May 2005 The Conservationist
May 2005ConservationistThePotomac-Patuxent Chapterwww.pptu.orgWednesday, May 18SThe Smallie River Kingome know him by his Sam Elliott-sized handlebar mustache. Some know him by his demonstration of a flawless roll cast at the winter fly fishing shows. But most know him as the King of the Potomac River smallmouth bass guides.He is Mark Kovach and he will be coming to our next meeting to show us the when's, where's, andhow's of fishing for those prized bronzebacks just a few double-hauls away from our nation's capital inour National river -- the mighty Potomac. So come learn the techniques, the best floats -- some only ashort drive north of the Beltway -- the easier wading spots, and pick the brains of a man who had madea living on what many consider to be, pound-for-pound, our best fighting freshwater fish! — Sebastian O’KellyDave Whitlock @ www.davewhitlock.comTying BenchHe ties this type of fly in sizes 16 to 20 and claimsthey are proven trout takers.Bill Miller, recently back in our area, willshare his knowledge of a most interesting tyingtechnique, what he calls the furled construction method for tying flies. Bill will demonstratethis at the Tying Bench during the social period ofthe May 18th Chapter meeting from 7:00 7:30 PM.Numerous color patterns are possible with thistechnique and Bill is anxious to tie a pattern for theSulphur hatch on the Gunpowder. So be sure tocome early and check out a new wrinkle for tyinga grand old fly imitation. — Nick WeberAccording to Bill, these flies go together prettyfast and he uses just two materials. On this night,Bill will be tying what he calls a Fake Adams.MeetingsTime and Day: 7:00 PM, Third Wednesday except December, June, July, and AugustPlace: Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MarylandDirections: 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.
TheConservationistis published monthly, except Dec., Jun., Jul., and Aug., bythe Potomac-Patuxent Chapter of Trout Unlimited.The content of signed articles are the opinions andviews of the authors and do not necessarily representthe opinions, views, and policies of Trout Unlimited,the Potomac-Patuxent Chapter, or their respective officers and directors.Copyright 2005 Potomac-Patuxent Chapter of Trout Unlimited2004-2005 Officers and reasurer:Secretary:Directors:Lou BoeziDave PiskeJim GrecoJoshua ForsterJudy HendricksonGus BernardVACANTDave WittmanNick WeberDave PrattBob SerranoJason BeckstromDavid DunmireBruce EberleJim GrecoJim KeilJay SheppardRobert SimpsonCathy NutterMatt BaunSebastian O’KellyJim GreeneLance FloodBob SerranoWilly OldesCathy NutterDavid WongKen BowyerPaul -627-7154202-244-0168Librarian:Larry Vawter410-750-8264Outings (ACTING)Conservation Advocacy:Webmaster:Youth Program:Trout in the Classroom:Mid. Patuxent:NW Branch:Paint Branch:Patuxent:Joshua ForsterJim KeilJohn ParchenPaul VicenziJim GreeneLarry CoburnJim KeilDavid DunmireJay 0331301-725-5559Council Delegates:Editor:Speaker’s Program:Publicity:Membership Secretary:Fundraising:Raffles:Refreshments:Water Quality:Mentor 4-0822301-384-7124410-381-3442Contributions in the form of clip art, articles, conservation activities, trip reports, letters, fishing and conservation news, tying tips, book reviews, and essays abouttrout fishing should be sent to the Editor as plain text inthe email body or Microsoft Word attachments. Authors should also include their phone number and abrief descriptions of the attachments. The deadline forsubmissions is the twelfth (12th) day of the month priorto the month of publicationPRESIDENT’S COLUMNThis column will be my last as Chapter Presi-dent. At our May meeting we will hold our annualChapter elections; the nominating committee willhave announced the new slate of officers at the AprilFundraiser. The Chapter continues to enjoy ahealthy atmosphere of fishing related activities, outings, educational and conservation programs andyouth activities. As I write this column, preparationsare complete for the April 30th Kids Fishing Dayevent at the Martin Luther King Pond. Judging fromlast years’ event there should be many families andkids taking advantage of the fishing experience.I have been affiliated with the Chapter since theearly 1980’s and, while there were periods duringwhich work and other personal priorities prevailed,I always felt the need to be associated with a conservation activity. It has been my belief that we allhave a responsibility to help sustain our favoritesporting activities and as each new generationcomes along there is a need for educating and