May 2006 newsletter

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2006 NEWSLETTER

MAY MEETING (Swap Night)

The May meeting will be our Annual Swap Night starting at 7:30 PM at the Nature Center building at Mount Aetna Camp and Retreat Center on May 18, 2006.

In addition to the swap night activities we have the honor of Professor Raymond P. Morgan II presenting “Perspectives on Appalachian Brook Trout”. Professor Morgan is a professor with the Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science at Frostburg, MD. With recent emphasis on the native brook trout in the Catoctin Mountain area this presentation is timely and informative.
We will also have some tables set up downstairs in the Nature Center for those who have items to swap. It is not too late to participate in the fly swap, but you must contact Buz if you wish to do so and sign up for this activity so we can ensure there are enough flies to go around. Everyone who signs up will be required to tie the number of trout or bass flies equal to the number of people in the activity. Then those individuals will bring their flies to swap night and give and receive one fly from each participating individual.

So far Sterling “Buz” Buzzell, Bill Lewis, Ned Strange, Mike Saylor, John DeMars, Doug Hutzell, Brett Billings, and Don Fine have signed up.

SPECIAL NOTICE
L.L.Bean Outdoor Discovery School is Looking for Instructors

Share Your Passion for the Outdoors. Want to get paid for doing what you love? L.L.Bean is hiring Fly Casting instructors for the 2006 season at their Columbia, Maryland location. Work 1 or 2 days a week (or more) and get paid for sharing your expertise. To apply for this position, and to view other current openings, please visit our Employment page on www.llbean.com and scroll down to Search all jobs. L.L.Bean is an equal opportunity employer.

 Please feel free to call or email if you have any questions.

 

Alison Hinson

Assistant Manager - Business

207-552-3024

[e-mail]

L.L. Bean Outdoor Discovery Schools

Crockett House, 24 Desert Road, Freeport, ME  04033 

OVER NIGHT ON THE POTOMAC

(9 and 10 June, 2006)

Spend two days float fishing the Potomac with Bob Davis and John “Quincy” Adams.

The party will leave on Friday morning, spend the night on an island in the river and finish on Saturday afternoon.

All interested parties and for more information please contact Bob at [phone] or “Quincy” at [phone].
FLYTYERS’ ROUNDTABLE REPORT
We will meet on June 1, 2006, starting at 7:00 P.M. at the Keystone Sporting Goods on Pennsylvania Ave at Maugans Ave in Hagerstown.
The guest tier for the evening will be “AL” O’Keeffe tying something in foam.

We should have a very enjoyable evening.

Bring your fly tying equipment and some 3/0 and 6/0 black thread; the rest of the materials will be furnished.

ROUNDTABLE DATES AND PERSONALITIES
We will not have fly tying activities during July and August. The next roundtable will be in September.

UPCOMING EVENTS


June 9 and 10, 2006 Fly fishing over night on the Potomac
June 24, 2006 MAC Youth Fly Fishing Camp at Harford Glen
July 1, 2006 Annual Picnic at Bob Abrahams’ Pavilion

September 23, 2006 MAC Learn to Fly Fish Course at Devil’s Backbone County Park


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 the photo to the Antietam Fly Anglers and we will select one for a special prize to be awarded at the annual Banquet.


OUR WEB SITE is www.antietamflyanglers.org

Check it out. It has links to other major fly fishing activities.

Thanks to John Brognard for his design and maintenance of our web site.

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.

DIRECTIONS TO THE MT. AETNA CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER
From the junction of Interstate 70 and MD State Highway 66 go north on HY 66 to the traffic circle, then east on Mt Aetna Rd, up the hill, for approximately 1 mile. The entrance to the Center is located at 21905 Mt Aetna Road and will be on the right. Parking is available behind the Ranger Station Building. Take the path on the right of the parking lot to the Nature Center.

* Please take note that the Nature Center is open to the public each Saturday from 2 PM to 5 PM.


Visit the local fly fishing stores that support the Antietam Fly Anglers.
LL BEAN FACTORY STORE

At the Prime Outlets

KEYSTONE SPORTING GOODS STORE

13611 Pennsylvania Ave at Maugans Ave

THE BROAD CASTER

19330 Leitersburg Pike

The Antietam Fly Anglers Officers and Directors are as followers:

Sterling “Buz” Buzzell President

Bill Lewis Vice President

Teresa Kines Secretary

Robert Davis Treasurer

John “Quincy” Adams Director

Bob Stouffer Director

Michael Saylor Director

Delbert Martin Director

Any questions or concerns about the Club should be brought to the attention of any of the Officers or Directors.

HELP NEEDED

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  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.
  

FFF New Membership Incentive Program
For all new members, we have a grab bag of fly- fishing “stuff” guaranteed to have a retail value of at least $50.00. Most of the items are from Scientific Anglers, to whom we are sincerely indebted, but may include a box of flies, or other surprises. The Grab Bag will be mailed as soon as your membership has been processed (approximately 3 weeks). For full details on the promotion: http://www.fedflyfishers.org/Membership%20Promos/GrabBagPromoDescrip.htm


(Remember The Antietam Fly Anglers Club Number is 99147).




Editor’s Note: Submissions should be made to Sterling (Buz) Buzzell, Editor, by email ([e-mail]), or PO Box 498, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214, Phone # [phone], no later than the 1st of each month.

Federation of Fly Fishers

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