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STREAMLINES Vol .STREAMLINES Vol. 27, No. 4 April 2018 www.potomacvalleyflyfishers.club ______________________________________________________________________________ April 10 th Program: Annual Casting Beginner’s Fly Tying – April 16 th Clinic By Don Fine Start Time: 6:00 PM This coming month’s Beginner’s Fly Tying I was on the stream a couple of days ago for the session will be held on Monday, April 16 th at first time this year. Wow! My casting 7:00 PM in room 207 at Trinity United technique was horrible. Thankfully, our annual Methodist Church, 703 West Patrick Street. casting clinic is coming up this month! The pattern chosen for that evening will be the Hope you can join us at our next meeting, “Prince Nymph” , first designed by Doug which will feature our Annual Casting Clinic. Prince. Randall Kaufman (world renowned fly As in the past, the meeting will be held at the tier and author of several classic books on fly Middletown Community Park Pond, and will tying), credits Doug Prince as being the begin at 6:00 PM. Members of the Bob original “biot man” . That is, Doug Abraham Casting Club will provide fly casting incorporated goose biots to represent antennae instruction for all levels. Members of the Bob or tails on his unique fly patterns. I was first Abraham Casting Club include several Casting introduced to the Prince Nymph back in the Instructors (CI), certified under Fly Fishers 1990s when fishing the Yellowstone and International (FFI), as well as FFI CI Flathead Rivers in Montana. The Prince Candidates. Nymph produced over and over for me then, Bring your fly rod and join us for a great and thereafter when I was fishing locally for opportunity to bring your fly casting to a higher trout. I regularly carry a selection of Prince level. Hope to see you on the 10 th! Nymphs and consider them as one of the more productive patterns for trout, especially when I am fishing riffle sections of freestone streams. Monthly Roundtable – April 18th By Jon Thames Location: We will meet at the parking lot in Ever fished a "Dirty Bird" ? front of the pond as you enter the park from I've said a lot of things about flies that didn't Coblentz Road. If you have any questions, work as I looked in my fly box and wondered give me a call if you need directions – Larry what to go to next! 301-943-7533. 1 I've never had a "dirty bird" in my collection Conferences and Brotherhood of the Jungle but I will after the 18 th of April. Cock campfires, but I got to know Lefty better through his emails. I would share stories and Bob Abraham has been fishing this fly for photos with Lefty of my son, Nathaniel, and I about 50 years and Bob has used it all over this fishing and hunting on the Monocacy River and area as well as on trips out west. In case you other adventures. The Monocacy is the river noticed that "50 years" , Bob got the design that Lefty grew up fishing, hunting and from Abby Doyle, a Hagerstown Industrial Arts trapping. He always responded with comments teacher, in 1947-48 for fishing Hunting Creek. and stories of his early days and he would send I have to say anyone with Bob’s years of me some of those vintage photos of his. experience saying this is a great fly gets my attention. In 2010, Lefty arranged a float trip with me on the Potomac River. He wanted to test some Join us at 7:00 PM in room 109 at Trinity rods for TFO and he wanted me to photograph United Methodist Church, 703 West Patrick him on the rock where Joe Brooks introduced Street. As always, all materials will be him to fly casting. Lefty told me all about that supplied so bring your tying equipment and day with Brooks. Lefty was guiding Brooks, join me to learn the “Dirty Bird” . Loaner vices but Lefty was using spin tackle. It was a windy and equipment are available. New tiers are day and he offered Brooks the spinning rod encouraged to attend the Roundtable. when he saw Brooks had brought only fly gear. Brooks politely refused the use of the spin tackle. They floated down the Potomac River from Harper's Ferry, West Virginia on their way downriver to Brunswick, MD and stopped to eat lunch on this rock. Brooks was catching bass after bass on a Black Ghost streamer. This was new to Lefty and he had to try it. Brooks Remembering Lefty Kreh: gave Lefty his first fly casting lesson on that By Dan Neuland rock. “Half a dozen fly