Day	Date	Speaker / Program
		The 2009 - 2010 Meeting Schedule
Thursday	Sep. 17, 2009	Bob Clouser: It’s with pleasure that we welcome back an old friend to our September monthly meeting. Bob Clouser. In spite of his world class achievements, he has the persona that sits well with the average fly fisher. Holder of many prestigious awards, Bob’s reputation is well earned in saltwater and fresh water circles throughout the world. As a fly fishing expert he has conducted schools, given tying demonstrations, published books, produced videos, and participated in charity events. Perhaps he is best known for his innovative and proven fly patterns beginning with The Clouser Minnow.
Thursday	Oct. 15, 2009	Don Douple Welcome back Don. He will do a follow-up to last years program doing a fly tying demo for us, sharing some of his tying tips and tricks. His demo will be projected on the big screen so it will be easy to follow a-long.
Thursday	Nov. 19, 2009	Ozzie Ozefovich presents Feeding Lies This voyage into The Underwater World of Trout answers the questions all anglers ask: Where are they? Why are they there? What are they eating? How do I recognize what is going on? In this study we go into the streams and examine the facts and get real answers. Some you expect, others you won’t believe until you see them yourself.
Thursday	Dec. 17, 2009	Third Annual Club Auction and Christmas Party
Thursday	Jan. 21, 2010	Bill Skilton: Bill will demonstrate tying fly patterns that he has developed over the years, talk about his unique materials, and discuss fly fishing the streams of Central PA...the Yellow Breeches, Letort and the much underappreciated Susquehanna River. He will have available for sale the CD format of his book and Hellgrammite Kits. You can visit his website at www.billskilton.com and check ebay for his on-line auction sales. Bill started tying flies and fly-fishing at the age of 5 (over forty-seven years ago) under the direction of my older brother, Tony…former director of the Orvis Fly Fishing Schools. When he was in high school he started tying commercially for Ed Koch at Ed Koch’s Yellow Breeches Fly Shop in Pennsylvania and for Barry Beck at the Leonard Rod Company in New York. During and after high school Bill worked at the Yellow Breeches Fly Shop and later became the store manager. In addition, he managed Letort, Ltd., a Fly fishing/tying mail order firm that was the nation wide distributor for Partridge Hooks and Metz Necks. Bill has operated a mail order fly and fly tying material business since 1990, specializing in developing innovative materials and flies and time-saving fly tying techniques, especially those involving synthetic materials. In addition to the Orvis Co., his customers have included Umpqua Feather Merchants, as well as international accounts in England, Japan, Scotland, Spain, and Germany. Bill continues to tie commercially as well as develop fly patterns for the Orvis Company, many of which have appeared in their catalog for the past 20 years. His flies have also appeared in several national fly fishing magazines as well as many fly-tying books. In 2002 Bill put to paper a project that occupied the recesses of his mind for the past decade…MY FLY PATTERNS, MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES has been well received within the fly tying community. His book’s success has inspired him to continue experimenting and developing new techniques, adapting and customizing fly tying materials and patterns. In his spare time Bill is consumed by maintaining a flock of genetically raised Dry Fly birds and fly-fishing Southcentral Pennsylvania’s Limestone streams.
Thursday	Feb. 18, 2010	Ben Turpin: The speaker for February is Ben Turpin. Ben is an Orvis endorsed fly fishing guide located in Saylorsburg, PA. In addition to guiding in the Pocono’s and Central Pa, Ben is a Custom Rod builder. His website is: http://www.benturpin.com/_/bt/ui/Index.aspx Ben Turpin Custom Rod Building and Guide Service was established in 1997. The business evolved out of 20 years of fly fishing experience and a dedication to education and excellence in the sport. Ben is an Orvis endorsed guide and offers guided fly fishing trips in the scenic Pocono Mountains and Northwest New Jersey. He has been fishing these streams for fifteen years. Some of the streams in this historic fly fishing area include the Brodhead Creek, Lehigh River, Big Bushkill Creek, Big Flat Brook, and the Pequest River. Along with guiding in the Pocono region he also guides the Southeastern, PA limestone streams in the Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton areas. These limestone streams are highly productive and just a short ride from New Jersey and the Philadelphia area.
