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Hatches & Rises Volume V Number III May/June 2016
Inside This
Issue:
What’s Emerging? 2
Upcoming
Speakers 3
Trout in the
Classroom 4-6
Mentor Program,
Raffle Wrap Up 7
Cicada Mania 8,9
Scenes from
Cabin Fever 9
Fly Fishing 101 10
Youghiogheny
River
Symposium
11
Member Photos 12 Tenkara Brookie by Daniel Lewinter
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Hatches and Rises
Penn’s Woods West
Trout Unlimited
PO Box 90137
Pittsburgh PA 15224
Officers & Board of Directors
President:
Dale Fogg
(724) 759-1002
Vice President:
Open
Treasurer:
Walter Reinemann
(412) 963-2824
Secretary:
Earl Morgan
(412) 486-8558
Hatches & Rises Editor:
Ken Crawford
Program Director:
Christian Shane
Conservation Coordinator:
Tom Walsh
(412) 486-5356
Women’s Outreach:
Leah Eggers
Web Site Editor:
Joe Birch
(724) 816-1201
Membership:
Chuck Buffington
(412) 388-1666
Additional Board Members:
Chuck Meyers
Rich Yurko
Bridget Shields
Rob Reeder
Honorary Directors:
Mac Seaholm
Rich Bujak
What’s Emerging?
Upcoming Events
Saturday May 7, 2016, 7 AM—Noon
Dan Wagner Memorial Kids
Fishing Day, Rochester Grove,
North Park
Monday, May 9, 2016—Membership
Meeting, Daniel Lewinter,
Tenkara Overview
Saturday, May 14, 2016—2nd Annual
Women’s Spring Outing—
Yellow Creek Trout Club
Monday, September 12, 2016—
Membership Meeting, Tom
Gilmore, Author, Adventurer
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by Penn’s Woods West Trout Unlimited to enhance communication among members & share information with
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and advice contained herein do not necessarily reflect the position of PWWTU or its Board of Directors.
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Monday, May 9, 2016 Membership Meeting
Daniel Lewinter
—Tenkara Fishing Overview: The history, the gear, & the techniques
Dan was born and raised in Pittsburgh, growing up in Squirrel Hill and attending Allderdice High School. He then attended Kent State for a BA in Art History and Studio Crafts. Early on, he learned how to bait fish small streams using light spinning tackle with his dad.
In 2012, Dan discovered Tenkara fishing through a friend in Colorado who sent a YouTube video link. The video was his gate-way to fly fishing. His passion grows daily. Dan finds Tenkara to be the ideal method to fly fish most of the small stream in Western PA and throughout the
Commonwealth.
Recently, he has begun presenting about Tenkara fishing and hopes to expand upon sharing his passion for the method as well as target species in their habitats.
Come join Dan at our May Meeting and learn more about Tenkara Fly Fishing as he presents the history, the gear and rigging, techniques, target species and locations, and lots of trout pics and trout artwork!
Penn’s Woods West Trout Unlimited meets on the second Monday of every month from September
through May, at Grazie Restaurant in Wexford. Grazie is located off Rte 19 North in the Oxford Athletic
Club, 100 Village Club Drive. Meetings begin at 7 pm, Admission is free, All are welcome to attend!
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Ten Years of Trout! 2016 TIC Trout Release Wrap-up by: Christian Shane
Pictures by John Bauman, Christian Shane, Megan Shane, Mary Beth Rieck, and the Bradley & Conner Families of McKnight Elementary
Our tenth year of participation in the PA Trout
in the Classroom project ended on a great April afternoon. On Saturday, April 2nd, students and families from McKnight Elementary (North Allegheny School District) participated in the Finny Friend Release Day at North Park Lake to release our Brook Trout fingerlings.
Penn’s Woods West concludes the 2015/2016 Season with the May
Membership meeting. The Board of Directors and leadership team
would like to wish all of you a fish-filled, wonderful, and above all,
SAFE summer season! We will resume activities in September.
Individual Brook Trout in the tank before the Release Day
The Brook Trout are counted and netted into the cold container for
transport.
Transporting the Trout In order to get the trout from the tank to North Park, the brookies had to be netted out of the tank, counted, and placed in an insulated container. Then we drove over 260 trout fingerlings down from our school to North Park, keeping the temperature in the container at about 52 degrees.
