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Newsletter of the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 November 2019 Notice of Election efforts of Tom Finkbiner of the December 31. Slate Run Tackle, Straub Brewery, Hosted by the Cumberland Val- The Directors, acting as the and the PA Fish & Boat Commis- ley Chapter of Trout Unlimited, nominating committee at its meet- sion. Izzack Albright of Outcast students will engage in a variety of ing on 10/09/19, have proposed the Anglers will be the speaker at the activities including fly fishing, in- following candidates for election at November 13th meeting of the Sus- struction both in the classroom and the November 13th Annual Meeting quehanna Chapter of Trout Unlim- outdoors, fly tying, and building a of Susquehanna Chapter TU: ited, who will describe the history, habitat structure. objectives and successes of the They will develop an under- President - Charles Knowlden "Brown Trout Club" program and standing of what conservation is Vice President - Isaac Bragunier its efforts to create opportunities for about while enjoying nature and fly Secretary - Kevin McJunkin anglers to experience trophy trout fishing. The goal is to instill within Treasurer - Robert Baker fishing in this "catch and release" the next generation a love for the Director (Two Years) - David section of Pine Creek. The public is outdoors while giving them the Craig and Walter Nicholson welcomed to this timely and in- skills to protect our natural re- Director (Three years) - Joseph formative meeting which will be sources. Radley, David Wonderlich held on Wednesday, November 13 If you would like to have fun, at 7 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of work hard, and engage in a unique Nominations can also be made from Covenant Central Presbyterian experience, get your application in the floor at the annual meeting by Church, rear of 807 West Fourth early. Up to 32 students will be se- current chapter members. Please Street (enter off of Campbell Street) lected to attend. consider running for any of these in Williamsport. For more infor- Campers selected for the early positions and help lead your Chap- mation, please see our website at acceptance period will be notified ter. https://susquehannatu.com/. early January, 2020. Walt Nicholson For more information, please go to http://www.riverscamp.com/. If Pine Creek Trophy Brown 2020 Rivers Conservation you know of any youth who would & Fly Fishing Youth be interested in this camp, please Trout "Stretch" Topic of apply and let us (the Susquehanna Trout Unlimited Meeting Camp Chapter) know as we can help with the tuition. Students age 14 to 17 can now "The Stretch" is a scenic 2.8 miles register for the 2020 Rivers Conser- section of Big Pine Creek below the vation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp mouth of Slate Run which has been to be held June 21-26 at Messiah converted to a destination public College in Cumberland Coun- trophy trout fishery thanks to the ty. The deadline for registrations is Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 Officer and Directors Be Safe while fishing during Hunting Season

President Hunting season is upon us in and we want you to be safe. Walt Nicholson Although many people stop fishing when the fall / winter seasons arrive, there [email protected] are others who fish year round. Vice President You can still enjoy fishing in your favorite mountain streams if you keep David Craig safety in mind when heading out. [email protected] 1. Know when the hunting seasons are. The main hunting seasons are from now until the end of January 2020, and there is no hunting on Sundays (as Secretary of now) with a few exceptions. There is a spring turkey season and lim- Kevin McJunkin ited hunting opportunities throughout the entire year so become familiar [email protected] with when the seasons are so you are prepared. 2. Where Blaze Orange or other brightly colored piece of clothing that sticks Treasurer Bob Baker out. Hunters are required to where this to identify themselves and so [email protected] should you. If you fish on Pennsylvania State Game Lands be- tween No- vember 15 and December 15, you are re- quired by law to wear fluores- Director Emeritus and Advisor cent orange. The blaze orange requirements for some hunters has changed Bill O’Connor so don’t expect to always see orange when in the woods. 3. Make noise when you are moving about. You don’t need to scream but Board of Directors normal talking will let others nearby know you are there. 4. As a general rule, hunters go out early and stay out late. Many go back to Burr Boston (2019) their camps or else where for lunch and mid day breaks so heading out late Joe Radley (2019) morning and early to mid afternoon may reduce your chance of encounter- Bob Spencer (2020) ing hunters. Bill Worobec (2020) 5. Probably the most important thing to remember is to be respectful. Every- Isaac Bragunier (2021) one has a right to be outside and doing what they want to do. If you come Charles Knowlden (2021) upon a hunter, try to be quiet so that you do not disrupt their hunt. Alter- natively, you can go fishing somewhere hunting is not allowed or fish are- Media Liaison as closer to towns or other places that hunters are not likely to go. Kevin McJunkin 6. Finally, enjoy the outdoors and all that Mother Nature has to offer! Program Director Joe Radley

Veteran’s Services Coordinator Charles Knowlden (570)971-1296

Youth and Women’s Coordinator Trout in the Classroom Coordinator

Newsletter Editor/Webmaster Bob Baker [email protected]

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The brook trout at the top of page 1 was caught on Boulder Mountain in Southern Utah. The picture was taken by Jason Morrison and was featured in the 2014 Trout Unlimited Calendar for the month of April. The picture is used with his permission and we thank Jason for allowing us to use it.