Thursday	Mar. 18, 2010	Wet Fly Water Guides: The program for the March meeting is Basic Equipment and Tactics to Wet Fly Fishing presented by Dave Allbaugh and George Lashinsky. Dave and George run Wet Fly Waterguides in Western Pennsylvania specializing in the Classic Art of Wet Fly Fishing. Over the last 20 years these two have spent countless hours on the stream and at the vice perfecting and designing new wet fly patterns and customized leaders for the streams that they fish. Their mission is to teach and educate new and old fly fisherman about this forgotten classic traditional way of fly fishing and to show how productive wet flies can be through out the season. http://www.wetflywaterguides.com
Thursday	Apr. 15, 2010	Charlie Meck It’s with great pleasure that we announce the booking of lifelong Pennsylvania resident and book author, Charles R. Meck. Some of his most noted books include Trout Streams and Hatches of Pennsylvania and Arizona Trout Streams and Their Hatches. We look forward to seeing Charles and listening to some of the latest in tactics and stream-smarts from one-of-our-own experts.
Thursday	May 20, 2010	Frank Plucinsky, will be sharing his presentaion entitled: “Tully Bugs and Friends”.   Frank is a retired physician with a long time fascination of the natural sciences, photography, fly-fishing and fly tying.  He has been an advocate for the Tulpehocken trout fishery below Blue Marsh Dam in Berks County Pennsylvania since its conception in 1980.
Thursday	Jun. 18, 2010	Tom Baltz will present his program called "Parachutes". In it he will demonstrate four different post materials, three different tail designs, several body treatments (techniques) and talk about why/when to tie the hackle with the shiny side up or down. Some of the techniques demonstrated will cover dubbing fur bodies, and thoughts on materials to incorporate into various parts of the fly. Perhaps "More Than You Want to Know About Parachutes"! He will use a familiar pattern like a sulphur as the vehicle. Tiers can change colors and mix any of the design features to come up with their own flies. A New Mexico native, Tom Baltz has been a fly tier for some 48 years, the last 35 spent among the legendary tiers and anglers of the limestone valleys of south-central Pennsylvania, near Carlisle. Tom is the only four time Pennsylvania State Fly Tying Champion and his flies have appeared in Field & Stream, Fly Fisherman Magazine, Art of Angling Journal, Eastern Fly Fishing, and American Angler magazines, the Orvis catalog (I.C.S.I Midge, MuddBugger, Hatching Nymph and Beetlenat) and the recently published book “Guide Flies”. He is a Contributing Writer for the Mid-Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide and appears at fly-fishing shows around the country.
		The 2008 - 2009 Meeting Schedule
Thursday	Sep. 18, 2008	Great Lakes Steelhead Fishing - Rick Kustich Rick began fly fishing over thirty years ago on the lakes and streams of upstate New York. He has since traveled extensively to experience the finest fly fishing throughout North America but continues to find that some of the best fishing often exists in your own backyard. He is the author of four fly fishing books including the acclaimed Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead and recently introduced his first DVD. Rick has also authored numerous articles with accompanying photography for national fly fishing magazines such as Fish & Fly, Fly Fisherman, and Eastern Fly Fishing, and is a regular contributor to two regional publications. Rick provides seminars and schools throughout the year on the Great Lakes steelhead fishery and other fly fishing topics. He fly fishes nearly 80 days each year and is involved in conservation efforts aiming to improve and protect fisheries. Rick is owner and operator of West River Publishing and lives in Grand Island, NY on the banks of the Niagara River.
Thursday	Oct. 16, 2008	Don Douple Don will be doing a fly tying demo for us, sharing some of his tying tips and tricks. His demo will be projected on the big screen so it will be easy to follow a-long.
Thursday	Nov. 20, 2008	Ken Tutalo Ken, the owner of the Baxter House River Outfitters has been fishing the waters of the Upper Delaware for over 30 years. Over the last 8 years while operating the Baxter House, Ken has shared his knowledge and love of the local waters with hundreds of people. When not guiding or helping customers in the Fly Shop, Ken can usually be found stalking the glass like pools of the East Branch for Wary Browns or wading the pockets of the Lower Beaverkill for Wild Rainbows.
