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February Mayflyer Mayflyer Donegal Trout Unlimited February 2018 Vol. 48 # 1 What’s of location). On the 22ⁿd, Lancaster County Conservan- FEBRUARY cy, Harvey’s Gardens, and DTU are sponsoring a lecture by Doug Tallamy, 7 PM at Franklin & Marshall College. MEETING Emerging Professor Tallamy knows everything about our native plants – those we’ve lost, those we need to protect, and FEBRUARY 21 Winter Part Two the value of each to our ecosystem. Adding just a few of these plants to our gardens can help sustain our local 7:00 PM As you read this, the groundhog should be telling us there wildlife. will be six more weeks of Winter. That’s his usual FARM & HOME prediction. I’ll be checking my garden in four weeks just April activities compete with the official start of the fishing to be sure I don’t miss the first hints of Spring. While we season in our part of the state. The 7th will be a busy day. CENTER wait for the ice to get off the river and the streams to The Donegal F&C Association will hold their annual warm, DTU can offer you a few activities to lift your Fishing Derby at the Presbyterian Church. This is a great 1383 ARCADIA RD spirits. event to take any children in your family. In the evening, I hope you will join me at our Spring Fundraiser. This LANCASTER There are two remaining Winter Fly Tying Gatherings – year we will be at the Double Tree by Hilton on Willow Feb. 10 and March 10. We meet at the Stauffers of Kissel Street Pike. Doors open at 4:30 PM. Patric Nephin and Hill Grocery Store on Lititz Pike from 9AM – 1 PM. his committee are making more changes to this event to You can find our group in the meeting room at the back ensure we all have a good time both personally and of the store. Join us at any time and learn a new fly financially for our chapter. pattern, a new technique with traditional materials, or a Follow us on Facebook: new stream to explore. Conversations and fishing stories Last but never least, Bill Nolan is holding this year’s VSP https://www.facebook.com/ are always good. kickoff on April 14, 8 – 12, at Millport Conservancy. DonegalTroutUnlimited Whether you are a Veteran or not, stop by to join the https://www.facebook.com/Dtu vsp/ Our Veterans group is tying flies at the American Legion Continued, page 18 on Arcadia Road this winter. They meet the first and third CONTENTS Thursday of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Stop by WHAT’S EMERGING........1 to pass on any tying tricks or just to talk. VOLUNTEER CORNER......1 Corner CHAPTER PLANNER.........2 March brings the Lancaster Fly Fishing Show. It will be WELCOME March 3rd and 4th at the Convention Center. We will Volunteers will be needed to help at NEW MEMBERS..............2 have our table outside the entrance to the show. Be sure our Spring Fundraiser on April 7. Please COMMITTEE REPORTS......3 to stop by and chat with those of us there. Or, if you are contact Patric Nephin if you can help. interested in helping for a few hours, please contact Benefits too numerous to mention. VSP FLY TYING............14 Wayne Boggs. DECEMBER MEETING......16 We anticipate planting trees on the JANUARY MEETING.......17 Also in March, the Donegal Fish and Conservation Camp Andrews Project April 22 - 27. MEMBER SPOTLIGHT......18 Association will be holding their annual show on the 17th Please contact Greg Wilson if you can help. from 8 – 3 at the Maytown Fire Company (Note change C3.............................19 Volunteer 1 Chapter Planner DTU BOARD FEBRUARY COMMUNICATIONS 14th: 7 pm Board Meeting Millport Conservancy Wayne Boggs 21th: 7 pm Chapter Meeting Farm & Home Center Dominick Swentosky 717.733.2365 (home) [email protected] Tight Line Nymphing AT-LARGE Mike Burcin MARCH [email protected] 14th: 7 pm Board Meeting Millport Conservancy EDUCATION 21st: 7 pm Chapter Meeting Farm & Home Center Eric Richard - Shermans Creek Ned Bushong 717.627.3332 APRIL [email protected] 11th: 7 pm Board Meeting Millport Conservancy PROGRAMS 18th: 7 pm Chapter Meeting Farm & Home Center Dave Rothrock - NC PA Derek Eberly [email protected] WOMEN’S INITIATIVES Faye Haering 285.2572 (home) PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER [email protected] Joy McMaster Tom Hall Bill Henry Dan Van Buskirk CONSERVATION 4486 Ore Lane 2649 Spring Valley Rd 468.3608 (home) 618.8164 (home) Bob Kutz 940.1541 (home) York, PA 17406 Lancaster, PA 17601 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 717.781.9783 717.898.8664 MEMBERSHIP [email protected] [email protected] Fran McElhinny 393.5168 [email protected] Welcome New Members NEWSLETTER & WEBSITE Mark McMaster