November 2019 2 Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 Senate Passes Bill To The above article was copied from time, the Chapter paid for speakers Legalize Road Dumping the PA Environmental Digest Blog to come and present programs but (https:// those costs added up. A few years Of Conventional Drilling paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2019/10/senate -passes-bill-to-legalize-road.html. ago, the Officer’s and Directors vot- Wastewater 26-23 Without ed to no longer pay for presenters Debate and this has not hampered the quali- Note from the Susquehanna Rip- ty of our programs. ples Editor: At the present time, “On October 21, the Senate What topics or things would you Senate Bill 790 is in the House of like to see? Any ideas that you passed Senate Bill 790 (Scarnati-R- Representatives for their review and Jefferson) by a vote of 26 to 23 have will be of great help and guid- action. As stated in the above arti- ance to us: fishing for carp, bass, which sets environmental protection cle, the House has a similar bill standards for conventional (not walleye, or pike; how to plan a self 1635 and this remains in Commit- guided fishing vacation; how to use Shale gas) oil and gas well drilling tee. For more information on this and legalizes the road dumping of a guide and the things you need to bill, please go to https:// know about finding a guide; fishing drilling wastewater from conven- www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/ tional wells. billinfo.cfm? a particular body of water, or how There was no Floor debate on syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=790. to use spoons, lures and other spin the bill. fishing gear. Using a procedure usually used This information has been provided We have an annual fly tying for last minute budget bills, the Sen- to you for informational purposes. class and this has been very suc- ate took the vote immediately after Senator Yaw, who represents our cessful. We are looking at offering the bill was reported out of the Sen- area, voted yes on this bill. You can a class for advanced fly tying only ate Appropriations Committee with- contact your representative with in addition to the annual fly tying out waiting. your comments or the Governor and class. Are you interested in a rod Republicans generally supported ask that he veto the bill if it comes building class, lure making, casting the bill and Democrats opposed, before him. I am also not aware of instruction or fishing basics? Any both in the Appropriations Commit- any statements or position being other topics for class’s that you tee and in the final vote. offered by Trout Unlimited. would like to see? Sen. Tom Killion (R-Delaware) Bob Baker Please let us know your thoughts voted against the bill in Committee and ideas. If you have an interest in and Sen. Killion and Sen. Tommy something, there are other members Tomlinson (R-Bucks) voted against who share in that interest as well. the bill on the final vote. As far as the Susquehanna Rip- Having the General Assembly ples, we work hard to provide a adopt unique and separate standards great newsletter to you that not only for conventional oil and gas wells, provides the latest news affecting us even though conventional wells are What do you want from as anglers, but we strive to provide being developing using fracking, YOUR Chapter? entertainment and information that and legalizing road dumping of is beneficial. Countless hours go into each brine are major priorities for the As we approach the start of a conventional industry and they have issue with many revisions. We new year, the Officer’s and Direc- struggle each month to find the ma- been pushing the issue hard. tor’s want to make sure that we are The bill has been vigorously op- terial and to proved a newsletter that presenting the programs that you is at least 6 pages (3 pages front and posed by environmental groups, want and guiding the Chapter in the including the PA Environmental back). direction that you want. We have ask for help in the past Council and the Environmental De- Although we have the Annual fense Fund, and most Democratic and some have answered that call Watershed Summit in January, Fish by submitting articles. Everything members of the