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The Monthly Publication of Mayflyer DONEGAL TROUT October 2006 V35-I5 www.donegaltu.org UNLIMITED Next Dedicated to conserving, Monthly BACKCASTS protecting and restoring Meeting the trout streams and Wild Trout Project watersheds of by Bob Wyble Lancaster County Wednesday th October 18 Can a degraded coldwater stream be cleaned up Boggs, Bob Bollinger, Dave Chalfant, Ted 6 PM and brought back to the point it can support a population of wild trout? To answer this question Downs, Chuck Elmer, Jack Harf, Matt Four Seasons about Lititz Run the Donegal Chapter decided to Kofroth, Terry Landis, Bill Middleton, Glen Golf Course run an experiment and stock brown trout Nephin, Jim Stephens, Scott Trefny, Paul Wadell, John Ward, Jesse Wilson, Brad Clubhouse fingerlings with clipped fins to determine how many fish could survive in Lititz Run if they are Wilson, Greg Wilson, Vickie Wilson, and Larry Landisville, PA Zimmerman. left to their own resources and are not fed trout chow. A special thank you goes to Dr. Bob Bachman Program On Thursday 9/7 Cedar Springs Hatchery for supervising the project and for figuring out “Arctic Fishing delivered 1500 brown trout fingerlings to an how to sedate the fish without harming them. In The Yukon” experimental site on Lititz Run. The trout were Another special thank you goes to Jim Stephens by transferred to a holding pen in Lititz Run until for building the holding pen. Chris Frangiosa their fins could be clipped by volunteers. So what comes next in the experiment? First of all A total of 22 volunteers showed up to help clip the fish will not be fed for the next two years. The trout fins. The tricky part was figuring out how to smart fish will find food and survive. Many fish sedate the trout so volunteers could control them will be eaten by predators but some will find cover Upcoming and avoid predation. Fishing will not be permitted Chapter to clip the adipose fins. Dr. Bob Bachman used a trial and error method to determine how many in the experimental area for the next two years. At Activities drops of clove oil to add to a bucket of water so the end of year one and at the end of year two we the fish were a little sleepy but not to the point of will shock the experimental section and count the harming them. Once that was done the process fish we find with clipped fins. went very well. Hopefully we will find a good number of fish that survived after one year. Assuming some fish make October Fest Volunteers added the trout to buckets of clove oil and water and then while the fish were sedated it we will add some gravel in the experimental Wednesday used a sharp scissors to clip off the adipose fin of area at the end of year one to create spawning th each trout. They were then placed into a clean beds. In two years if we find fish with clipped fins October 18 we will have answered part of the question of wild bucket of water with no clove oil and carried upstream and downstream to be released. trout surviving in Lititz Run. If we find fingerling Four Seasons brown trout in Lititz Run several years from now Golf Course We initially thought it would take several hours spread over two days to complete everything. we will have completely answered the question. Clubhouse However with all the help we had the process In 1992 when we began work to clean up Lititz Landisville, PA went so smoothly and quickly that we completely Run, restored stream banks, planted trees in the finished clipping all the fish in just one hour. We riparian zone, installed fences to keep cattle out of 6 PM Social Hour know the fish we planted were doing well because the creek and made other improvements who 6:45 PM Dinner just 30 minutes after we finished we could see would have dared to think that one day we would them rising and sipping midges off of the surface have trout reproducing and living wild in Lititz Food, Fun, & of Lititz Run! Run. If it can happen in Lititz Run how many Prizes Thank you to the volunteers who helped with this other streams could this happen to in project; Harold Alleman, Bob Bachman, Wayne Pennsylvania? 