The Fly Box
This is the fly of the month.
Materials
Size 6 - natural bend wet fly hook
Yellow size 6/o thread
1 mm Spirit River foam
Zonker metal strip, brads or lead for weighting
Biots for tail and legs
Antennae material
Dirty yellow fine dubbing
Black plastic bead eyes
Wing burners for shaping wing pads
1.prepare 6+ weighted hook sets
2.prepare 6x 6 legs from biots (wet)
3.prepare two wing pads from burners
4.color foam strip with gold sharpie with black along back edge
5.wrap thread to bend and tie in foam
6.make two wraps of foam, secure and tie in pair of bio tails, secure with thread and glue
7.continue wrapping foam to mid shank
8.dub and cut off extra foam
9.secure 1st pair of legs with tips facing forward, glue
10.dub over legs, then tie in first wing pad
11.dub forward, tie in 2nd pair of legs, dub again, glue
12.advance dub forward and tie in 3rd pair of legs
13.secure 2nd wing case with tail of the foam wing case extended forward
15.small amount of dubbing, then secure eyes
16.fold foam to the rear to cover the eyes, final dub and finish securing thread
Potomac Valley Fly Fishers Goals
(1) To promote fly fishing as a sportsman like and
enjoyable way of fishing, and the most consistent with
the preservation and wise use of our resources
(2) To provide advice, suggestions and assistance to
club members
(3) To publicize the best practices and techniques of
fly fishing, fly tying, fly casting and other related
subjects and
(4) To maintain liaison with other organizations of
sportsmen and conservationists.
Please feel free to drop in and join us!
You don't have to know how to fly fish, just have the
enthusiasm. We are a group who get together and talk
about fly fishing and plan trips. Experience is not
necessary. It's the enjoyment of the outdoors,
conservation and fishing. Our meetings last
approximately an hour and a half.
The Potomac Valley Fly Fishers meets the 2nd Tuesday of
every month from 7pm to 9pm. Our next meeting will be
at Maryland School For The Deaf, Frederick, Md.
Check the Trips and Events page for upcoming happenings
you won't want to miss.
Maryland DNR Fisheries.
New pictures in the
Gallery
Current Events and Issues
Didymo in Big Hunting Creek
The club received notice that Didymo has been found in Big Hunting Creek. Didymo is an invasive species of algae that can ruin a fishery. It was found in Gunpowder Rive (north of Baltimore) and the Savage River (western Maryland) some years ago but apparently is now in our area. Please spread the word to all the fishers you know. Please take the time to use wader wash stations when available, wherever you are fishing. Please take a few minutes to maintain the wader wash stations when you are on a stream. There are instructions at each station. If you are fishing Big Hunting Creek, please inform any anglers you see of the situation and ask them to use the wader wash stations. We want to do everything we can to reduce the spread of this invasive species.
Thank you
Lou Stohlman
Pictures from 2011
On October 1st PVFF hosted Project Healing Waters for a day of fly fishing on the private waters of Otter Fish Camp located in the Catoctin mountains just outside of Thurmont, Maryland. This non- profit organization assists in the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled military personnel through providing them with the opportunity to learn and experience fly fishing.
Pictures of the even are available in our Gallery
Frederick area fishing
The next time you are looking for a place to fish around Frederick, type of fish and what to use to catch the fish please visit
Devin Angleberger's web site (http://www.devinsfishingreports.com). Devin is a High School student and he probably fishes more than many of us put together. Devin also posts fishing reports on the DNR web site (http://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/fishingreport/).
Please check out our Conservation page.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation needs volunteers to help plant riparian buffers locally. Dates for 2012 coming soon.
NEW LINK - Flytier's Page
Frank Thompson and 261 other tyers providing 4796 patterns.
Flytier's Page
Beaver Creek Fly Shop
Beaver Creek Fly Shop will be under new mamagement February 2012 and is located at 9720 Country Store Lane, next to Beaver Creek and immediately off route 66, south of route 70W, exit 35. Check out their new website www.beavercreekflyshop.com.
The shop phone number is 301-393-9090.
Want to help save planet Earth?
Please check out this web site - 50 Ways to Help the Planet
Getting started, Loan a rod Program
The club has several 5-weight 7 1/2 foot fly rod and reel combs and 1 8-weight 9-foot fly rod combo available to check out and use. This program, started last year, was designed to give the young members of the club a chance to use a rod that is a bit shorter and youth friendly. We have 5 combos and anyone interested in checking one out please see Jon Thames The rods are available now for the upcoming season on a first come basis. The 8 weight is ideal for any member wishing to try a larger rod on the Bay or any of the larger waters in the area. This rod is normally checked out for 2 months. weeks at a time to allow more members a chance to use it.
See Lou Stohlman or call 301-834-7412
Conservation Projects
Conservation/restoration projects for 2012 (other than PVFF projects) are now on the Mid-Atlantic Conservation web site. Please click your browser "Back" button to return here after viewing -
2012 Conservation Projects
Maryland Stream Waders 2010 Free water quality Monitoring
FOR INFORMATION AND TO FIND OUT HOW TO PRE-REGISTER CLICK HERE
WHO TO CALL WHEN YOU SPOT POLLUTION
Bring your Son and/or Daughter along on one of our outings
Don't have enough equipment for you or your youngsters? Our club members will be glad to help you get started by lending equipment and helping you make decisions on equipment to purchase.