Saturday October 26th, 2013 Trip

The Whole Club (7 of 20 total)

A new school year is upon us! That means a new group of people in the Fly Fishing Club. This year we have around 20 individuals that are a part of the club. Due to gear and travelling arrangements usually only 7-9 students attend per trip. Saturday, 7 students attended the trip to the Little Lehigh. They were Johnny, John, Hannah, Hannah, Eileen, Brent, and Gaeron (and of course Mr. Schaffer came!). For many it was their first time out fishing, others had some experience. Johnny (not new) caught 2, John (new) caught 3,Hannah (new) caught 0, Hannah (new) caught 0, Eileen (new) caught 0, Brent (new) caught 0, Gaeron (not new) caught 5, and Mr. Schaffer (not new) caught 2. Some of the new students that caught 0, had fish on but lost them due to various reasons. All in all it was a beautiful day, with a lot of learning and smiles!

Hannah fishing

Johnny working a piece of water.

Brent working a nice piece of water.

One of Mr. Schaffers brown trout.

Gaeron and a polomino (golden rainbow) trout!

Watching the palomino swim away

John with his first fish fly fishing ever!

Brent working a nice piece of water.

Hanna and Dave heading out fishing!

Hannah casting in the field before going out fishing.

Gaeron landing a palomino on the far side of the stream.

John and one of his first fish ever on a fly rod!

March 2nd, 2013 Fly Fishing Trip

Today we went down to the Little Lehigh again. Gaeron and Brandon both caught two fish. Johnny and Mr. Schaffer (the only others that went) did not catch anything, unfortunately. Dave, his friend and Shane came down to help us, which we are extremely grateful for. Although not everyone caught fish we all had a good time and learned a lot!

 

 

Brandon’s Brown Trout

Brandon’s Brown Trout

Brandon’s Rainbow Trout

Brandon’s Rainbow Trout

Gaeron’s Brown Trout 1

Gaeron’s Brown Trout 1

Gaeron’s Brown Trout 2

Gaeron’s Brown Trout 2

1/12/13 DVFFC Trip Video

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January 12th, 2013 – Fly Fishing Trip

The Club

Jan. 12th, 2013 – The club headed out to the Heritage section of the Little Lehigh in Pennsylvania. After meeting at the school at 7:30, we took off and arrived around 9:15 with 5 students and our adviser. We met up with a great group of guys from PAFlyFish.com who helped teach us casting, took each kid out individually, took pictures and video, and even cooked us lunch! It was such a fun day and as soon as we got in the van on the way home, we were already planning another trip. There weren’t very many fish caught, but everyone had a ton of fun and learned a lot. The goal was to leave a better angler and in my opinion that happened. Thanks to all who made this trip possible, and I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

5th Meeting – January 10th 2013

Meeting Report
Today was the fifth Fly Fishing Club meeting. Today attached new leaders on to everyone’s fly line, along with picking out flies to use, going over tippet sizes, basic safety, and general fly fishing knowledge needed for fishing.

Next Meeting
January 12th, 2013 Fly Fishing Trip – Little Lehigh.

4th Meeting – January 3rd 2013

Meeting Report
Today was the fourth Fly Fishing Club meeting. Today we sorted and handed out donations that we received from numerous places. We also determined that our club (final number) has a total of 7 people. Today was a great chance for the kids that did not have any gear to begin with, to get some high quality gear.

Next Meeting
Next meeting we will go through everyone’s gear, set up leaders and such, go over fly selection and basic safety in preparation for our first fly fishing trip.

3rd Meeting – December 19th 2012

Meeting Report
Today was the third Delaware Valley Fly Fishing Club meeting! It went  well, we had five club members total today. We did some fly tying. Had a couple people even come that weren’t in the club, and got them tying flies. We had a good time and learned the Pheasant Tail Nymph. Here are some pictures:

Sawyer tying a Pheasant Tail Nymph

Johnny Helping Brandon tie a Pheasant Tail Nymph

Johnny and Brandon, tying flies.

Sawyer (non-club member) and his first ever tied fly!

Sawyer’s first ever fly!

Today’s Gang; Mr. Schaffer, Kristen, Chris, Brandon, Johnny, and myself (not in the photo).

Next Meeting
Next meeting basic knots will be reviewed. We will also be learning how to tie some different flies! The next meeting is on the Thursday we get back from break. See you there!

2nd Meeting – December 13th 2012

Meeting Report
Today was the second Delaware Valley Fly Fishing Club meeting! It went  well, we had less people than normal, with several new attendees and several people missing because of sports and several that did not show up.Today we did a lot of hands on work with knot tying, learning the blood knot, surgeons knot, and the clinch knot/improved clinch knot. We also went over extremely basic entomology and fly selection.

Next Meeting
Next meeting basic knots will be reviewed. We will also be learning how to tie our own flies! The next meeting is on Wednesday, as opposed to Thursday. See you there!

1st Meeting – December 6th 2012

Meeting Report
Today was the first ever Delaware Valley Fly Fishing Club meeting! It went exceptionally well, we had a decent turn-out with several people missing because of sports and several that did not show up. The group total is about 12 club members. Today we took attendance and handed out forms to allow photographs of the club to be published. In addition, we went over our goals for the club and watched an introductory fly fishing video today!

Next Meeting
Next meeting basic knots will be covered. Knots used to attach backing to the reel, backing to fly line, fly line to leader, leader to tippet, and tippet to fly will all be covered. Basic entomology and fly selection will also be covered next Thursday. See you there!