1 Mayflyer WHAT’S EMERGING! Officers President’s Report: Trout Stocking DTU stocked 2,500 fingerling Brown by Bob Kutz Trout (~5” long) into Lititz Run on Segloch Run th September 8 . We put 1,500 trout in the Donegal TU has partnered with the Wetland Farm stretch while the other Furnace Run/Segloch Watershed President 1,000 were stocked in the Conservancy Association to build several stream and the lower stretch of Lititz Run. See Bob Kutz improvements on Segloch Run at the Fox Bob Wyble’s “Wild Trout Project” Farm. We recently built two modified mud 49 Strasburg Pike report for more information on the sills while a third was built by the kids Lancaster, PA 17602 stocking of these fish. I am very attending the annual Lancaster County anxious to see how the that project 394-9959 (Home) Conservation School in July. The design comes out. was completed and supervised by Karl [email protected] Chapter Meetings Lutz of the PA Fish & Boat Commission. Our Program Chairman, Ted Downs, The assigned work days were August 12th has put together another great list of and 19th. Several DTU volunteers showed speakers for our monthly meetings. up to help. It's amazing how much work Look for a great meeting on Donegal Vice President can be accomplished when you have the Spring Creek in September. Kurt right amount of volunteers, equipment & Glen Nephin Enk, President of the Donegal Fish and machinery in place for the scheduled work Conservation Association, and a DTU 525 S Locust St day (see Bob Wyble’s photos of the member, will inform us about the hot Lititz, PA 17543 construction on our web site. Just enter the fishing spots, as well as the needs and site, click on “Photo Library”, then on 626-7593 (Home) overall health of this beautiful stream. “Construction Projects” for a complete [email protected] Our annual October Fest this year will review). There are still 12 more projects feature a great program by Chris that need to be completed on the Segloch Frangiosa, manager of the TCO. Fly Run site. We are waiting for the Shop’s Main Line store. Chris is an Watershed Association to contact us about accomplished photographer and will the construction dates to complete the Secretary present an excellent slide show on a projects. We will place the dates on the three week excursion on fishing Dee Lehman web site and in the newsletter as soon as Canada’s Yukon Province. See below 735 State Street we confirm them. I want to thank all who and page 3 for more details. volunteered their time to this project Lancaster, 17603 Lititz Run 397-8503 (Home) The board recently approved spending [email protected] $3,000 for rock and equipment rental for October Fest - 10/18/06 Lititz Run. There are several places on the Our annual October Fest will be held Baum and Wendrick farms where the once again at the Four Seasons Golf banks are showing signs of erosion from Course Clubhouse in Landisville on th the June flood. Harold Alleman has October 18 . Enck’s Catering of Treasurer volunteered his time to use our skid steer Manheim will serve a buffet style, all loader to place the rocks along eroded you can eat, dinner. The cost is $20.00 Wayne Boggs banks where necessary. We used over 200 per person payable in advance to 20 Apple Drive tons of rocks and we still need more to Wayne Boggs (see Wayne’s address Downingtown, PA 19335 finish the job. We will also need to rent a just to the right). A cocktail hour starts 610-942-4931 (Home) backhoe to help place the larger rocks for at 6 PM and dinner will begin at 6:45 improving fish habitat. Again, check our PM. There will be a raffle for two fly [email protected] web site for future work party days on rods and reels as well as other great fly Lititz Run. fishing gear. See you there! 2 Mayflyer COMMITTEE REPORTS October Program Fundraising Committee Chairman - Ted Downs Chairman - Dan Brandt The program for our annual October Fest will be "The The location of the Spring Banquet for 2007 is the Untouched Territory - Arctic Fishing in the Yukon Lancaster Host Resort and the date is March 10th 2007 Province” by Chris Frangiosa, TCO Main Line Fly (you all know the place - President Bush just visited and Shop Manager. Join Chris on his three week expedition had dinner there, so its gotta be good!). The festivity into the Yukon Territory. This area of the world holds so time may change, but only if we can get the comedian many wonders that on any given day you cannot entertainment that we are currently looking into. A few possibly absorb everything around you. The landscapes different ideas have come up as far as new games. One are breathtaking, the air is clean and within all of this was a casting contest; another was a big money wheel. runs river and lake systems teaming with giant Pike, The committee is still looking into other ideas. The Lake Trout and Grayling. This is truly the fly- Ultimate Fishing/Vacation Ticket is complete.