NORTH COAST NEWS – September 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 September 21

 

 

 

Agenda

Access Committee update

Lampson Run project discussion

Fishing the SMALL streams of North Central Pennsylvania

A slide presentation by: Erik Cronk

New Business

 

 

 

 

From the President

 

River Conservation Camp Update

 

In case you missed reading about it in PA Trout:

 

The Chapter provided scholarships to send Weston Kightlinger and Stephen Bucklin to the 2006 Rivers Conservation and Fly Fishing Camp.  The Chapter also provided each student with Fly Tying kits and First Cast fly rods from the L. L. Bean donation program.  Reports from both students indicated that it was tremendous week. 

 

Stephen reported that after trying most of his natural imitation patterns, with limited success, that he switched to Erie County Steelhead tactics and started casting Sucker Spawn patterns with greatly improved results! …Oh the nerve of him!!  Being the good sportsman that he is, Steven immediately started to offer the students around him some of his Spawn patterns and before long all the students were landing fish!  (Am I wrong, or was it Charlie Meck who suggested always carrying a couple of Spawn patterns for those times when nothing else seems to work?)  Well, it looks like they’re all learning now!

Jim

 

 

Allegheny River Float Trip Update

In case you missed reading about it in PA Trout:

 

The second annual NWPATU  Allegheny Float Trip from the outflow of Kinzua Dam to Warren PA was held Wednesday May 24.  We had about 21 folks turnout for the float trip, with about equal numbers of T.U. members to T.U. guests in attendance.  From what I understand a few good-sized Rainbows, Browns, and Bronze backs were hooked along the way and local outdoors sportswriter Mike Bleech prepared a great lunch!   

 

Thanks to J.T. Davis and other members who helped to make this outing possible!

 

 

 

 

 

Erik’s Presentation

 

Erik will be focusing on the tributaries and feeders of a lot of the well known streams in the Kettle Creek Watershed along with some tributaries of the West Branch Susquehanna River.  And no names will be given out!

 

 

 

 

Up Coming Events

 

September 30, 2006 - The PSA Big Run Banquet will be held at Shade's Beach from 2 pm until ??   The cost is $20 per person for adults, children 12 and under are free. Tickets available at: Poor Richards East & West, at Folly’s End Tackle Shop or by email at bsenlm@velocity.net (put PSA in the subject line).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget to check out our WEB site

www.fisherie.com/nwpatu

 

Kevin has done a fine job, but he can’t do much more without the help of every TU member. 

 

Pictures are not limited to just TU events.   Interested in members who have taking fishing trips to unique or interesting places and can provide pics with brief descriptions.   Email the pics to:  fourfritts@adelphia.net.” 

 

 

Parting Shots

 

 

 

Allegheny River Brown Trout caught just above Dixon Island on Aug. 20, 2006.  It took a size 16 tan caddis emerger.  Photo by Mike Bleech

 

                  

 

 

Two beauties landed by Jim Pfendler on the East Branch of the Clarion River 7/20/06

  

 

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.