exposing all newcomers to these activities in such away that they too will enjoy them and share the responsibility to help carry on.A number of years ago I decided to take my turn ina leadership role and accepted two terms as Chapter Vice President, knowing full well that that couldlead to bigger and better things! Sure enough I lateraccepted the nomination for Chapter President. Youall did your thing and now, some two terms later,my time is ending.I’m personally satisfied and happy for havingserved the Chapter in some small way and can honestly say it has been very gratifying being associated with our members and other elected and appointed officers all of whom are very talented persons and highly successful in their own right. Eachhas exhibited the same commitment to doing theright thing to support the Chapter in its endeavorsand to helping members learn and enjoy the sport.I thank you all for the opportunity to serve theChapter and I especially want to thank all the members of the Board, Committee and Program Chairpersons for their excellent support to me and theChapter. EDITOR: Matt BaunPhone: 301-937-8015mattbaun@yahoo.com2The Conservationist–Lou BoeziMay 2005
Tackle and Tactic TipsFly PatternsIf we practice catch and release on most of theThis is a list of recipes for six wet fly patternstrout we catch, then we must handle and releasethem so that they do not succumb from their encounter with us. The goal is to have the trout survive to be caught again and again.There are many factors affecting the chances acaught trout will survive to be caught again. I donot want to discuss all of them, but they includesuch circumstances as water temperature, locationof hook, tippet strength, length of the fight, andhandling to disengage the hook. I want to focus onthe last two factors at this time, as they are fully under our control. We must strive to keep the fighttime as short as possible.Water temperatures well past the middle 60s cancreate a bigger physiological problem for the trout,so quickly getting the fish released increases directly with the temperature. In fact, if the water iswell into the low 70s, we ought to even considerwhether we fish at all. If a large fish takes our fly ona hot afternoon with the water above about 72º, thenwe must get it released in very quick order. Thismeans stronger tippets than we would like to normally use. When the water is really cold, we havefewer physiological concerns for the trout.If you have to hold the trout to reach into its mouthfor the fly with your hemostat, then turn the trout onits back. In this position, it is more likely to relax,and there is less stress on its internal organs. Obviously, if you can avoid handling the fish at all, that isbest. How long you can keep the fish out of water isinverse to the water temperature. Cold water allows a minute or more with no real problem. Waterover about 67º means only a few seconds out of thewater, if at all. If you want pictures, have a friendready with the camera and quickly raise the fish outof the water, snap the shot, and get the trout rightback in less than 5 or 10 seconds.Think how you would feel if you ran a 100 yards andthen had someone immediately dunk your head under water? Treat the trout well and they will bethere when any of us return. that Chapter member Tim Pembroke sent out tothe list serve in February. Tim is one of severalwet fly aficionados on the Chapter and he says thatthese flies are very easy to tie and they are reallyeffective. All are tied on Mustad 3906B.Black GnatHook: #14-16Thread: black 6/0 or 8/0 depending on the sizeBody: black rabbit dubbingWing: crow or other black feather, coatedw/fleximent.Collar: black woodcock feather or other feathercolored black with a SharpieWoodcock and OrangeHook: #12-16Thread: orange silk for the body and headCollar: woodcock or partridge (both work)Partridge and CopperHook: #10-14Thread: orangeBody: copper wireThorax: dark Hairs Ear dubbingCollar: partridge a brown chicken feather can besubstitutedStarling & HerlHook: #14-18Thread: blackBody: peacock herlCollar: iridescent starling featherNote: I also add a silver rib for a variationPheasant tail wetHook: #12-16Thread: blackTail: pheasant tail barbsBody: pheasant tail fibers wound around hookRib: copperThorax: dark hairs ear dubbingCollar: brown partridge or hen hackle— Jay SheppardMay 2005The ConservationistContinued on page 43
