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The Monthly Publication of Mayflyer DONEGAL TROUT March 2005 V34-I2 www.donegaltu.org UNLIMITED Next Dedicated to conserving, Monthly BACKCASTS protecting and restoring Meeting the trout streams and Chapter Meeting Recap watersheds of by Deirdre Lehman Wednesday Lancaster County March 16th Ed Kraft, Donegal TU member, supporter 7 PM and master fly tyer, presented a program at job less than a year ago, but to also learn of the issues currently facing angling and our December Meeting of “Hoppers and boating enthusiasts. Quality Inn Poppers”. Ed began with hoppers, going Dr. Austen’s background includes traditional Lancaster from the simple to the more complex. We’ll just note the simple ones here: fisheries management, GIS, watershed Simple hopper: Attach thin strip of cork on management and analysis, the CREP program Program the hook to help it float. Using yarn, tie in a and work on EPA’s watershed program in “Trophy red tail, and wrap yellow yarn for the body. Illinois. He holds a PhD from Iowa State. He Labrador Use caribou hair at the head, and pull hair noted that although the Fish and Boat Brook Trout” back and tie off. Trim the head square, commission is somewhat autonomous in by leaving some hair to the rear. raising much of their own budget through Joe Trendler For poppers, Ed showed the array of license fees, the Commissioners are appointed materials that can be used, including balsa by the Governor and much of what they do wood, cork, deer hair, foam and flexo has to be approved through the Governor’s Upcoming material. Hooks need to be long. Hook length office. Some of their $47 million budget Chapter needs to be twice the body length. Hooks comes from the federal government as well as Activities usually have an offset kink near the eye. The license fees. Growing Greener is also an diameter of the popper needs to be at least the income source for them. Some 431 employees are active across the state in every county so width of the hook gap. Ed showed us the th silver flexo material he likes to use for the workforce is sometimes spread thin. The 26 Annual Bluefish…the flexo poppers can be dipped in state legislature rules on all license fees. Spring softex and can then last through several License fees have gone up for 2006 for the Banquet & fish…rattles can even be inserted. first time since the early to mid 90s. There will be a new Lake Erie stamp to cover the Auction Floating eel popper: Use a preformed foam popper head and a velvet tube for the tail. Use costs of improved access (limited access has indelible markers to darken the back and caused some property owners to post their Saturday properties). License fees will pay for th place eyes on the head. Wrap estaz between April 9 the head and tail. Fill the split of the popper operating costs at their 14 hatcheries and 2005 head with zap-a-gap. Ed noted that materials various boat launches, lakes and boat ramps 4:30 PM are often available at Arts and Crafts stores. while Growing Greener and monies approved Our January Meeting featured Dr. Douglas by the legislature will help to pay for bricks Quality Inn & Austen, Executive Director of the PA Fish and mortar items. They also wish to spend Suites and Boat Commission. This was a unique more on habitat improvements. 2363 Oregon Pike opportunity to not only get to meet and learn There is a proposal to place $2 million into Lancaster, PA about the views of Dr. Austen, who began his new boating accesses. The money will go to (Continued on page 7) 1 Mayflyer WHAT’S EMERGING! Officers President’s Report: by Bob Wyble It’s time to look ahead and focus on projects for the coming year. Having completed the stream relocation of Lititz Run on the Banta President property the major focus this coming year will be on the Conowingo Watershed in Southern Bob Wyble Lancaster County. DTU has been notified that 986 Hammon Ave. we will receive a 319 Growing Greener Grant for $45,000 to complete an assessment of Ephrata, 17522 Conowingo Creek. Major problems in the 733-4939 (Home) Conowingo Watershed are high levels of Rainbow Trout [email protected] phosphates and sediments in Conowingo The eggs started hatching on January 17 Creek. The purpose of the assessment will be and by January 18, 100% of the eggs to determine where the phosphates and hatched. Since that date Mr. Hovan has had sediment are coming from. After we know a steady stream of teachers and students where they are coming from we can then visit his classroom to check on the baby develop a plan to reduce them. Representatives trout. When the egg sacs on the fish have Vice President from DTU will meet with supervisors in Little been absorbed the baby trout will be fed a Jim Stephens Britain, Fulton, East Drumore and Provident commercial food and then released into a Townships to review plans of the study, which cold-water stream. The aquarium will be 27 Ashland Dr. will be conducted by Rettew Associates. able to support approximately 10 fish so Ephrata, 17522 Four streams in Lancaster County that are des- most of the fish will be released in the very ignated as Wild Trout streams will be re- near future. 