Fall is a great time to target striped bass in tidal tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. A few years back, PVFF member Larry Forte showed me some photos of several…
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Advanced Fly Tying: Foam and Fuzzy Inchworms
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on October 18th at 7:00 PM, Martyn Holland will teach us the foam inchworm and the fuzzy inchworm fly. The club will provide all…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: The Twitch Fly
Fall is upon us and at last we are having some cooler temperatures. Time to ‘switch gears’ in our approach to fly fishing inland waters, particularly fly fishing for smallmouth…
PVFF Streamlines (October 2023)
Here is our monthly Streamlines newsletter for October 2023. In this issue:
Club Meeting: Celebrating Bernard “Lefty”Kreh
At our next meeting on September 12th at Tuscarora High School in Frederick, we are going to spend the evening learning about and, yes, doing a bit of reminiscing about…
Lefty Kreh in the Frederick Library
Starting in September, 2023, the Friends of Lefty Kreh will have five exhibits in the downtown library and have five speakers over the next two months. The topics and speakers…
Advanced Fly Tying: Hogan’s Summer Smallmouth Fly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on September 20th at 7:00 PM, Don Fine will teach us the Hogan’s Summer Smallmouth fly pattern which is an adaptation of a Clouser…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: The Turbo Beetle
Summer soon will end and now is the time to think about seasonal-transition fly patterns, which will be useful for a variety of fresh water species. As I began to…
PVFF Streamlines (September 2023)
Here is our monthly Streamlines newsletter for September 2023. In this issue:
Take the PVFF 3-Fish Challenge
Are you up for the 3- Fish challenge again? Last year’s challenge was a lot of fun so we are going to do it again this year. The club will…
Outing Report: Slate Run
I had planned to meet some friends for a long weekend of fly fishing on Kettle Creek in Potter County, Pennsylvania. The date we chose was the first weekend of…
Outing Report: A Savage River Reminder of Lefty’s Legacy
Several years ago, when I finally realized that I was not immortal and that life passes far too quickly, I began to make it a priority to fish on, or…
Advanced Fly Tying: Crawfish Pattern (Redo)
The June tying did not go as planned. So, we are going to try again. At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on August 16th at 7:00 PM, Ray Ouellette will…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Hogan’s Summer Smallmouth Fly
Summer is well upon us and our attention has turned away from fishing some of the colder water species. So, it’s time now to get out on the rivers, ponds,…
PVFF Streamlines (August 2023)
Here is our monthly Streamlines newsletter for August 2023. In this issue: