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Next Dedicated to conserving, Monthly BACKCASTS protecting and restoring Meeting the trout streams and December Chapter Meeting by Dee Lehman watersheds of Wednesday This is my last article for a while and it has Lancaster County February 21st been my pleasure serving as your Secretary for 7 PM the last 2 years…my how time flies! Speaking scope and shoot them from his bathroom win- of flies, at our December Chapter Meeting, dow (I guess I would not be able to do that appropriately the tinsel came out and our own within the Lancaster City limits, but I’d like to). Quality Inn expert tier Bob Geibe treated us to some of his Lancaster, PA finest workmanship. Unfortunately, Ed Kraft was under the weather but we hope he recov- Program ered in time to enjoy his Holiday! Bob is a master tier and goes so far as to collect “Silver Bullets” his materials through hunting and also dyes by much of his materials to the perfect hue used to imitate any manner of crustaceans, small fish February Program Darby Hittle and other offerings. Here are some of his reci- pes: First, to cure buck tail: Chairman - Russ Guthrie Take 3 pounds of Aluminum sulfate (Alum), 3 The program for the February Chapter Meeting Upcoming pounds of Kosher salt, 3 cups of Borax (not the will be “Silver Bullets” by Darby Hittle. Origi- nally from Benton, , Darby is a Chapter soap) and fill a bucket half full with water and geologist, a fly fisherman, and a fly tier who Activities those ingredients. Wash, and then rinse, hang to dry. currently lives in Clinton, Connecticut. He Bob tied the Black and White Geibe special grew up fishing for Brook Trout and Brown 28th Annual streamer/deceiver. The recipe is as follows: Trout on the small creeks of Columbia County, size 3/0 Mustad 3366 hook, white chicken hen PA. While earning a Bachelor's Degree in Ge- Spring feathers, white deer hair on top of that, silver ology from Bloomsburg University, he worked Banquet & flashabou on top of that and gold flashabou on as a production fly tier and stream guide for Auction top of that, then brown deer hair on top of that. Fishing Creek Outfitters of Benton, PA. He is (The brown is from #10 Rit dye). Add white the current Vice President of the Hammonasset Saturday marabou on the bottom for the throat and pea- Chapter of Trout Unlimited. His Steelhead pre- March 10th cock herl on top of the brown deer hair. Add sentation, "Silver Bullets", chronicles the past 2007 wood duck hen feathers for cheeks on each side fifteen years that he spent in pursuit of the to which you have affixed a punched out eye monster Steelhead found in the eastern Lake Lancaster Host from yellow and black vinyl tape. He notes that Ontario tributaries and rivers, primarily in and Resort to line up the white hen feathers, it helps to wet around the Pulaski, area. His Steel- 4:30 PM Check In them first and then lay them together. head photos have been featured in the market- 6:00 PM Dinner Bob had some very interesting anecdotes. My ing literature for Elk Horn Fly Rods, Fishing favorite involved his gathering of squirrel tails. Creek Outfitters, as well as on many of the Food, Fun, & Perched on a certain piece of porcelain in his Pulaski area fly shop web-sites. Fundraising! house, he would take a .22 caliber rifle with a

1 Mayflyer WHAT’S EMERGING! Officers President’s Message: and neighbors and enjoy a fun evening. Website by Glen Nephin Our chapter won the Best Website 2007 promises to be an exciting year for Award at the annual PA Trout meeting. Donegal TU. Wayne Boggs has done a terrific job in DTU Board Members President reorganizing the site. Check us out at First we have a new slate of officers and www.donegaltu.org. Any questions to Glen Nephin several new board members. For the first me or any of the board members can be time in my relatively new association with 525 S Locust St sent easily by using the Contact Us DTU we do not have a “Bob” as President. Lititz, PA 17543 Section. Officers are: President: Glen Nephin; Upcoming Events 626-7593 (Home) Vice President: Ted Downs; Secretary: This year we hope to continue our Wayne Boggs; Treasurer: Tim Suloff [email protected] tradition of reaching out by sponsoring Bob Albright, Russ Guthrie, and Doug the Big Brothers and Sisters Fishing Mann join us on the Board for the first Day and the Special Olympics. These time. Bob Kutz continues as immediate are fun events for kids who may not past President. Bob Wyble was elected to otherwise ever touch a fishing pole Vice President the Board for his first term after having much less a fish. It is amazing how previously served as President and Ted Downs rewarding a smile can be. Two new immediate past President. Bill Billett and events took place last year and we look 158 Canterbury Turn Dee Lehman were elected to their second forward to continuing them. The golf Lancaster, PA 17601 terms. outing was a huge success. An upside Because of term limits Kevin Fausey and 393-6645 (Home) was that we received good publicity for Gary Roulston are retiring from the [email protected] it in the Lancaster newspaper. The swap board. We thank Kevin for all his time, meet was a lot of fun and we picked up expertise, and plain hard work on our some bargains and got a chance to clean nursery. Gary has been the editor for The out our supplies a little. Trout in the Mayflyer for what seems like forever. He Classroom continues with Ephrata and Secretary has done an outstanding job. We thank Lancaster Mennonite joining Conestoga him for all his time, patience, and Wayne Boggs Valley and Warwick in having this perseverance. program for sophomores. We hope to 20 Apple Drive Banquet add ten more schools this year. We sent Downingtown, PA 19335 Dan Brandt has more to say on the two students to the Rivers Conservation banquet. I do want to mention it here 610-942-4931 (Home) and Fly Fishing Youth Camp this past because it is so important to us. It is our [email protected] year. If you have a son or daughter who largest gathering of the year. It is an is interested in attending this camp at evening of fun and fellowship with the Allenberry Resort on the Yellow members who have much in common. It is Breeches, contacts Ted Downs for an our primary fundraiser. It is the only time, application. other than the meeting raffles, that we ask Treasurer Conservation our members for financial support through Lititz Run continues to need Tim Suloff raffles, auctions and games. The funds that improvement as does the Segloch Run 859 Salisbury Court we raise go to support mission of Donegal watershed. The Conewingo is a major TU which is to conserve, protect, and Lancaster, PA 17601 project that will take years to complete. restore coldwater fisheries and their 293-1844 (Home) 126 sites have been identified as being watersheds. We do a real good job at this impaired. These things happen one step [email protected] and there is plenty more for us to do. So at a time, one landowner at a time, and please join us Saturday March 10 at the getting past barriers one at a time. Lancaster Host. Bring your spouse, friends (Continued on page 7)

2 Mayflyer COMMITTEE REPORTS Fundraising Committee April - “Fishing The Film” by Rod Rohrbach. Stop settling for hatchery trout! Learn the secrets to fishing the Chairman - Dan Brandt film and fool the Little Lehigh’s persnickety, stream bred The New Year is here and Spring will be coming soon. trout. This PowerPoint presentation will provide That also means the Annual Donegal TU banquet is participants with a clear understanding of tackle, tactics coming soon. Remember that this year we have moved and fly selection necessary to catch surface feeders the banquet to The Host Resort in Lancaster. The date during hatch and non hatch periods. Rod has fished, tyed is March 10th 2007. Doors open at 4:30 PM. and learned from renowned fly fishing personalities such A reminder card is being mailed to all Chapter as Gary Borger, Lefty Kreh, Gary LaFontaine, Ernest Members. Please post this card on your fridge. There are Schwiebert, Charlie Meck, Barry & Cathy Beck, Ed many changes this year, so don't be left out in the dark. Jaworowski, Ed Schenk, Oliver Edwards, Bob Clouser, If you need more info, please contact me or any Board Jack Gartside, A.K. Best and Larry Duckwall. For more Member so that we can answer any questions you may information about Rod and the Little Lehigh Fly Shop have. The biggest change has been the location, but we click on the "About us" tab on our homepage. will also be changing the dinner reservation. You will be (www.littlelehighflyshop.com) receiving your dinner reservation in the mail shortly after the reminder card arrives along with your Super Fundraiser Tickets. Please send them in with your Membership Committee money as soon as possible. Chairman - Bill Billett All the details will be laid out in the letter you We currently have 525 members on our Chapter roster. will receive with your tickets and reservation form. We have four new members. Two hail from New Don't miss this fun night. We have many games of Holland; Mike Hurst and John Rhoads. Harry lots of things to give away. This year we will have live Spencer is from Willow Street and Ray Drinkwater entertainment along with great food. In years past I is from Lititz. Welcome to all. have listened to everyone with ideas, both positive and We also have word from TU National that 26 DTU negative. I can say that my committee has worked hard members renewed their membership during the past every year to bring everyone the best banquet we month. Great job! There are also 33 members in their possibly can and to raise as much money for our stream first month of suspension and an additional 17 who are improvement efforts as possible. We have been able to do in their first month of being in the “archives” (this this every year but only through your help. Please come means they have not renewed their TU membership in the out and have fun while supporting your local last seven months). So to all you DTU members who find streams on March 10th. Hope to see you all there. yourself lost out there in the archives, log onto TU National's web site (www.tu.org) and renew that Future Programs membership online. Chairman - Russ Guthrie March - “Pike Fishing in the Canadian Rockies” by Ultimate Vacation Raffle Russ Guthrie. Join me at the March Chapter Meeting as This is truly the best DTU raffle ever! The prize is a I present a slide show on a Pike Fishing trip that I took in Fishing Vacation, of your choice, to anywhere in the the Canadian Rockies last September. We went into world up, to $4500 in value. If fishing is not your thing Vancouver, BC; then on to Victoria Island; then took a then you can select a vacation of your choice, to float plane trip back to Vancouver (what a ride). Then we anywhere in the world, up to $4500 in value. Or even if took a train to Jasper National Park. We went fly fishing vacationing isn’t your thing, then you can select $3500 there in a 20 foot by 4 foot wooden canoe. Then it was on in cash. Each ticket will contain four 3-digit numbers to Banff for a float trip on the Bow River; then and the winning number will be the evening daily 3- on to Lake Louise; and then into Calgary. It was a trip of digit number from the PA Lottery on the night of the a lifetime and what pictures I got! I didn't realize the true Spring Banquet. Only 250 tickets will be sold. That beauty of the place; until I put the slide show together means you have a 1 in 250 chance of winning. The tickets and saw the pictures again three months after being are $50 each and can be purchased from any there. It made it look even better! DTU Board member. Get your tickets now!

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· Watershed Assessment · Stream Restoration and Construction Description Management This fly was originated by John Miller of New York State. It is especially effective in high, stained-colored water and can 315 North Street be tied in a number of color combinations in addition to Lititz, PA 17543 chartreuse/flame, such as deep dark red/steelhead orange, 717-627-4440 flame/baby pink and flame/egg (all Glo Bug Yarn colors). The www.landstudies.com addition of the flame Glo Bug Micro-Yarn to this fly creates an appealing blood-line effect. Adding a gold brass bead to the fly (prior to tying) helps to sink fly quicker in faster flows and allows for less split shot usage.

Recipe: HOOK: Daiichi 1530; Sizes 8 - 14. THREAD: Danville, fluorescent red, 6/0 BODY: Glo Bug Yarn and Glo Bug Micro-Yarn.

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5 Mayflyer WHAT’S NEW AT: Lancaster County Association (TCCCA). TCCCA is proposing a 97 acre Lancaster County stream restoration and wildlife enhancement project on Conservation District: District property owned by the Hershey Trust. The project would by Matthew Kofroth,W. Kofroth, Watershed Watershed Specialist Specialist entail stream bank stabilization work (2,705 ft), restoration of 20 acres of floodplain, restoration/ LastWith month winter the bearing state released down onthe us,latest the Growing time has Greener come relocation of a small tributary stream, wildlife Grantto look awardat what recipients.has transpired These this past grants year are and forto improvements, and an observation deck overlooking the environmentallook toward next protection year and/orand new enhancement opportunities projects for project from the nearby Conewago Trail. Funding for the throughoutwatershed the protection Commonwealth. in Lancaster Once again County. Lancaster This project would only be used for design and permitting at briefCounty article made willout very look well. back, Below and intois a list the of future projects of this point. Next year the group will apply for implementation funds. AWARDED $34,000 Lancasterthat were County’s either funded water through resources. the state’s Growing Greener I Program, Growing Greener II Program, or Municipal Campus Storm Water BMP Showcase CompletedEPA’s/DEP’s 2003 Section Projects: 319 Non-Point Source Pollution Sponsored by Warwick Township for the Lititz Run ThisPrevention past year Program. has been Congratulations busy with to watershed all the recipients. Watershed Alliance. The Township is expanding its protection efforts throughout the county. This past existing municipal campus and is looking to showcase year, Lancaster County residents have seen innovative storm water Best Management Practices everythingLittle Conestoga from Creek dam Restoration removals, (Manor to II) stream Sponsored by the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance (BMP’s). The project will implement a sediment fore bay, relocations,(LCWA). LCWA to streambank is looking tofencing, implement to a overall stream a large bio-swale, a regional retention basin with clay- streambankrestoration project stabilization for 3,700 projects. ft of the Little They Conestoga are all lined wetland pockets, a small rain garden, rain differentCreek that in flows their through own right,the Conestoga but all areCountry meant Club. to barrels, porous pavement & concrete, and a bio-retention protectThe project and enhance involves the installing water stream quality restoration of local island in a newly created parking lot. Other amenities will streamstructures and to creeks.reduce sediment and nutrient loads entering be included in the expansion but will not be funded Thethe stream.Paradise The project Sportsman would also Association involve workingwas verywith through this proposal. AWARDED $65,539 busythe Country this past Club year. to establish They successfullya riparian buffer removed adjacent a to the stream that would provide buffer benefits but Floodplain Restoration real eyesore of a dam on a tributary to Pequea Sponsored by Masonic Village. The Village is currently Creek,would also Eshleman work for Run.the club The and dam golfing was aspects. impounding AWARDED $169,000 working on a feasibility study of the stream corridor on hundreds of feet of spring water and impeding fish their property. While conducting this study the Village migration. The dam was removed and the stream is Watershed Restoration Plan for the realized 3,200 ft of stream corridor was affected by Watershednow flowing freely once again. The Paradise group legacy sediments in some fashion. The proposal Masonic Sponsoredhas also been by working the Cocalico in the upper Creek headwaters Watershed of Village is submitting is requesting funds to carry out Association.. The with Cocalico a stream Creek grouprelocation is looking project. to floodplain restoration work, habitat enhancements, water createEven thougha blueprint a local of the firm watershed is handling to use the in the majority future forof quality monitoring, and groundwater studies on the restorationthe work PSA activities. members The are plan actively will address involved fish in andthe property. The project will also involve continuing the wildlifeproject which habitat is improvements,slated to be complete sediment by and December. nutrient feasibility watershed study to other areas in the watershed. AWARDED $413,000 loadWe wishreductions, them allecological the best. impacts of legacy sediments, aquiferThe Octoraro recharge, Watershed storm waterAssociation managementcompleted and a floodplainbeautiful projectrestoration, just nutrientbelow tradingRoute 222and marketon Stewarts based incentivesRun. The for group restoration, worked and with open aspace local and farmer greenway to New DTU Member Message corridordevise a enhancements.project that would Several restore municipalities a badly degraded and the Contact - Tom Goddard National Fish & Wildlife Foundation have committed stream section and would also allow the farmer to I've decided to take up fly tying and I’m wondering if any financial support for the project as well. DTU members are about to or may have recently continue to pasture the area. The result was a real AWARDED $14,000 given up fly tying? If you are getting out of fly tying or if winner of a project. you have excess fly tying materials, I’m looking to HersheyPeople in Meadows the Ephrata Stream area restorationwere alsoProject pleasantly purchase some. You can contact me (Tom Goddard) at (Phasesurprised I) to have a “new” look stream in their 569-0338 or [email protected] Sponsoredbackyards. Theby theSave Tri-County Our Creek Conewago watershed group Creek completed a large scale stream restoration and 6 Mayflyer

Board Members 3 Month Chapter Planner Month Event Date & Time Place Subject Bob Albright 733-9430 (Home) February Board Meeting Wed. 2/14-7:00 PM Millport Normal Meeting [email protected] Conservancy Chapter Meeting Wed. 2/21-7:00 PM Quality Inn & “Silver Bullets” Dr. Joseph Besecker Suites by Darby Hittle 392-8725 (Home) [email protected] March Spring Banquet Sat. 3/10-4:30 PM Lancaster Fun, Food & Host Resort Fundraising Bill Billett Board Meeting Wed. 3/14-7:00 PM Millport Normal Meeting 733-2940 (Home) Conservancy [email protected] Chapter Meeting Wed. 3/21-7:00 PM Quality Inn & “Pike Fishing” Dan Brandt Suites by Russ Guthrie 664-2332 (Home) April Board Meeting Wed. 4/11-7:00 PM Millport Normal Meeting [email protected] Conservancy