Thursday	Dec. 18, 2008	Christmas Party & Third Annual In-House Auction
Thursday	Jan. 15, 2009	Mark Sedotti Mark is a respected fly casting instructor and teacher who has written articles that have been published in the: “American Angler, Fly Tier, Outdoor Life, The Fisherman,” and more featuring trout, pike and other species of fish. As the Casting Columnist for Saltwater Fly Fishing Magazine (1995-2000), Mark is known for his articles on Striped Bass, Bluefish, and False Albacore. Mark Sedotti is known for casting unusually large flies (4" to over 24") tremendous distances, with uncanny accuracy. Both things once thought impossible. He does this with a unique, ultra-powerful back cast called the "Sayonara Sling". He casts distances with magnum back casts of 120’-140’ He's also had some of his fly patterns, such as the Sedotti's Slammer menhaden series, the Sedotti Mackerel, and the Sedotti Flounder, to name three, featured in articles and fly tying books. Many of his patterns are giant and are castable by design, because of his concept of "weight balancing", which involves adding enough weight to the fly to counter (and negate) a pattern's drag. He's now into tying patterns that exhibit strike triggering actions, similar to what you see in many popular soft plastic baits. Fly Casting columnist for Saltwater Fly Fishing Magazine from 1995 - 2000, he also wrote many articles on Northeast fly fishing, and fly tying, for that magazine as well as for other major publications. Many pieces were about freshwater fly fishing too. A very skilled fly casting instructor, he's taught fly fishing at the college level in the New York City Metropolitan area for years as well. Come join us and meet Mark Sedotti.
Thursday	Feb. 19, 2009	Dean is a Berks County native who was introduced to the sport of fly-fishing by his father at the ripe-young age of 6. His dad ignited the passion for the sport by taking Dean to his uncles spring-fed pond where they hooked many steelhead-sized rainbows. The addiction, though, did not really start until the age of 12. That is when Dean caught his first wild trout off the surface in good 'ole Penns Creek. To this day Dean continues to fish the numerous streams of Centre and Mifflin county as much as possible. These would be considered his 'home waters.' Furthermore, Dean has chased trout all over the Northeast along with many western states on rivers such as the Madison, Big Horn, Yellowstone, the South Fork of the Snake, the San Juan River, the White River in Arkansas and even the Alagnak River in Alaska. Since his college days, he has expanded his fly-fishing knowledge by targeting smallmouth bass on the Susquehanna River, shad on the Delaware and steelhead in the many Lake Erie and Ontario tribs. Recently, Dean has attained the thirst for the salt. Going after stripers, bluefish and weakfish along the New Jersey Coast, Martha's Vineyard and Boston Harbor. About seven years ago Dean started guiding for Tulpehocken Creek Outfitters in Reading, PA which led him to start Fly Fish Pennsylvania with a college buddy. Recently, Dean and FFPA co-owner Jake Markezin, along with other like-minded anglers founded the Lehigh Coldwater Fishery Alliance.
Thursday	Mar. 19, 2009	Gary Borger Gary has been a fly fisher since 1955, and since 1972 has taught classes and lectured internationally on all aspects of fly fishing for trout and salmon. A free-lance writer and photographer and a former active member of the Outdoor Writer’s Association of America, Gary is also Midwest Field Editor for Fly Fisherman magazine, Editor at Large for the Virtual Fly Shop, and Fly Fishing Columnist for Midwest fly Fisher. He has written five best-selling books on fly fishing: “Nymphing,” “Naturals,” “ The Borger Color System,” “Designing Trout Flies,” and “Presentation.” Gary pioneered fly fishing video instruction with his release of “Nymphing” in 1982. Since then he has appeared in four videos for the 3M Company; and in cooperation with the Federation of Fly Fishers, produced the environmental video “Where The Trout Are.” His video production company has produced an additional 21, internationally acclaimed videos in the “Skills of Fly Fishing Series. Visit Gary's website at: http://www.garyborger.com/Data/WelcomeHome.html
Thursday	Apr. 16, 2009	Steve Wascher - Tying and Fishing Bass Bugs Steve is a third generation Fly Tyer. Having been taught the essentials at an early age byhis father, Steve has become a life long learner of the art. While being well versed in all disciplines of tying, of late Steve has focused his energy’s on spinning deer hair bass bugs and creating unique tube fly patters for both warm and cold water fisheries. Steve has tied at a number of shows throughout the Northeast to include; The Chautauqua Fly Fishing Assembly ( Jamestown N.Y. ) Fly Fishing University and The Art Of Angling Show ( Danbury CT.) The Fy Fishing Show ( Somerset NJ. ) and the Midwest Fly Fishing Show ( Detroit MI.) Steve is currently on the pro staff for Regal Vice, Daiichi Hooks and Tubeflies.com.
