our next virtual meeting, on Tuesday, May 11, we welcome fly fishing and tying legend Bob Clouser. You don’t want to miss this one! For background information about Bob,…
Let’s Tie a Clouser Deep Minnow on Zoom
On May 4th 2021 at 7pm, PVFF Club Member Rick Loose will demonstrate, via Zoom, how to tie a Clouser Deep Minnow. Members who are interested in tying the fly…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Cicada (Magicicada cassini)
The fly pattern chosen for the April Beginner’s fly tying is an imitation of a six-legged insect, i.e. a cicada. Why did we choose this pattern? For two reasons. First…
Advanced Fly Tying: the Peeping Caddis
Our next Advanced Fly Tying session will be Wednesday, April 21st. Martyn Holland is going to show us how to tie the Peeping Caddis. At our last virtual tying session,…
Conservation Corner: PVFF Home Waters Clean Up
As spring arrives, tens of thousands of volunteers come together to remove trash from local streams, creeks, rivers, and parks as part of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Project…
Project Healing Waters – Frederick Program (April 2021 Update)
Whether you’re a glass half full or half empty fly fisherman, we can all agree that opening day still holds weight and is something to look forward to each year.…
Tackle Tips: Is Your Line Too Light?
If you have trouble casting a given line on a particular rod and are wondering if perhaps the line is too light, there’s an easy way to tell. Put the reel…
Everything a Fly Fisher Needs to Know About the Cicada
What type of insect is a cicada? The 17-year cicada, Magicicada cassinii, is a six-legged insect classified in the scientific order Hemiptera, commonly called true bugs. Are cicadas like or…
Astronomy Minute
Back to Orion One Last Time — Winter is over and Orion is sinking in the west. Now is the time to star-hop to three locations on the east side.…
Last Cast: April 2021
Happy Spring, finally! We held our first official outing, appropriately enough, at our home waters at the Catoctin Nature Center. It was nice to be in warm weather and cool…