April is upon us and it is time to consider what other types of natural food will be available for consumption by freshwater fish species. For this reason, we chose the ‘mighty’ ant as our fly pattern for our Beginners class on ‘tax day’, i.e. April 18th.  (Perhaps you thought that I chose the ant…

At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on April 19th at 7:00 PM, Nina Cleven will show us how to tie a freshwater shrimp pattern. I hope you can join us. This is open to everyone. Perhaps you are not sure if your skills are to the “Advanced”  level yet? No worries. Come and watch and…

Mike Holland will lead an outing to Smith Creek in Broadway, VA. It is a private, stocked, spring creek managed by Mossy Creek Fly Shop with about 1.5 miles of water to fish. There is a $100 rod fee. We will have a cookout around lunch time.

Board of Directors’ Meeting  Trinity United Methodist Church Frederick, Maryland Room 109

Details: We will meet at 9:30 am in the parking lot that is located off Welty Road. We will fish the East Branch of Antietam Creek in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. This is a fly fishing only stretch, catch and release, and is located in Renfrew Park, which is one mile east of downtown Waynesboro on Route…

Date: May 12, 2023 Time/Location: 9 AM @ Barnitz United Methodist Church, Carlisle, PA Outing Leader: Seth Denbo

As a prelude to describing our upcoming May Beginner’s fly tying event, I want to give thanks to Martyn Holland, who is now assisting with the instruction for our program. As such, we can  now provide basic fly tying instruction and guidance to those who are ‘totally new’ to tying artificial flies. At the same…

At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on May 17th at 7:00pm, Mark Richardson will show us how to tie Pat’s Rubber Legs fly.  The club will provide all of the materials and hooks.  I hope you can join us. This is open to everyone. Perhaps you are not sure if your skills are to the…

Board of Directors’ Meeting  Trinity United Methodist Church Frederick, Maryland Room 109