Edward Andrews Russell Durkaj Trevor Kunkel 542.9027 (cell) 50 Sweet Gum Ct 114 Welsh Dr Apt C 4 Bethany Ave [email protected] Mount Wolf, PA 17347 Lancaster, PA 17601 Paradise, PA 17562 AT-LARGE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jenna Mitchell [email protected] Keith Angstadt Luke Gammache Albert Lange BANQUET 58 E Wyomissing Ave 1564 Mission Rd 1224 Creek Rd Patric Nephin [email protected] Mohnton, PA 19540 Lancaster, PA 17601 Oregon, PA 17543 [email protected] [email protected] VETERANS INITIATIVES Bill Nolan Adam Lunger 717.875.7426 Ryan Davis Andrew Jacobs 485 S 9th St [email protected] 920 Columbia Ave 322 N President Ave Akron, Pa 17501 PAST PRESIDENT Lancaster, PA 17603 Lancaster, PA 17603 [email protected] Jim Wellendorf [email protected] 717.399.8165 [email protected] Robert Kandratavich Christopher O'Donnell Jim Dunbar 1461 Limestone Rdg PO Box 325 AT-LARGE Greg Wilson 32 Woodsedge Dr Lancaster, PA 17601 Maytown, PA 17550 627.0419 (home) Elizabethtown, PA 17022 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] FUNDRAISING Continued page 18 Barry Witmer 717.380.0281 [email protected] Images of mayflies in this publication are based on photographs from Jason Neuswanger (www.troutnut.com), whose rights, contribution to our knowledge of streamlife, and photographic skills are gratefully acknowledged. 2 Committee Reports PROGRAMS I have been contacted by a couple of organizations that would like to participate and donate supplies for tree and shrub planting so it may all come together. FEBRUARY PAF&BC has also made a commitment to Bob to provide 75k in funding for the Author Dominick Swentosky will be our speaker at tributary that flows into Fishing Creek on Fishing Creek Rd. This small stream is in the Meeting on February 21 at the Farm & Home Center. desperate need of help. The farmer has agreed to enroll in the AG BMP program we His program will be on tight line nymphing. There are are involved in to remove all livestock from the stream. Bob and I have taken him many ways of presenting a nymph to trout, but tight on a tour, to show him what a restoration project may look like. He also owns a long lining can be one of the more effective. Join us and get stretch on Fishing Creek that we have designed for the Herr project. So it is great some tips for the upcoming season. news he is receptive and willing to participate. We are trying to secure funding for the Herr Project, about 180k. MARCH We are making allies in the Peters Creek neighborhood. As we were scheduling the Shermans Creek flows through Perry County, where planting I was contacted by a neighbor to the project. He came out and helped plant, its upper reaches support a Class A wild brook trout then he also helped plant at Drumore Park. He is trying to help with outreach in the fishery. The middle stretch of the stream holds a mix of Peters Creek watershed, working on promoting the benefits. It is great to have local stocked and holdover brown trout, while its lower end is people that take ownership . a very good smallmouth bass stream. On March 21, Guide Eric Richard will reveal some of the secrets of fishing this Matt Koffroth told us the project on the Madison property will be funded through interesting nearby stream. Please join us and see if you’d the Environmental fund. This is a tributary of Beaver Creek, and the owner is also like to explore some new water this year. enrolling in the CREP program. This will be a good project, reducing some severe erosion issues that occur. This eventually drains into Pequea Creek. APRIL Jenna obtained funding for the Octoraro watershed, where we found a project on Author Dave Rothrock was partially drowned out by Pumping Station Road that is need of a lot of work. We are waiting to receive the a band downstairs at our OctoberFest. The Farm & Home design and budget, then meet to engage the landowner. Some other projects that Center on April 18 is certain to be a more hospitable were to be part of this fund did not materialize so we may now have about $200k environment. If you didn’t make OctoberFest or were too which is probably about what was needed. far back to appreciate his presentation on north central PA trout streams, please join us and learn more about The Woy Project on the Conowingo will be scheduled after June 15th, this is a fairly some of PA’s best freestone trout streams. large project, with extremely high eroded banks. I haven't studied the surrounding area much, but there appear to be remnants of an old mill, and the fine sediment on DEREK EBERLY the banks is over 8 feet high in some areas.
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