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Our annual banquet was held on October 23rd at the AmVets Memorial Post #9 in Middletown, Maryland. This event serves as our major fundraiser for the year. Thanks to all…

PVFF founding member Jim Gilford died on Aug. 19. He was 92. In 1964, Gilford proposed Big Hunting Creek become a catch-and-release stream — a first in Maryland — it…

Thanks to the volunteers who helped to help empty the pen and stock the trout on October 27. And a special thanks to Jon Thames and Billy Noland for helping…

Submission by Kevin Haney — Column coordinated by Kevin HollandHow long have you been fly fishing? I’ve been fly fishing for about 2 ½ years.  It’s something that I planned…

I look at October as being the end of my fishing season, with November starting a new year. The late summer fishing lull reduces the number of trout that are…

I’ve certainty covered a lot fishing waters in September — Massachusetts, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Oklahoma, and missing getting New York on the list by a week. I hadn’t started…

As the club banquet approaches, I wanted to share my experience with an item I won last year. Specifically, thanks to guide Mike Heck’s (fallingsprings.com) generosity, I was able to…

Fall brings the annual pilgrimage up to Pulaski, New York, to the Salmon River for salmon fishing. For those who have never done it, imagine hooking a 20+ pound salmon…

Of course, all cell phones have a built-in compass so you can find which direction is north whenever you want. But there is something very gratifying about being able to…

The Maryland Department of National Resources announced on July 27 that they are looking at four areas of regulation, including changing the boundary of the Delayed Harvest Area on Catoctin…

If you are fishing dry flies all day, the end of your fly line may eventually start to sink. This is usually caused by an accumulation of dirt or other debris. To…

Good Views of Planets in August – Earth will be passing between the sun and the planets Saturn (8/2) and then Jupiter (8/19) during August. This is called opposition and…