patterns will catch 90 percent The next day Lefty and Joe went to of the fish 90 percent of the time” Tochterman’s in Baltimore and Lefty -quote often repeated by Lefty Kreh. purchased his first fly rod (9 weight – 9 ft. fiberglass South Bend rod and Pflueger The first time I met Lefty was at the 2008 Tie Medalist reel and GAF-9 weight line). That Fest held on Kent Island, many years before it reel is now in the American Fly Fishing was renamed in his honor in 2013. The Tie Fest Museum in Manchester, Vermont. Lefty also was a much smaller venue back then. Lefty gave me a roll casting lesson that day on the was doing tying demonstrations and crowds rock. Lefty was 86 at that time. gathered around to hear his tips and tricks for fly tying. Later that day, the crowds followed On the day before I took him fishing, I floated Lefty outside for a casting demo. On the drive the route of the river to make sure the flow was over, I stopped at Anglers Sport Center in adequate to get through and not have to make Annapolis and bought a book written by Lefty. Lefty get in and out of the raft, he was 86 at He signed it for me that day and I was thrilled. that time. The next day, I fished with Lefty and That was the beginning of several nice things before we launched, I showed Lefty my small he did for me. black popper I tied, a pattern on which I have caught hundreds of smallies. Lefty looked at Our paths crossed several more times over the the fly and made critical comments, I said, years at Mason-Dixon Outdoor Writer’s 2 "well, it catches fish." "Don't expect any Over his lifetime he wrote thousands of articles sympathy from me," he said. for magazines and newspapers and authored 32 books. His famous “Lefty’s Deceiver” fly Unfortunately for Lefty, he couldn't catch fish pattern was developed in the late 1950s and the that day! He was casting bigger saltwater flies United States Postal Service used it for one of and a big yellow popper he designed. I didn't their Commemorative Postage Stamps in 1991. dare cast a fly that day, because I was thinking that if I started catching fish, he might get Interesting note – Lefty had a strain of Anthrax angry and embarrassed after being critical of named after him “BVK-1” after he was infected my fly. I also did not want to outfish Lefty! with Anthrax while working for Fort Detrick. The day before I had caught plenty of fish! It was a memorable day for sure, and Lefty was able to test a few rods and I took the photos of him that he wanted. The following week I received a package with a thank you letter and two autographed books. Later, he gave me a stripping basket of his (with his name on it) that I could use on my raft, something he said I needed. He understandably didn't like his line Fly ‘Creator’ Quiz: getting wrapped around the front of my raft. By Don Fine Interesting that no one who has fished with me on my raft ever complained about their fly line If you read the Beginner’s Fly Tying section of getting caught, but then no ever casted as much this issue, you would now know that Doug line as Lefty did and so effortlessly as well. Prince was the creator of the Prince Nymph. And of course everyone knows that Lefty Kreh The “Lefty Kreh Day” held on June 21 st , 2014 was the creator of the Lefty’s Deceiver and in Middletown Community Park was probably Bob Clouser, the creator of the Clouser Deep even more memorable than spending a day Minnow. See if you know and can answer the fishing with Lefty. That day, I met Lefty at the following questions regarding who first created Barbara Fritchie restaurant for breakfast before the following popular flies? Answers will be provided at the end of the newsletter. driving him to the park. I was his assistant that day and gladly helped him in any way I could. 1. Who first designed the Elk Hair caddis? It was a great day for Lefty and our club. All 2. Who designed the Adams dry fly? those who attended were able to see Lefty as 3. Who was the creator of the original we want to remember him, full of energy and pheasant tail nymph? sharp as ever, even at 89 years old. Sadly, 4. Who was the creator of the Red Fox Lefty’s health began to deteriorate when he squirrel nymph? reached his 90’s, yet he was still doing casting 5. Who was the creator of the Brooks demonstrations at the annual “Tie Fest” events stone fly? up until 2017.
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