Senate. Commission Representatives in Click Here for more background submitted has been received well by February, and the annual picnic the membership and provides anoth- on the bill. with the Middle Susquehanna The bill now goes to the House er point of view. Riverkeepers Book club, there re- This is your Chapter and we for action. A similar bill-- House mains to be 4 other meetings Bill 1635 (Causer-R- Cameron)-- is want to provide you with the re- throughout the year. sources, meetings, outings, and pending in the House Environmen- We have been very fortunate to tal Resources and Energy Commit- class’s that you want. have had many great programs over We welcome all comments, and tee.” the years and equally lucky to have suggestions whether positive or had outstanding speakers. At one negative. November 2019 3 Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 Twice the trophy trout will be trout will be stocked in the presea- tion 04, McKean County, Guffey stocked in 2020 by the son and 16,000 will be stocked in- Road Bridge (Rocky Road) down- season. Most of those fish – 54,000 stream to Westline Road bridge; (4) Pennsylvania Fish and Boat – will be stocked into 984 stream , Section 05, Ly- Commission sections, while 6,000 will be coming and Sullivan counties, 1.0- stocked into 120 lakes. mile upstream Sullivan County line By Marcus Schneck | About 82 percent of the brood downstream to unnamed tributary [email protected] trout – 49,000 – will be stocked in located 0.9-mile upstream of Plun- Posted October 29, 2019 waters that are not managed under ketts Creek; (5) , special regulations. Section 04, Lycoming County, 0.5- The number of trophy trout, About 9,500 trophy golden rain- mile upstream Daugherty Run each 14-20 inches or longer, on the bows were stocked this year, all in downstream to 0.1-mile down- stocking trucks of the Pennsylvania the preseason. About 8,200 of them stream of the SR 0015 bridge (Old Fish and Boat Commission will be were released in 449 stream sec- Route 15) near Haleeka; (6) McMi- doubled next year. tions, while the other 1,300 were chael Creek, Section 05, Monroe Brood trout – those that have stocked into 59 lakes. County, 0.13 km downstream from been kept at commission hatcheries The commission in 2020 will the Turkey Hill Road (T-416) an extra year or two as the source stock 10,600 trophy golden rain- Bridge downstream to Glenbrook of eggs for the commission’s ongo- bows in the preseason and the other Road (SR 2004) Bridge; (7) Middle ing trout rearing and stocking pro- 2,400 in season. Most – 11,300 – Creek, Section 04, Snyder County, gram – will jump from about will be stocked into 496 stream 0.3-mile upstream of Pine Swamp 27,000 this year to about 60,000 sections, while the other 1,700 will Road downstream to Covered next year. be dropped into 68 lakes. Bridge Road; (8) Pine Creek, Sec- Trophy golden rainbow trout, About 95 percent – 12,400 – tion 06, Tioga County, Marsh Creek each also 2-3 years old, will in- will be stocked in waters that are downstream to Bear Run; (9) Little crease from 9,500 this year to not managed under special regula- Pine Creek, Section 04, Lycoming 13,000 next year. tions. County, Little Pine Creek Road The commission’s Bureau of bridge located 1.0-mile upstream Hatcheries told commissioners at a The above article was copied from Otter Run downstream to inflow of recent meeting that the hatcheries https://www.pennlive.com/ Little Pine Lake (not a Keystone can manage the increased number life/2019/10/twice-the-trophy-trout- Select Stocked Trout Water). of trophy-sized trout without re- will-be-stocked-in-2020-by-the- ducing the standard-sized alloca- pennsylvania-fish-and-boat- Above was taken from https:// tion because of improved manage- commission.html www.media.pa.gov/Pages/fish-and- ment in trout feed used at the Boat-Commission-Details.aspx? hatcheries, biomass handled and newsid=294 water flow through the hatcheries. Changes made to streams The commission annually under DHALO regulations stocks about 3.2 million adult trout, averaging 11 inches each, in 707 At the October 22, 2019 meeting of streams and 127 lakes across the the PFBC Board of Commission- state. ers , they voted to extend the limits The additional trophy trout will to nine stream