October 18 - Election of officers
Elections for the Club Officers and Directors
for the 2007/2008 Club year will be held at
our October meeting. Now is the time to step
up and give the Club a hand. New people and
ideas are needed.
If you would like to help, please contact any of the Officers and Directors listed for information.
If you would like to help, please contact any of the Officers and Directors listed for information.
SUNDAY October 28 - Afternoon
October 6 - 3:00PM - Picnic with Project Healing Waters on Beaver Creek
The Annual Family picnic this year will be a special event.
The Antietam Fly Anglers has invited the Creekside Anglers and the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers to assist in sponsoring a special day for the Project Healing Waters on Beaver Creek. This will be a picnic at the Beaver Creek pavilion on Beaver Creek Church Rd when we will have the Wounded Warriors with us for an afternoon of food and fishing.
Grills for cooking and non-alcoholic cold drinks will be furnished. Bring your family with what you want to eat and a dessert to share. This is a good opportunity for our local fly fishing clubs to show their gratitude to the service men and women who have sacrificed so much to protect of our country.
Any additional information can be obtained by contacting Buz at (717) 794 2237 or Doug Hutzell at (301) 797-8454
The Antietam Fly Anglers has invited the Creekside Anglers and the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers to assist in sponsoring a special day for the Project Healing Waters on Beaver Creek. This will be a picnic at the Beaver Creek pavilion on Beaver Creek Church Rd when we will have the Wounded Warriors with us for an afternoon of food and fishing.
Grills for cooking and non-alcoholic cold drinks will be furnished. Bring your family with what you want to eat and a dessert to share. This is a good opportunity for our local fly fishing clubs to show their gratitude to the service men and women who have sacrificed so much to protect of our country.
Any additional information can be obtained by contacting Buz at (717) 794 2237 or Doug Hutzell at (301) 797-8454
October - Western Maryland trip to Herrington Manor State Park
The annual Western Maryland trip to Herrington Manor State
Park near Oakland will be the last weekend of September this year.
It is a tradition continued by Paul Helm and upheld by the club.
We are planning to leave early on Thursday and spend Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights at one of the CCC cabins at the park.
The cost is reasonable and dependent on the number of people
occupying the cabin (or cabins). We usually dine at a restaurant
in the evening and prepare breakfasts at the cabin.
Fishing is on the Youghiogheny, the North Branch of
the Potomac, the Savage River and other venues decided
on a whim. If you have not been on this trip, please
consider it this year. More information will be forthcoming.
A light short rod is great for the Savage and its tributaries. A five or six weight seems to suit the North Branch and Youghiogeny. We fish both freestone and tailwater sections of the North Branch and Savage. It is a low-pressure type of trip. You may decide to fish the entire time with the group or you can choose to go off on your own or hire a guide. Wading on these streams can be difficult, and it is always advisable to go with a buddy.
The annual Texas Hold-em tournament will be a featured event at the cabin. The other featured event will be the Wader Drying contest. In our dreams, we will secretly try to catch a brown half the size of Quincy's North Branch brown of two years ago. The fish was old enough to have a driver's license.
A $50 deposit is requested. Please contact Bob Stouffer at (301) 791- 4594.
A light short rod is great for the Savage and its tributaries. A five or six weight seems to suit the North Branch and Youghiogeny. We fish both freestone and tailwater sections of the North Branch and Savage. It is a low-pressure type of trip. You may decide to fish the entire time with the group or you can choose to go off on your own or hire a guide. Wading on these streams can be difficult, and it is always advisable to go with a buddy.
The annual Texas Hold-em tournament will be a featured event at the cabin. The other featured event will be the Wader Drying contest. In our dreams, we will secretly try to catch a brown half the size of Quincy's North Branch brown of two years ago. The fish was old enough to have a driver's license.
A $50 deposit is requested. Please contact Bob Stouffer at (301) 791- 4594.
March 15, 2008
Antietam Fly Anglers Banquet
Plaza Hotel
Hagerstown, Md.
Plaza Hotel
Hagerstown, Md.
PHOTO AND FLY CONTEST
It has been suggested that we have a photo and
fly contest. Take a picture of you and the fish,
identify the fly used, and location.
Submit your photo to the Antietam Fly Anglers, and we will select one for a special prize to be awarded at the annual Banquet.
We already have photos from Sam Rock, Del Martin, Buz and his grandson.
Submit your photo to the Antietam Fly Anglers, and we will select one for a special prize to be awarded at the annual Banquet.
We already have photos from Sam Rock, Del Martin, Buz and his grandson.
FOUR UNDER EIGHT
Don't forget our new program, titled Four Under Eight,
which is sponsored by the Antietam Fly Anglers (AFA).
The rules of the program are as followers: Four Brook Trout under Eight inches in length must be caught and released in one day by a AFA member, at an altitude over six hundred feet, in two different counties of the State of Maryland. This act must be witnessed by another AFA member. The information of all the facts must be presented to the AFA Board of Directors for confirmation and approval.
Certificates designed by Bob Stouffer will be presented at the next Annual Banquet
The rules of the program are as followers: Four Brook Trout under Eight inches in length must be caught and released in one day by a AFA member, at an altitude over six hundred feet, in two different counties of the State of Maryland. This act must be witnessed by another AFA member. The information of all the facts must be presented to the AFA Board of Directors for confirmation and approval.
Certificates designed by Bob Stouffer will be presented at the next Annual Banquet
AFA additional Activities and Events
The Antietam Fly Anglers provides an active program
for members. The activities emphasize the tri-state
fisheries and natural resources conservation and
angling know how.
The club holds a fly tying roundtable on the first Thursday and a membership meeting on the third Thursday of each month. The meetings are informal and provide a program featuring fly fishing, fly tying, trips, conservation and information concerning the Mid-Atlantic Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers.
Many of the club activities are directed toward field trips and fly fishing shows that the membership participate in. At different times during the year, Antietam Fly Anglers offers its members, at no cost, classes in fly tying, rod building, fly casting and stream entomology. Currently, the Antietam Fly Anglers is participating in a stream conservation project on Beaver Creek
Members are also involved in conservation projects in our watershed and our state. Please check out the upcoming Chesapeake Bay Foundation events.
The club holds a fly tying roundtable on the first Thursday and a membership meeting on the third Thursday of each month. The meetings are informal and provide a program featuring fly fishing, fly tying, trips, conservation and information concerning the Mid-Atlantic Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers.
Many of the club activities are directed toward field trips and fly fishing shows that the membership participate in. At different times during the year, Antietam Fly Anglers offers its members, at no cost, classes in fly tying, rod building, fly casting and stream entomology. Currently, the Antietam Fly Anglers is participating in a stream conservation project on Beaver Creek
Members are also involved in conservation projects in our watershed and our state. Please check out the upcoming Chesapeake Bay Foundation events.
We need your suggestions!
What activities would you like to have?
Please let Buz know what your interests are.
A Program Chairman is needed to help with the club activities. Step up and give us a hand. Remember, this is your club and it will be what you make it.
Please let Buz know what your interests are.
A Program Chairman is needed to help with the club activities. Step up and give us a hand. Remember, this is your club and it will be what you make it.
