- Last Updated: 25 October 2019 25 October 2019
General Chapter Meeting Information
A featured part of almost every month's membership meeting is the guest speaker program. The Board of Directors spends a lot of time planning and arranging for the featured speakers. We begin by designing a general theme for each month's program and then follow up by identifying and booking potential speakers.
Theme
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Speaker
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Meeting Date
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How to Get Your Local Water Protected as a Maryland Trout Stream | Art Senkel & Steve Malan | November 20, 2019 |
Winter Trout Fishing Techniques | Capt. Duber Winters | October 16, 2019 |
What I Did on My Summer Vacation | PPTU Members | September 18, 2019 |
Fly Fishing the DelMarVa Region SNAKEHEADS!!! | Joe Bruce | May 15, 2019 |
DNR Report on Historic Wet Weather | DNR | April 17, 2019 |
Flea Market | PPCTU Members | March 20, 2019 |
In the footsteps of Joe Brook: A Fly Fishing Perspective | Jerry Kustich | February 28, 2019 |
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations | PPCTU Members | January 16, 2019 |
The Latest News on the Gunpowder | Gene Howson | November 28, 2018 |
Winter Fishing on Beaver Creek | James Harris | October 17, 2018 |
What I Did on My Summer Vacation | PPTU Members | September 26, 2018 |
Casting Clinic & Fly Fishing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem | Dusty Wissmath | May 16, 2018 Casting Clinic at 6:30 |
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations | PPCTU Members | April 18, 2018 |
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations | PPCTU Members | Reschedules to April |
Flea Market | PPCTU Members | February 21, 2018 |
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations | PPCTU Members | Reschedules to March |
Time: 7:00 PM, Third Wednesday except December, June, July and August
Place: Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, Maryland
Directions: From Capitol Beltway -- North on Georgia Avenue (Rte. 97). First right onto Forest Glen Road. Pass Holy Cross Hospital and go across Sligo Creek Parkway. The Center is on the right, approximately one quarter mile.
Inclement Weather Policy
Since we meet at a Montgomery County facility we will be subject to the county closing policy.
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Real-time emergency updates can also be accessed at:
- Recreation Website
- 240-777-6889
- by calling the facilities directly.
Given that participants and employees often travel distances and weather conditions may vary considerably across the county, residents are advised to exercise caution and consider personal safety as the first priority.
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- Last Updated: 25 October 2019 25 October 2019
How to Get Your Local Water Protected as a Maryland Trout Stream
Art Senkel & Steve Malan
November 20th, 2019
Have you ever spied a small creek in your neighborhood and wondered if there were any trout in there? What if that creek just needed a little care to help it fully develop into a true “blue line” wonder with its own stream- bred trout population? Wouldn’t it be great if there was even a process for figuring all that out?
Well, wonder no more: Art Senkel and Steve Malan, Patapsco Valley TU Members, will be visiting our November chapter meeting to explain the process they used to identify several Harford and Carroll County streams as likely containing wild trout. They will tell us how they presented their findings to the Maryland Department of the Environment, which is now taking a closer look at adding additional regulatory protections for those waters due to their trout-friendly ecosystems.
Art and Steve will also tell us how Patapsco Valley TU is looking to protect more streams in their region. With our conservation mission, maybe PPTU could consider a similar effort in Montgomery and Howard counties.
– Karan Singh
*November’s Fly Tying Demonstration
Pete Yarrington will be tying two of his favorite nymphs: A modified version of Sawyer’s Pheasant Tail and The Strawman