sections managed cost about $1.20 per fish or under the Delayed Harvest Artificial $44,000 total per year. Lures Only (DHALO) Program, The new trophy-trout plan also eight of which are also included in will spread the larger fish out the Keystone Select Stocked Trout across more waters and more of the Waters Program. Extensions would trout fishing season. go into effect on January 1, 2020 on The commission this year the following stream sections: (1) stocked 17,500 brood trout before , Section 03, Cambria the opening days of trout fishing County, Ridge Avenue downstream season and 9,500 during the sea- to Thomas Mill Road; (2) First Fork son. About 24,000 of those fish , Section 04, were stocked in 985 stream sec- Potter County, Rt 872 bridge at tions across the state, while 3,000 Schoolhouse Run downstream to were stocked in 118 lakes. Berge Run; (3) Kinzua Creek, Sec- For 2020, about 44,000 brood November 2019 4 Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 Tall and True seeking Raven runs cannot be ig- Recipe of the Month By Robert Marks nored, but we discount this effort October 13, 1983 because it’s so much fun. Knowledge of the whereabouts of Henry Van Dyke set his affec- good fishing is a very personal tions upon small streams. He sug- thing. It can be given as a courtesy to a close friend who is then obli- gested that the real way to know a Cheese Topped Baked little river was to go to its headwa- gated to maintain secrecy. I consid- ters, its native haunts, before it be- er these elements to be a part of the Steelhead comes civilized. He believed that mystique of honest trouting. downstream fishing promoted an I must tell you about Old Jed’s Ingredients: intimate understanding of the natu- pet trout. The pool behind his cabin 1 1/2 lbs. steelhead fillets ral world. I agree. held a brook trout which Jed fed the 1/2 cup miracle whip A trip to Raven Run is always a crumbs from his sourdough biscuits. 1/2 cup sour cream pleasant experience during the sum- The trout became very accustomed 2 tbs. all purpose flour mer months. Raven Run is pseudo- to this daily fare, moving closer to 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice nym: To divulge its true identity the bank with each feeding. Jed 1 tbs minced onion would risk destroying it. An hour is discovered that the fish could be 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper required for the walk in to the wa- coaxed onto dry land with this rou- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar terfall where some of the largest tine. Each day the crumbs were cheese trout are to be found. A giant fish cast further from the water’s edge. once lived here - alone, for his sub- In due time the trout became accli- 1. Heat oven to 425 degrees F. sistence depended upon much food mated to living entir4ely on dry Spray 8 x 12 baking dish with and smaller fish did not live for land. nonstick cooking spray. long in the pool. I had him take a Their friendship grew as they 2. In medium bowl, mix miracle small fly one time but he threw the took daily hikes - Jed in the lead, whip, sour cream and flour until barbless hook before the battle real- the trout squirming through the smooth. Stir in lemon juice, ly started. My little river is free- loose leaves on the trail. Progress onion, and cayenne pepper. stone in character. Feed for the fish was slow and often Jed outdistanced Spoon mixture evenly over fish. is scarce so that fly fishing is usual- his friend. One day he notices that Bake uncovered 12 to 14 ly productive. the trout was not following so he minutes or until fish flakes easi- Raven Run has a few small trib- backtracked to discover a terrible ly with a fork. Sprinkle with utaries, providing a watershed that accident. The trail crossed a wood- cheese. Return baking dish to is a natural hatchery. Stocking is en bridge above a stream, Jed had oven and cook an additional 2 unnecessary. Sometimes, when the nonchalantly stepped over a missing minutes or until cheese is melt- water is right for a string of wet plank but the trout, unable to jump ed. the gap, had fallen through into the Recipe taken from the North American Fishing flies, two trout can be caught on one Club’s book Celebrate Fish: Members’ Greatest cast. A 7 1/2’ bamboo