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NORTH COAST NEWS – February 2006
GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Our General Membership Meetings this
year will be held at the ELKS
CLUB at Peninsula Drive and 24th Street
and will begin promptly at 7:00 PM
Thursday
February 16
Meeting Agenda
- Banquet Update
- Land acquisitions &
easements
- 2006 Rivers Conservation
Camp
- Erie Bluffs State Park –
an alternative proposal for development
Marsh Young has advised that he will be unable to make our meeting Thursday evening.
From the
President
Jim Pfendler
Last Wednesday Erik Cronk, Eric Lyle, J.T. Davis,
Karl Weixlmann, Chris Niebauer, Dan Pastore, Dan Hill, Bob Hetz and I attended
the PA Steelheaders Association monthly meeting to listen to guest speaker Tom
Ford. Tom is the Director of
Policy, Planning and Operations for the PFBC.
Tom described the current state of the Lake Erie Access program and some
of the land acquisition projects that are being considered.
Tom informed the group that the first year’s funds of $600,000 may
quite possibly be allocated, with the current properties under consideration.
After listening to Tom’s presentation, NWPATU
members as well as other people present, expressed concern that land
acquisitions appear to be the Commissions greatest priority and that little
effort is being placed on developing a viable easement
and/or tax credit program for landowners who would
be willing to permit public access. Erik
Cronk gave a copy of the New York State easement program to Tom to review.
It is our hope that Tom will take our message back
to Dr. Austen and begin the process of developing an easement / tax incentive
program for securing stream access.
At February’s meeting, I hope to start a Land
Access committee that can become well versed in easement and tax incentive
issues.
To that end, Chapter members Chris Niebauer and Karl
Weixlmann will be attending the Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 24th, where
two sessions will be devoted to stream access through easements and tax
incentives.
Jim
Conservation Banquet - 2006
“Invite
a Friend”
When - Saturday March 18th
- Doors open at 5:30 - Dinner at 7:00
Where - Shrine Club, W. 38th
& Zuck Road Erie PA
Banquet Chairperson - Chris
Niebauer 566-4988
Dinner Tickets are priced as
follows:
$30 Adult
$20 Youth, 15 and Under
and will be available at our
meeting and the following locations:
Cronk
Insurance
2930 Peach St. Erie, PA
Lake Erie Ultimate Angler
2402 W. 8th Street Erie, PA
Folleys
End Tackle
Rte 98 Fairview, PA
FishUSA
901 W. 12th Street Erie, PA
2006
Rivers Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp
We are still accepting applications until March 8th for any student
between the ages of 14-17 who would be interested in attending the Rivers
Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp in Boiling Springs, PA.
The camp runs from June 18th–23rd.
If you would like more information on the Camp please contact Jim
Pfendler.
NWPATU’s web
site gets refreshed !!!
Thanks to Kevin Fritts’
initiative our web site is taking on a refreshing look.
Kevin, with Eric Lyle’s help and web page expertise, has begun updating
the site, so take
a few minutes to browse around it - www.fisherie.com/nwpatu ….There’s
allot of great information and pictures of recent outings, minutes from the past
meeting, upcoming events and so on.
Kevin asked that I include his request for feed back, ideas and pictures.
“The pictures are not limited to
just TU events. I am also interested in members who have taking
fishing trips to unique or interesting places and can provide pics with brief descriptions.
I am looking to put a bit more personality into the web site. They can
email the pics to the my email address: fourfritts@adelphia.net.”
Allegheny
River Float Trip
The second annual NWPATU
Allegheny Float Trip is scheduled for Wednesday May 24.
No details have been worked
out yet, but we’re working on them. Watch
for more info in upcoming newsletters and on our web site.
Tip of the Month
"Many
men go fishing all their lives without knowing that is not fish they are
after."
Henry David Thoreau
Jim
Pfendler offers up a hot pattern that he’s been having good success with in
pursuit of those big steelies!!!!!
JP’s Elk Creek Shiner
by Jim Pfendler
6/0 UNI-Thread Olive Dun
#10 Streamer Hook - Mustad 79580
Belly and Mid Section – Polar Super Hair
Lateral Line - 4/6 Strands of Flashabou
Back - Olive Super Hair
Eyes - Black Stick On eyes with thin coat of 5 min epoxy
When
building the body, use 1/3 Olive and 2/3 Polar.
Want
to see it in action? Check out
“Parting Shots”.
Parting Shots
LOCAL BUSINESS DONORS
We encourage our membership to support these businesses to show our gratitude.
When you patronize these establishments, tell them you are a TU member & thank them for
supporting our organization & cold water conservation.
BAC
Bait & Tackle
Builder’s
Hardware
Diamonds
Men’s Store
Elk
Creek Sports
Fairview
Evergreen Nursery
FishUSA.com
Foley’s
End Tackle Shop
Gander
Mountain
Hanson’s
Bait & Tackle
Lake
Erie Ultimate Angler
ourowncandlecompany.com
Poor
Richards
Van
Tuil Photo
We want to recognize and thank FishUSA
for their support and for
allowing us to utilize their server for our web site – free
of charge.
Officers and
Directors
President
Jim Pfendler ---------------- 836-0238
Vice
Pres
Eric Cronk ------------------- 833-4434
Secretary
Kevin Fritts ------------------
835-0164
Treasurer
Keri Tenza ------------------- 739-9531
Director
Dave Fetzner ---------------- 833-3389
Director
Dick Zinn ---------------------
333-8265
Director
Dr. Lee Bloom -------------- 474-2495
Director
Jack Bock -------------------- 898-1288
WEB
site – www.fisherie.com/nwpatu/
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