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Once we arrived at North Park around noon, we began tempering the water. Luckily, the North Park Lake water was so close to our tank temperature at 53 degrees F. That meant only one degree of separation between our tank water and the release water, very optimal!
Displaying the Trout
Preparations began for the big Trout Release at the Latrobe Grove by the Boat House. First, we poured the trout from the container into a larger cooler for display. We were sure to keep the aerator going as to keep them pumping with fresh oxygen. Then we set up the grove for the students and families’ arrival.
Trout Tickets
Carrying their Trout Tickets, with some even wearing their bright orange TIC shirts, over 150 students and their families arrived at 1:00 pm for the Finny Friend Release. It was a windy, but mild April afternoon.
As everyone gathered around the trout, the TIC project was explained in detail, students were thanked for participating, and the kids were directed on the prop-er way to release the trout.
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Then the kids looked on their Trout Tickets to see in what order they would be releasing their fish. Each child with a ticket received their Brook Trout in the small container to walk over to the upper lake at North Park.
A Trout by any other name...
Some of the names in which the kiddos named their trout were hysterical. We had differing versions of Bob (Mr. Bobby, Bobbie, Billy Bob Broccoli, Bubba) and Finn (Finny, Finelope, Fin the Fish, Finsworthy, Mr. Finster, Finday, Fin Folk). We had some watery names such as Bubbles, Flippers, Splash, Swimmy, Scales, Guppy, Gill, Trouty, and Troutie T. Some kiddos that participated in past releases names some of their kin like Summer the 2nd, Trouty Jr., Frank II, Mr. Shane the 2nd, and Little Chubbers IV. Then there were just some creative names like Mr.
Awesomeness, Roy G. Biv, Fish Sticks, T-Rout, Lulu Lollipop, Billy Bob Mo Mo Joe Tom Pickle.
The event lasted from 1:00 to 2:00 pm with the sun shining and keeping us all warm. Every kiddo who attended released one of our Finny Friends with over 260 brook trout released. It was a great culmination of a great project!
Thank you Contributors!
This issue concludes the 2015/2016 Hatches and Rises edition. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the newsletter this year. I could not have successfully edited the newsletter without your continued efforts. I look forward to next season’s news, activities, and short stories. Thank you very much! Ken Crawford, Editor
The Board of Directors of PWWTU would like
to thank Christian Shane for his hard work,
time and dedication to the Trout in the
Classroom project. His work will help ensure
our mission continues into the next generation. Future Trout Bum
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Mentor Program by: Chuck Buffington
Are you frustrated with fly fishing? Just starting out or reached a plateau? PWWTU has members with a wealth of experience who are waiting to help you get to the next level.
Recently, the Chapter has received permission to fish in a local pond that will be full of hungry bass and aggressive bluegills once Spring arrives...a perfect place to work on casting, line management, catch and release and the myriad other techniques that are essential to success. Interested in being mentored? Contact Chuck Buffington ([email protected])
DAN WAGNER MEMORIAL KID’S FISHING DAY
AGES 2 – 12
Rochester Grove, North Park
Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 7 AM—Noon
Registration—7:30—9:30 AM
Fish Measuring until 11:00 AM
Hot Dogs and Drinks for participants and
accompanying adults to be served until
Noon, donated by the Concordia of Wexford.
All kids ages 2-12 catching a fish will get
their choice of prizes.
Door prizes awarded after food is served
until all kids receive a prize.
Sponsored by Allison Park Sportsmen Club
Contacts for additional information:
President: Rich Simmen 412-487-2873
Vice President: James Cannon 412-487-4466
Sec/Treas: Sam Bacco 412-372-6826
Raffle Wrap Up by: Charles Cantella
Thanks to everyone who participated in our annual
raffle. We tried some new things, and learned a few
lessons, to help us make next year’s raffle even better. We
made over $1,000 on the raffle this year, which is almost
three times as much as the past three years. I’d like to
take this time to extend many thanks to our sponsors, and
to congratulate our winners!