Mark Celebuski Chapter Meeting Wed. 4/18-7:00 PM Quality Inn & “Fishing The Film” 823-7409 (Cell) Suites by Rob Rohrbach [email protected]

Chuck Elmer President’s Message 484-2607 (Home) (Continued from page 2) [email protected] Lititz Run Badges The badges are available at meetings or by contacting Faye Haering at 285-2572. We did Russ Guthrie run out last year. This year we have an additional 50 badges. All money from the sale 871-9763 (Home) of badges is held separately for fish food and for Millport Conservancy rguthrie@gsandt,com maintenance on Lititz Run. Members Bob Kutz We do want to thank all our members for their support. We see some of you at the 394-9959 (Home) monthly meetings and at the Spring Banquet. We know that there are many demands on [email protected] your time that prevent many of you from joining us on a regular basis. If you can make the meeting or events, that’s terrific. Either way we need and appreciate your support. Doug Mann One Fly Contest 426-1601 (Home) The Lancaster Career and Development Center is holding a One Fly Contest on Lititz [email protected] Run on May 14th and 15th. This is a fundraising benefit for the Center. Permission from Scott Trefny Millport Conservancy and the landowners along Creek Road has been obtained. They 626-4512 (Home) have asked for our help and support. More to come on this in the April Mayflyer. [email protected]

Greg Wilson Eastern Water 627-0419 (Home) (Continued from page 8) [email protected] road culverts that restrict stream flow were counted, the number of dewatered or flow-impaired Pete Wise waterways would run into the thousands. Trout Unlimited’s Eastern Water Project is modeled on our successful water advocacy efforts in 397-2498 (Home) the Western states. We are working with communities throughout the region to address a host of [email protected] water management issues including dry streambeds, water shortages and habitat degradation. Our Bob Wyble volunteers spend thousands of hours annually engaging in these issues – from working on the ground to restore streams to advocating for modernized water regulations in state 733-4939 (Home) legislatures. Our experience shows that existing regional water policy cannot protect our water [email protected] resources today. We will continue to work with policy makers in the New England states to modernize laws and policies to assure sustainable water management and healthy in-stream flows.

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The New England states historically have been blessed with This has led to the application of “quick-fix” solutions that plentiful rainfall and free-flowing rivers. However, over the cause groundwater depletion and the de-watering of small past century, changing demographic patterns and antiquated streams. These small headwater streams typically provide the laws and policies have combined to strain the region’s water cleanest and coldest water and support most of the region’s resources. The result is an increasing number of rivers with so native trout populations. little water that they no longer support aquatic life. Some This demand by widespread residential users throughout the literally run dry during the hot summer months. region is compounded by localized water needs. Ski resorts – New England’s water management system was established particularly in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont – use the mid-1800s, when water supplies were plentiful and significant amounts of water for snowmaking during the industrial users in urban centers such as Boston, Providence and winter months. Bottled water operations withdraw spring New Haven largely monopolized water demand. Since water throughout the year. Golf courses and cranberry, that time, water use in the region has largely remained blueberry and potato farms increase their water use during the constant. The pattern of that use, however, has changed summer months when natural flows are at their lowest. dramatically. The result is too many dry river-beds and too much impaired Over the past century, the region’s population rapidly habitat. Connecticut identified over 60 rivers and streams that expanded into the suburbs and other previously rural areas. In suffered from “flow impairment” in 2004. Massachusetts lists response, domestic water use has surpassed industrial use as over 160 rivers in its low-flow inventory. Vermont classifies the largest consumer of water in the region. New England has over 50 rivers as altered by flow reduction; Rhode Island experienced a spider web pattern of regional population names over 35. These figures likely are conservative. If growth and development away from the places that the unused dams that slow and heat rivers and poorly designed region’s water supply system originally was designed to serve. (Continued on page 7)

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