The MD Chapter of Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock (BOJC), is teaming up with the Thurmont Green Team to host the Frank Burt Smoot Commemorative Stream Cleanup project and they are asking that our PVFF membership might choose to participate and support the event. If you can attend, consider recruiting a youth, or two, to…

In 1824 citizens of Washington County MD formed the Antietam Fish Company, a very early example of fish conservation. They passed state laws to prohibit fishing practices, except with the angling rod, and also stocked the Antietam Creek with fish. This was part of a national effort to create fish hatcheries and restore our nation’s…

I hope you can join us at our next monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 8th. We have a fun and busy evening planned for everyone. First, our guest speaker will be David Folkerts, David is the COO of Project Healing Waters (PHW) and we are interested in starting a PHW program at Ft. Detrick. After…

Dan Neuland will be the guest tier for our May meeting. He will be tying a pencil popper and we will be offering many paint and feather options for this fly. Dan and Bill Kulp have come up with this fly for breaking stripers and they feel it will work great for large and Smallmouth Bass. That makes…

The fly selected for the May 21st Beginner’s fly tying session will be “Dave’s Damsel Nymph”. I learned to tie this nymph over 20 years ago and have used it successfully to catch Smallmouth, Trout and Panfish in still waters where Damselflies are prevalent. This pattern developed by Dave Whitlock significantly imitated the nymph stage…

As you know, we are interested in starting a Project Healing Waters Program at Ft. Detrick. At the last meeting, David Folkerts discussed what is involved and needed from the club to make this happen. We are having a follow-up meeting next Wednesday, May 30th @ 7:00pm for anyone that is interested in the program. The…

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On Thursday afternoon, June 14th, we will fish the Gunpowder River’s Sulphur hatch in northern Baltimore County, MD. Departure Time: We will leave Frederick at 2:00 PM & meet at the Exit #56 (Route 144 / East Patrick Street Exit), Park-&-Ride lot off of I-70 to carpool to the Gunpowder. Contact us to sign up.

PVFF will host a Project Healing Waters event for our Veterans at Otter Fish Camp near Thurmont, Maryland, on Saturday, June 16th from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM. We will act as companions with each wounded warrior to assist with any needs they may have. This is a very special opportunity to give back for…

The Beginner’s Fly Tying will be held on Monday, June 18th. The featured flies for that session will be two flies developed by one of Pennsylvania’s legendary fly fishers and fly tiers, Ed Shenk. That evening we will be tying the “Letort (or Shenk’s) Cricket” and “Letort (or Shenk’s) Hopper”. As such, they are considered…