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…
Category: Articles
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…
Potomac Riverkeeper Network + Shad Fishing at Fletcher’s Cove
Keeping the Potomac River Clean (and Fishable) with Dean Naujoks At our next virtual meeting, on Tuesday, April 13th, we welcome Dean Naujoks, with the Potomac Riverkeepers. The organization was…
Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary
Mallows Bay is a small bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in Charles County. The bay is the location of what is regarded as the “largest shipwreck…
Astronomy Minute
Back to the Pleiades – Mars will be sliding past the “tiny dipper” during the first week of March. The red planet will have its closest conjunction with the Pleiades…
Fishstration: On the Joys and Frustration of Fly Fishing
I’m not a trout fisherman naturally. I come from down south where fishing means largemouth bass, stiff rods, baitcasting reels, and crankbaits or spinners or plastic worms. I used to…
Last Cast
It’s all about timing. A couple of days ago we got four inches of snow, on top of 12 inches from previous storms, now we have weather in the 50’s.…
Last Cast: February 2021
Hooray for a new year! Time to start looking forward to this year’s fishing adventures. I know people like to make New Year’s resolutions, but I usually lose those in…
Astronomy Minute: February 2021
Star Hopping From Orion – If you can find Orion, follow the line through his belt to the right to find the fiery red eye of Taurus, Aldebaran. Then, continue…
Streamlines: Vol. 30, No. 2 (February 2021)
Here is the January 2021 edition of Streamlines, our club monthly newsletter. Enjoy!
Astronomy Minute: January 2021
By Russ Hanson Great Conjunction Update: Some days you eat the bear … and some days (weeks!) the bear eats you. The 10, or so, straight days of cloudy skies…
Last Cast: January 2021
By Andy Mekelburg Yay, we made it to the New Year! Wow, is all I can say. In this strange period, fly fishing and PVFF provided many of the positive…
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