We all remember songs from our childhood. For me, Charlene D’Angelo’s “I’ve Been to Paradise, But I’ve Never Been to Me,” is a song that instantly takes me back to…
Category: Outings
Fall Striper Fishing at Sandy Point State Park
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…
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…
Ohiopyle – The Heart of It All?
On Sunday, June 11, 2023, PVFF Club President Andy Mekelburg belatedly celebrated his (December) birthday by fishing the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania. The Youghiogheny had been on Andy’s fishing bucket…
Continuing Brook Trout Education
On May 1, 2023, I attended the Murray Fly Shop’s Advanced Brook Trout School in the George Washington National Forest. I was joined by PVFF President Andy Mekelburg and member…
Outing Report: East Branch of the Antietam Creek
Many thanks to Phil Cleven for organizing and leading an outing to the East Branch of the Antietam Creek on May 4, 2023. Phil reports that: Andy Mekelburg, Paul Bemder,…
Outing Report: Yellow Bugs on the Yellow Breeches
On a beautiful Friday in mid-May PVFF members ventured out of the Potomac valley and headed north to our neighboring commonwealth to wet our lines on one of the iconic…
Outing Report: LIttle Hunting Creek
Pete Ring: On Saturday, March 4, I led an outing to Little Hunting Creek. Club members who joined me included Victor Ezerski, Craig and Julia Falk, Vince Leon-Guerrero, and Jarrett…
Getting Schooled in Pennsylvania
On June 13, PVFF Club President Andy Mekelburg and I went to school in Pennsylvania — almost literally. Earlier this year, Andy had been the winning bidder on a guided…
A Rapidan River Brookie
Fishing the Rapidan River for a native brook trout had been on my bucket list. I am thankful to say that I have recently had the opportunity to fish that…
Welcome to Fly Fishing
After the movie, “A River Runs Through It,” was released in October 1992, many people took up fly fishing. In fact, Montana issued over 40,000 more two-day, nonresident fishing licenses…
Mossy Creek: Public and Private Fly Fishing
On December 18, 2021, I had the opportunity to fish Mossy Creek near Bridgetown, Virginia, with Andy and Cory Mekelburg. Mossy Creek is a limestone, spring creek south of Harrisonburg…
2022 Outings: Let’s Build a Schedule
One of the primary reason people join fly fishing clubs is to have opportunities to fish with other people. Thus, one of our goals is to create and facilitate fishing…
Fly Fishing Along the North Carolina Coast
had the pleasure of fishing with Bill Kulp in North Carolina for a few days in November. Bill moved to North Carolina three years ago and he knows how and…