fly rod and a water, and drowned. Recipes. Recipe was provided by Frank V, Jove- Black Gnat, or Light Cahill, are the nall from Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. classic equipment for this stream. Ah! The satisfaction of using a Welcome New Members Fly of the Month pleasing combination of tackle on a stream holding numerous trout. Vaughn Barkley The birds contribute beautiful back- James Reynolds ground music for changing scenes Michael Richardson of form and color, for tis is not un- like visiting an art museum. Mas- terpieces of nature appear around Our Membership is currently at Black Marabou Leech every bend. 238 members There are brushy sections where Hook: Dai-Riki #700 size 8 thru 12 casting becomes tricky. At other Thread: 6/0, color to match your places the water slips into ledges marabou with springs dropping over varied Tail and Body: Marabou - black, shades of green moss. Then sud- brown, gray, olive, maroon denly the flow cascades between giant boulders creating deep pools - This months fly pattern was taken from http:// www.evergreentrout.org/Flies/ a fisherman’s dream. BlackMarabouLeech.htm The hours and miles involved in November 2019 5 Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 Books for Winter Reading soul, they are means to an end. Or will have readers cheering, perhaps so he thinks. shedding a tear or two. Baseball Many anglers have hung up their We first see Grimes as a talented Dreams, Fishing Magic is the story waders and packed away their fish- pitcher and a cocksure young man of a young man chasing the Ameri- ing gear until spring. Below are with his sights firmly set on a Major can dream on baseball fields, on some books that can help you get League baseball career. With his trout streams, in bar rooms. More through the long winter and keep blazing fastball he uses to zip past than just another baseball book, it's fishing alive in your soul. hitters, his destiny as a big league a fishing tale, a love story - a ro- ballplayer seems inevitable. He's mance of the soul. barely out of high school when he Book review taken from Amazon.com https:// The Voices of Rivers www.amazon.com/Baseball-Dreams-Fishing- By Matthew T Dickerson signs a professional contract to Magic-Through-ebook/dp/B00LT8D3EW pitch for the Detroit Tigers organi- Mathew Dicker- zation. But when the minor leagues son’s The Voices of prove to be tougher than what he A Cast in the Rivers provides a bargained for, he finds himself out Woods guide to listening to a of baseball and learning life's hard By Stephen Sautner movement so old, lessons. many of us have for- Whether fishing for trout in the When angler gotten the sound. mountains of Pennsylvania or learn- and author Stephen Dickerson travels the United States ing about love, Grimes is a young Sautner bought a - through Glacier National Park, to man chasing happiness, his place in streamside cabin Alaska, east to Acadia National the world. He's a man who must and some land in Park - searching for the intercon- live life on his own terms, but does the heart of fly fishing country in nectedness of all things salmon, he know what he really wants? the Catskill Mountains, he thought trout and char. The ever looming Rejecting conventional jobs, he had finally reached angling nir- threats to our clean water and public Grimes embarks on a different life, vana. Little did he know what lands that make these places acces- that of a fishing guide. But he'll find loomed: a series of historical floods, sible are seamlessly woven with the happiness to be an elusive creature, a land rush over fracking for natural joys of successful restoration pro- and the people he meets along his gas, and constant battles with inva- jects and calls for action. remarkable life journey will teach sive species, plagues of insects, and We are reminded that during him some of its most valuable les- other pests. He takes on all of these salmon runs “even the trees eat sons. threats – between casts for wild salmon;” that Wendell Berry has as There's the woman writer with trout and other gamefish – and much to say about saving the es- her own dreams, her own ambitions, along the way gains a better under- sence of wild places as John Muir: who captures Grimes' heart. His standing of stewardship and the in- “We must abandon arrogance and father, who gave up his own dreams terconnectedness between angling stand in awe”; and that we must to remain a factory worker, and a and the natural world. “New York never stop listening to the voices pitching coach who sees something State's ban on fracking was one of that sustain us. special in Grimes, urge him to take the great triumphs of modern envi- Book Review copied from the Fall 2019 issue of second chances. But perhaps the ronmentalism, and behind it lay a the Anglers Journal most unforgettable character is Sir, thousand individual stories of re-

