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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

Hatches & Rises May/June 2016

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

[email protected]

Program Director:

Christian Shane

[email protected]

Conservation Coordinator:

Tom Walsh

(412) 486-5356

Women’s Outreach:

Leah Eggers

[email protected]

Web Site Editor:

Joe Birch

(724) 816-1201

Membership:

Chuck Buffington

[email protected]

(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

Hatches & Rises Online is published online 5 times yearly: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/June, Sep/Oct, & Nov/Dec

by Penn’s Woods West Trout Unlimited to enhance communication among members & share information with

the public. H&R is supported by tax deductible underwriting and the group’s general fund. Views, opinions

and advice contained herein do not necessarily reflect the position of PWWTU or its Board of Directors.

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May/June 2016 Hatches & Rises

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!


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.


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.


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


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!



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


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”


Donut Devastation

Greg Kassimer gives a tip


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

http://www.mtwatershed.com/events/youghiogheny-river-symposium-hosted-by-crtu/


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.

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