859-2987 (Home) classified at the April meeting of PFBC. Sec- Spring clean up on Lititz Run will be [email protected] tions of the streams listed below that showed Saturday, March 19. So mark your evidence of reproduction of wild trout in a calendar now to keep that date open and PFBC fish survey will continue to be listed as come on out for the spring-clean up. Wild Trout waters. Changes are as follows: Plans are under way for another great • Climers Run from Trout Run dnst to banquet, which will be held on Saturday, Secretary mouth will be changed to Conf Trout Run April 9. Dan Brandt is hard at work on to a point 600 meters dnst conf Trout Run some innovative changes to make this the Dee Lehman • Donegal Creek from headwaters dnst to best banquet ever. Make sure your calendar 735 State Street mouth will be changed to Headwaters dnst is clear to come join us on Saturday, April to SR 0023 9. Lancaster, 17603 • Fishing Creek from headwaters dnst to As was previously announced there will be mouth will be changed to Headwaters dnst a change in the publication schedule of the 397-8503 (Home) to SR 3002 Mayflyer for 2005. The format of the [email protected] • Hammer Creek from UNT at Buffalo Mayflyer will continue as in the past but the Springs dnst to Speedwell Forge Lake will number of issues will be reduced from be changed to UNT at Buffalo Springs twelve to six for the year. You will receive dnst to UNT in County Park, Speedwell the Mayflyer in January, March, May, July, Forge Rd. September, and November. We will Treasurer We have baby trout! DTU purchased a 20- continue to produce a high quality gallon aquarium with all the accessories, which newsletter with a considerable savings to Wayne Boggs is on loan to Jim Hovan (biology teacher) at the chapter. 20 Apple Drive Conestoga Valley High School. With the aid of We are always eager to hear from our an aquarium chiller purchased from Glacier members. If you have an idea you think Downingtown, PA 19335 Corporation in California the water would be good for cold-water conservation 610-942-4931 (Home) temperature in the aquarium is maintained at in Lancaster County please let us know. [email protected] 52 degrees Fahrenheit. Jim and his students Send your comments to Bob Wyble at added 115 rainbow trout eggs to the aquarium [email protected] on January 6. 2 Mayflyer COMMITTEE REPORTS March Program potential to be a good trout fishery; it has some tributaries with reproducing trout populations already. Chairman: Ted Downs Most of the stream is in a very rural setting, so with The March program will be “Trophy Labrador Brook some good agricultural BMP’s the wild trout may Trout” presented by Joe Trendler, fly fishing consultant greatly expand their range. This grant is funded by an for Osprey Lake Lodge, “home of the world’s largest EPA 319 grant. It is geared to determine primarily Brook Trout”. nutrient related problems. Mark Metzler with Rettew Membership Committee Associates will be doing this assessment. He thinks with Chairman: Bill BIllett the help of some TU volunteers we can do some For the month of December our membership total stands macroinvertibrate and fish surveys to fill in some of the at 523. Hopefully this increasing trend will continue to picture that the grant will not fund. We would be very climb from all those TU memberships we gave for interested in any TU members that have an interest in Christmas gifts. In case you forgot to take part in that this watershed to let us know. This is large project and gift giving idea now's a good time to redeem yourself local people from TU getting involved will greatly help making it a success. We are hosting a meeting to take and get those family members involved by getting them th their new TU membership. New members for the this project to the public on Feb. 28 . We plan to inform chapter this month are: Dan Martin , Dr. Charles the townships and anyone interested to explain the intent Shufflebottem, and Dave Christian from Lancaster; of the assessment and hopefully raise some public Howard Willard from Lititz; and Robert Tindall from awareness.
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