Wet FliesFish Without A License — Legally(Continued from Page 3)Have you ever wanted to sample the fishingHares Ear wet:Hook: #12-18Thread: match the bodyTail: partridge or hen barbsBody: hairs ear dubbingRib: gold tinselThorax: hairs ear dubbingCollar: partridge or hen hackleNote: you can vary the color of the fly to match thepredominant mayfly nymph. I like to tie these in alight brown, dark brown and grey. —Tim PembrokeMEMBER ASSESSMENT NOW PAYABLEThe annual assessment (see back) is now payable,if you wish. Check your label--if the “PP-” date is“0905" (or there is NO “PP-” and date), you cansend your 15 now, and you will not have to worryabout paying in September. Some members paidtwice this year, so they already show “PP-0906.”We do not mail notices in September. Makechecks payable to “POTOMAC-PATUXENTCHAPTER–TU” and mail to our chapter mail box.The assessment covers only the newsletter and related chapter administrative expenses; all donations above expenses at our raffles, etc., go to theresource and not to support our members with freenewsletters, etc. Final issue for those having “PP0905" will be this next November. Please also advise us of any address changes or errors in ourlabels.FINAL ISSUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER***Members are reminded that there are nonewsletters during the summer months. TheSeptember Conservationist should be mailedjust after Labor Day for the September 21meeting.4in a nearby state, or had a non-angling friend inter-ested in seeing what this fishing stuff was all about,but didn't do anything about it because of the hassleand expense of getting a license? Well here's thedeal for you. Most states in our area offer a few freefishing days in the early summer. The table belowprovides dates for some of the more popular.If you want others, you can find them online at:www.takemefishing.org/default.aspx?id 242 .Except for Virginia, you can fish without need for alicense anywhere you could normally fish with a license. Virginia doesn't allow you to fish without alicense on designated stocked trout water. Maryland June 4, 11 and July 4Pennsylvania May 28, June 5Virginia June 3 thru 5West Virginia June 11 and 12District of Columbia June 6 thru 12New York June 25 and 26So make plans now to visit one of those places overthe line in a nearby state that you've heard so muchabout, or make plans to take a friend out here inMaryland and introduce him/her to the joy of oursport. — Robert SimpsonMay ElectionsWe had to go to press with this May issue alittle earlier than planned. Therefore, the chapter nominating committee for the May electionswas still trying to persuade several of our finemembers to join the Board.The committee expects to have the proposedslate announced at the April 20 meeting, withthe actual vote at the May 18 meeting. Wehope to post the proposed slate on the chapterweb site well before this issue is mailed to ourmembership in early May. The ConservationistMay 2005
StreamlineThe producers of the television show Seinfeldpromoted it as a “show about nothing,” yet it wasone of the most popular series of all time. Withthat in mind, I would like inaugurate this space asthe column about nothing. But let’s forget aboutthe popularity part. After all expectations shouldn’t be too high seeing that this column is born outof the need to fill some empty space for thismonth’s newsletter and I am way passed deadlineas I write.In choosing a name for this column, I thoughtabout many possibilities: Home Waters (alreadytaken) The Backcast (sounds too loud), Whip Finish (too violent), Pipe and Tweed (too sophisticated). I needed something short and sweet —Streamline. There, that’s it. Done. That’s mywhole thought process for coming up with the titlefor this column. I hope to use it for as long as I canbefore someone sues me for stealing it from another publication. Seems that between names offly shops and names of fly fishing columns, all thebetter name are already taken. I wonder if thereis a national registry for this sort of thing?In creating this column, I hope never to use it forairing my long-winded opinions, but somethingmore streamlined. I’d like it to be of interest to thechapter and the best way that I can think to do thatis to report on the latest exploits of our very ownmembers. So if someone stops you in the middleof your casting stroke on the Gunpowder this summer, don’t get too bent out of shape. Figure that itis me, your trusty newsletter editor doing his bestto get the scoop on the goings on around the chapter.When I was on the cocktail party circuit, I alwaysliked to ask people what they were reading. Ifound it a great way to start conversation and learnsomething about the person.So for the kick-off column, I would