Jon, a mysterious fly fisherman sistance. None has been better told Baseball Dreams, leading a Thoreau-like existence in than this one, by a worthy Catskills Fishing Magic: One the mountains, who offers him life's heir to the literary tradition of John Man's Trip Through Burroughs and a man who has This Crazy Thing most important lesson. His brief encounters with Sir Jon are wake-up earned his fishing.”--Bill McKib- Called Life ben, author Radio Free Vermont By Mike Reuther calls for the young man, and will provide readers with some of the “If you love wild woods and wild A baseball player, trout, Sautner’s word magic will a fisherman - a young most unforgettable moments of this remarkable story. transport you to the best of both. man looking for an- His battle to preserve them from a swers. Perhaps no Nick Grimes will learn all about love and sex, death, despair and daunting array of natural and unnat- pursuits stir the pas- ural forces amuses even as it in- sions of dreamers and poets like dashed dreams, but perhaps most of all, hope and rejuvenation. structs and inspires.” --Ted Wil- baseball and fly fishing. For Nick liams, outdoor writer and environ- Grimes, a small town kid with big With echoes of A River Runs Through It and The Rookie, this mental journalist (book review taken from dreams, these two pastimes and http://www.lyonspress.com/) sports are more than pursuits of the short novel by Mike Reuther goes beyond the coming-of-age story and November 2019 6 Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 PA’s Unassessed Waters deserving of wild trout designation he spoke eloquently about the need Initiative reaches in the Keystone state. for the legislature and our state That doesn’t mean the Unas- agencies to protect our most pristine Milestone sessed Waters Initiative is ending. streams. Russ, like many of our stal- More than half of Pennsylvania wart volunteer leaders in Pennsylva- By Rob Shane streams have still not been surveyed nia and across the country, under- Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic organizer for wild trout. TU will continue stands that conservation doesn’t sending out crews to assess more happen by accident and that protect- When TU partnered with the than 150 streams each year in the ing a stream from the onset is a lot Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Com- West Branch Susquehanna and Del- more cost-effective and less time mission in 2011 to start surveying aware watersheds. consuming than cleaning it up later. and protecting wild trout streams in But now, with the backlog To quote Russ, “Clean water + the Commonwealth, we knew the cleared, any streams surveyed in happy fish = more fishing fun.” mountain ahead of us would take 2019 can be added to the Wild years to climb. Pennsylvania has Trout and Class A list in 2020, ra- The above was copied from the 86,000 miles of flowing water, and ther than waiting in line. That Trout Unlimited Blog on October less than a quarter of those stream means it is more important than ev- 23, 2019. miles had been surveyed for wild er for PFBC, TU and our partners to https://www.tu.org/blog/pas- browns, brookies and rainbows. invest in wild trout surveys. unassessed-waters-initiative- Each summer, PFBC, TU, and So, what’s next? reaches-milestone/ other partners have been sending According to Pennsylvania’s out crews and electroshocking antidegradation regulations, Class A streams with the hope of finding designation automatically qualifies wild trout, so we could protect those a stream for High Quality (HQ) des- streams from development impacts. ignation from the Department of Streams with natural