Thursday	May. 21, 2009	Mike Heck - Fishing PA's Limestone Creeks Mike ha been fly fishing for well over twenty seven years, and has been a professional guide/instructor for over fifteen years and has been affiliated with Orvis for ten years. You may have read some of his articles in Fly Fisherman Magazine, American Angler, Fish & Fly and Mid–Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide. He is the author of "Spring Creek Strategies". Mike has also been featured in the show called "Road Trip" which is on the Discovery Channel, Europe. More information about Mike is available at: http://www.fallingsprings.com/
Thursday	Jun. 18, 2009

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Club Fishing Trips

Saturday	Apr 3, 2010	Opening Day - South East PA
Saturday	Apr 10, 2010	Learn to Fly Fish Day - Resica Falls Coffee in the AM Lunch Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chilli, Chips and Soda Training Staff: Sam Vigorita, Dave Shillington, Steve Birkenmaier, Ed Emery, Jay Kapolka, Al Smeraglio, Ray Miller Cooking Staff;: Steve Larson, Rich Metzger, Steve Nack, Ed Emery For Cabin information call Scout Headquarters at 610-688-6900
Saturday	Apr 17, 2010	Opening Day on the Brodhead Brodhead Creek, Stroudsburg, PA Meet for lunch at the Park right under the Rt 191 bridge Lunch Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chips and Soda Cooking Staff Steve Larson
Saturday	Apr 24, 2010	Stick Day on the Brodhead Breakout that Bamboo Rod Meet for lunch at the Park right under the Rt 191 bridge Lunch Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chips and Soda Cooking Staff Steve Nack, Steve Larson
Fri - Sun	Jun 4-6, 2010	Upper Delaware Weekend Fishing Trip Pleasant Valley camp ground - Linda, 570-224-4083, Equinunk PA Each tent must call up for a reservation with number camping Bring your own food Must arrange own tenting/Sleeping arrangements Will break up in groups to fish The club camping trip is the 1st weekend in June. For those tent camping no need to make reservations, as space has been reserved. You will have to stop at the office and register and pay their charges. Anyone taking an RV or camper will need to call and make their own reservations. Pleasant Valley Campsite, Equinunk, PA.  (2 miles SW on Pine Mill Road) Googlemap from Equinunk to the Campground
Fri - Sun	J un 11-12, 2010	Penns Creek - Central Pa Contact Steve Larson 215-822-1511 for information Make reservations at The Feathered Hook, Colburn PA 1-814-349-8757 Breakfast included Dinner usually on the Grill at the Feathered Hook, everyone splits the cost Alternate Stay, Guides available, Contact Feathered Hook
	late July early Aug tentative date	Upper Delaware Fishing Trip II Pleasant Valley camp ground - Linda, 570-224-4083, Equinunk PA Each tent must call up for a reservation with number camping Bring your own food Must arrange own tenting/Sleeping arrangements Will break up in groups to fish
Saturday	Oct. 3, 2009 tentative date	Scotts Run Fishing Trip, French Creek State Park Click here for Pictures. If your didn't make it last year, you missed a beautiful fall fishing day. Maps of French Creek State Park
Saturday	Nov. 17, 2009 tentative date	Cast and Blast Outing  Click here for Details and to sign-up for the day
Saturday	Nov. ??-??	Club Trip to Pulaski NY - Salmon / Steelhead Fishing                     Contact Sam Vigorita for information and trip details.