like to introduced the annual Summer Beach Reading List, astold to me by selected chapter members. Theseare titles that members are currently reading orplan to read over the course of the summer andthey offer some insight as to why they chose them.May 2005Bob Serrano is reading Trout Hunter, by Rene Harrop which has a forward by Andre Puyans. One ofthe reasons that Bob is drawn to the book is thatPuyans is the guy who invented the AP series ofnymphs, loop wing flies, hair stacker and neoprenewaders. (AP stands for Andre Puyans, I had to look itup). Puyans is the one who taught Bob how to tieflies as he says, “many years ago.” Trout Huntertakes a different look at insects and recommendsrecipes that imitate stages in the life cycle thataren't normally imitated by tiers.In between all his trips out to Western Marylandand Pennsylvania, Joe Kunsman is reading IanMcEwen's, Amsterdam. His fishing related booksinclude Dave Hughes, Handbook of Hatches andRich Osthoff’s, No Hatch to Match: AggressiveStrategies for Fly-Fishing Between Hatches.George Vincent has finally gotten around to reading one of his Christmas gifts, Charlie Meck’s,Hatches Made Simple and Meck’s, Patterns,Hatches, Tactics and Trout.Bob Dietz also has a good list of books. He is reading Ed Engle’s, Fishing Small Flies, a companionbook to Engle’s, Tying Small Flies. Bob has just finished reading, Rod Rage: The Ultimate Guide to Angling Ethics, by Rhea Topping. He also hopes tocheck out John Gierach’s Still Life with Brook Trout,due out this spring.Jim Kiel has an ambitious reading list. I will giveyou just a sampling. In fact, he is the only one in afive hundred mile radius currently reading any oneof the following: Goethe’s, Faust Part I; Anonymous,’ Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing theWar on Terror; Richard Wolin’s, The Seduction ofUnreason: The Intellectual Romance with Fascismfrom Nietzsche to Postmodernism, and Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems. Yada, Yada, Yada. Tohis credit, though, Jim just finish Rich Tosches’, Zipping My Fly and plans on getting Gierach’s newbook. But the title that Jim says he would like tocheck out next, if he had the time: Buxom, BobberAbusing Babes. I bet they have desk calendar version, too. The Conservationist—Matt BaunEditor5
ADDRESS CHANGED?If you move, please take a moment and advise us with apost card as to your new address. Likewise, we wouldlike to know of any changes to your email service. LastJanuary we had to cancel the monthly meeting on veryshort notice due to the snow storm that day. We wouldlike to use email to help alert our membership of suchevents. Email saves the chapter on postage and papercosts for other informational mailings, too. We can assureyou that we will not be selling our modest list to any spamartists! Our membership database is totally separate fromthe National TU list; any address changes sent to the latteroffice may take a couple of months to be reflected in yourmailing label for the Conservationist.MembershipMemorial Day OutingA reminder that beginning with the MemorialDay Weekend Outing (May 27th through May 30th),Dennis Covert will take over as the new outings’leader. As in prior years, this outing will be towestern Maryland were participants will stay atCasselman Hotel & Motor Inn in Grantsville, Maryland.Participants will be provided with an opportunityto fish the Youghiogheny, Savage, the NorthBranch of the Potomac and the Casselman River. Ifyou are interested in this outing, and for detailsabout the rates, please contact Dennis Covert atdenniscovert@hotmail.com or 410-740-8337. THE POTOMAC-PATUXENT CHAPTER of Trout Unlimited hastwo membership categories: Regular or Family ( 15/yearassessment) or Student (free). The Chapter operates on aSeptember-to-September basis. The assessment is totallyseparate from Trout Unlimited dues. Send correspondence,change of address, or assessment payable to POTOMACPATUXENT TROUT UNLIMITED, PO Box 2865, Wheaton, MD20915.Chapter and national TU expiration dates are indicated inthe mailing label as PP-0905 or NTU-0905.Return Address:Potomac-Patuxent Chapter TUP.O. Box 2865Wheaton, MD 20915FIRST CLASS MAIL
Black Gnat Hook: #14-16 Thread: black 6/0 or 8/0 depending on the size Body: black rabbit dubbing Wing: crow or other black feather, coated w/fleximent. Collar: black woodcock feather or other feather colored black with a Sharpie Woodcock and Orange Hook: #12-16 Thread: orange silk for the body and head Collar: woodcock or partridge (both work)
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