reproducing High Country Angler Environmental Protection (DEP). Digital Magazine populations of trout qualify for a This classification helps protect wa- Class A or Wild Trout designation. ter quality and wild trout popula- Each quarter, PFBC proposes tions when development is proposed streams for designation, and over in a watershed. the past two years, TU members Unfortunately, DEP has not been and our partners have submitted moving quickly enough on formally more than 1,500 comments in favor protecting more than 142 Class A of upgraded designations. This is a streams; some have been waiting true testament to volunteers’ com- almost a decade. mitment to making the Keystone TU is urging DEP Secretary Pat- state a leader in wild trout conserva- rick McDonnell to upgrade these tion. Class A streams to HQ immediate- At this week’s Commission ly, and to streamline the process of meeting, the voice of TU was again future Class A upgrades. impossible to ignore. More than 200 Visit TU’s Action Center to help comments were submitted in favor us make the case for protecting of upgrading 36 Wild Trout and Pennsylvania’s best wild trout three Class A streams. streams. Members regularly take trips out If you’ve been paying attention, We’re confident the voice of TU west and fish the great waters avail- you may notice that this is fewer members will help push these able to them. streams than in past quarters, when streams over the finish line and en- High Country Angler is a free PFBC was regularly approving sure healthy populations of wild digital magazine published 4 times 100+ streams. trout for generations to come. a year that highlights fishing and I assure you, though, that this is This week, lawmakers in Penn- issues to anglers in Colorado. good news. sylvania heard that message from This magazine is published by Finding wild trout at a 40 per- Russ Collins, president of the TU High Country Publications and is cent clip while surveying thousands Doc Fritchey Chapter in central done so in conjunction with the Col- of streams inevitably caused a back- Pennsylvania and a regional vice orado Council of Trout Unlimited. up in streams awaiting designation. president for PATU. This magazine provides some But according to PFBC staff, we Russ visited Harrisburg this great articles and insight into Colo- have now officially cleared the week to testify before the House rado is well worth the read. backlog of streams known to be Democratic Policy Committee, and https://hcamagazine.com/ November 2019 7 Susquehanna Ripples Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited PO Box 1132 Williamsport, PA 17703 - 1132

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Upcoming Events February 1 - 9, 2020 The Susquehanna Ripples is the offi- The Great American Outdoor cial newsletter of the Susquehanna Chap- November 1 - April 30, 2020 Show at the PA Farm Show com- ter of Trout Unlimited. It is published 8 Mandatory Cold Weather Life plex times a year: January, February, March, Jacket Wear April, June/July, September, October, February 12, 2020 and November. Please consider submit- November 13, 2019 Chapter Meeting ting something of interest to our readers; Annual Chapter Meeting/Elections a story, stream report, recipe, photo- February 15 - 16, 2020 graph, gear review, etc. Submissions December 1, 2019 21st annual Valley Outdoors Cab- received will be placed in the next avail- 2020 Fishing Licenses go on sale in Fever Expo in Mifflinburg able issue. All submissions can be sent to [email protected] or January 8, 2020 March 7 - 8, 2020 [email protected]. Chapter Meeting - tentative The Fly Fishing Show/Lancaster Annual Watershed Summit Chapter meetings held on the 2nd March 11, 2020 Wednesday of each month and are open January 23 - 26, 2020 Chapter Meeting to the public and begin at 7:00 pm Early Bird Sports Expo at (unless otherwise noted). Meetings are Bloomsburg Fairgrounds April 8, 2020 held at the Covenant Central Presby- Chapter Meeting terian Church, 807 W 4th St, Wil- January 24 - 26, 2020 liamsport, PA 17701, in the Fellowship The Fly Fishing Show in Edison, Hall (unless otherwise noted). Parking is NJ at the rear of the Church and enter off of Campbell Street. No meetings are held in May, June, July, August or December