This year’s winners:
Teshia print ……………………….. Al Roy
Dick’s Certificates……………….... Bob Phillips
Wild Alaskan Grille Gift Cards…. Griffith Lamarcca
Hemlock Acres Camping Passes… Ted Perri
On The Fly Streamer package……. Chip Wall
Tenkara Rod package……………. Chuck Schramm
Our heartfelt thanks goes out to Teshia, Dick’s
Corporation, Luke Wholey of Luke Wholey’s Wild
Alaskan Grille, Hemlock Acres, Derek Hathazy of On
the Fly, and International Angler for their donations to
our raffle. Special thanks to Gary Williams of
Huckestein Printing for printing our raffle tickets at
reduced rate.
Thanks again to everyone who supported us in any
capacity!
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Cicada Mania by: Ken Crawford
Brood V, 17-year Cicadas will emerge in the spring of 2016 in Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia. The last emergence of this particular cicada was in 1999, when the cicadas
began appearing in mid to late May, and lasted through the month of June. The tell-tale sign that cicadas
are in the area are the husks (exuviae) on tree trunks, emergence holes in the ground, and the dead, spent
adults littering the ground. Of course keep your ears peeled as well for their distinct song.
The cicadas are expected to emerge in the following areas:
Pennsylvania Counties:Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland
Virginia Counties: Allegheny, Augusta, Bath, Highland, Richmond, Rockingham, Shenandoah
West Virgina Counties: Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Monongalia, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Ran-dolph, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, Wetzel, Wood
In addition, most of eastern Ohio will experience the emergence.
Some fun Cicada facts: Cicadas have five eyes: Cicadas have two, obvious, large, compound eyes, and three ocelli. Ocelli are three jewel-like eyes situated between the two main, compound eyes of a cicada. It is believed ocelli are used to detect light and darkness. Ocelli means little eyes in Latin. People eat them: People eat them. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There are, cicada kabobs, cicada creole, cicada gumbo, panfried, deep fried, stir fried. There’s pineapple cicada, coconut cicada, pepper cicada, cicada soup, cicada stew, cicada salad, cicada and potatoes, cicada burger, cicada sandwich… (I predict a few streamside Side-Bets to eat them raw!) That cicada sound: Only male cicadas make the sound they’re famous for. Males have organs on their abdomen called tymbals. Muscles pop the tymbals in and out, which creates the sound we hear. Males make different calls for different reasons, and each species has a unique sound. Females can make sound too—they flick their wings to respond to males
A Cicada Larva about to emerge
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him,
“This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says:
‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?
Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you
refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country
tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that
it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have
left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in
your fields. 6 They will fill your houses and those of all
your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither
your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the
day they settled in this land till now.’” Then Moses turned
and left Pharaoh.
Exodus 10: 3-6
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Fly of the Month
Courtesy: Bill Nagle
Hook: TMC 5263, Size 10 Thread: Uni-Thread, 6/0, Black Underbody: Foam, 3mm, Black Abdomen: Orange Yarn Overbody: Foam, 3mm, Black Wings: Krystal Flash, Pearl Thorax: Orange Yarn Head: Foam, 3mm, Black Legs: Centipede Legs, Orange/Black Eyes: Small Stick Pin, Red
Adult Cicada Cicada Life Cycle
Scenes from Cabin Fever
The Casting for Recovery Crew
sharing their message
Leah Eggers talks to Jen Ripple,
while the Larkos draw a crowd
Fly Fishing 101 Recap By: Rob Reeder
On Saturday, April 2nd and again on Sunday, April 3rd, 2015
PWWTU held its annual free fly fishing seminar at the Wilkins
School Community Center in Regent Square. Pennsylvania fishing
guides and angling instructors Rob Reeder, Scott Loughner, Greg
Kassimer, and PWWTU members pitched in to provide classroom
instruction for beginning fly anglers. Tackle, knots, gear, and basic
entomology, were covered. Casting lessons were also provided.
The seminar was a success, and in terms of attendance, the best yet
with 74 “students” over a two-day seminar. This is a very, good
thing that the chapter does for the Pittsburgh/Western
Pennsylvania area. Let’s keep introducing great people to our
great sport! All in all, a good couple of days for PWWTU!
Special Thank go to:
PWWTU Chapter and officers for continuing to provide this
free seminar to the community
Patty Doody, the Programming Director of the Wilkins School
Community Center
Scott Loughner, Jeff Kramer, Greg Kassimer, Ken Crawford,
and other PWWTU volunteers for donating their time
Temple Fork Outfitters Fly Rods (www.templeforkflyrods.com)
for donating hats to the attendees
The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
Here’s what some of the students had to say:
“My wife and I attended the Sunday Class. You guys did a great
job.”
“I wanted to wholeheartedly thank you and your team for a
wonderful seminar. We didn't expect the freebies ...those were a
super nice treat! We truly enjoyed ourselves and really learned a lot.
You guys were great teachers and presented the material in a way we
could understand.”
“Wanted you (& Scott & Greg) to know how great the day was at
Wilkins. I'm was glad that I joined TU prior to attending, but
even more so afterwards. That was just a ton of solid information
for any newcomer, and all three of you are to be commended”
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Donut Devastation
Greg Kassimer gives a tip
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Youghiogheny River Symposium by: Dale Kotowski
Please join Chestnut Ridge Trout Unlimited and our partners, Mountain Watershed Association and the Youghiogheny
RIVERKEEPER, Ohiopyle State Park and the Fayette County Conservation District for the 2nd Youghiogheny River
Symposium on Friday, June 24, 2016 at Pennsylvania State University Fayette, the Eberly Campus (Route 119) in Uniontown
PA from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 25, 2016 11:00 a.m. at the Youghiogheny Lake outflow US Army Corps of
Engineers campground. The Cost is $20 for Friday’s jam packed day of interesting topics. Saturday is free.
Our first Youghiogheny (aka Yough) River Symposium was held in 1997. Many projects have been completed in the
watershed over the years; water quality has improved and tourism is at an all-time high. Who better to start the day off than
Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn. She spoke at the PA TU’s
Coldwater Conference in February and we decided that she had to speak at our Symposium, too. Dr. Cynthia Walter of St.
Vincent College, Latrobe, PA will discuss World Heritage Sites and why many areas in Pennsylvania should be considered as
candidates.
Panel discussions for Friday will include:
The Living River – Pennsylvania Fish & Boat, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, US Army Corps of Engineers
The River of Opportunity – Great Allegheny Passage, Laurel Highlands Visitor Bureau,
Wilderness Voyageurs and Ohiopyle State Park
History of Healing – Casselman River Watershed Association, Chestnut Ridge TU,
Jacobs Creek Watershed Association, Mountain Watershed Association,
Sewickley Creek Watershed Association
The River at Risk – Invasive Species, Shale Gas, Abandoned Mine Drainage, Active Mining
Water Quantity and Climate Change by California University of Pennsylvania
The Symposium ends with a “Call to Action.” Afterwards, we invite attendees and guests to please join us for Happy Hour
at the nearby Knights of Columbus pavilion to hear some of the best Fishing Guides, who “work” the Yough, talk about their
impressive creel surveys; number and size of some of the Yough’s finest jewels, big browns & bows! What a great job to have!
Saturday at 11:00 a.m. is a relaxed day for attendees and guests to tour the cage culture nursery maintained by Chestnut Ridge
TU in conjunction with the US Army Corps of Engineers. We encourage you to stop by our tent at the outflow, grab a hot dog
(served around noon) and see one of CRTU’s most popular projects while taking some time to wet a line on the Yough.
We offer a sincere thank you to our co-sponsors: the Fayette County Commissioners, Foundation for Pennsylvania
Watersheds, Mountain Watershed Association, the Youghiogheny RIVERKEEPER, and the Fayette County Conservation
District.
To view the weekend’s Agenda or download the Directions and Registration form to mail with your check, visit our website:
www.chestnutridgetu.org To Register online, please visit:
http://www.mtwatershed.com/events/youghiogheny-river-symposium-hosted-by-crtu/
Join Us! Youghiogheny River Symposium
Friday, June 24 & Saturday, June 25, 2016
Pennsylvania State Fayette, Eberly Campus
Uniontown PA 15401
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Member Photos
Sugar Lips by: Bill Nagle
‘Til Next Time….
…..Tight Lines!
It pays to carry an action
figure in your vest
Ode to Stinky Pete
By: Rusty Spinner
Out of the West came Stinky Pete,
Six days on the Big Horn that couldn’t be beat.
Old Pete was good,
Old Pete was proper,
Old Pete caught huge trout on a size 10 hopper.
All over the West old Pete did fish,
But had to come home, against his wish.
He caused a big ruckus,
In first class,
For his week old socks, smelled like ass.