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Author: Bob Pennell

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Read more about the article Volunteers Needed for Ned Smith Nature & Arts Festival

Volunteers Needed for Ned Smith Nature & Arts Festival

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:July 11, 2024
  • Post category:Volunteering

Saturday, July 27 from 8:30am to 4:30pm Once again this year, we will be participating in the Ned Smith Nature & Arts Festival in Millersburg on Saturday, July 27. It's…

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May Meeting with Special Guest Dusty Wissmath: Fly Fishing in Iceland

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:April 30, 2023
  • Post category:Events

Our next chapter meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 at Linglestown Historic Venue (located in the Linglestown Fire Company building, St. Thomas Room), beginning at 7:00 PM.…

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Read more about the article Fly Fisherman Magazine to Screen Film Highlighting Local Waters, Benefits DFTU

Fly Fisherman Magazine to Screen Film Highlighting Local Waters, Benefits DFTU

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:November 23, 2022
  • Post category:Events

Mark your calendars for: 🗓 Saturday, January 21, 2023 🕕 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST This is the premiere screening of the short film Over the Guardrail, produced by Fly Fisherman magazine,…

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Read more about the article DFTU Announces Fall Raffle Details

DFTU Announces Fall Raffle Details

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:October 11, 2022
  • Post category:Events

DFTU is pleased to announce that we are conducting a Fall Raffle which offers the opportunity to win one of 7 great prizes. If you are a current member of…

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Read more about the article 2022 Ladies Day Event

2022 Ladies Day Event

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:September 18, 2022
  • Post category:Events/Ladies

On Saturday, September 17, 2022, the DFTU Chapter sponsored an educational program to introduce women to flyfishing as a sport and fun family recreational activity. This year’s program was again…

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Read more about the article Volunteers Needed for DeHart Dam Day on October 1

Volunteers Needed for DeHart Dam Day on October 1

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:September 10, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

Capital Region Water (CRW), operator of the DeHart Dam on Clarks Creek, has scheduled a trash pickup along a section of Clarks Valley Road (S.R. 325) followed by a tour…

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Read more about the article Keeping the Snitz Creek Intact

Keeping the Snitz Creek Intact

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:July 5, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Projects

The rain stayed at bay so that fifteen volunteers from the Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited (DFTU) could plant more than thirty tree saplings along the east bank of…

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The 2022 Dr. Frank Viozzi Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Studies

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:June 9, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Education/Youth

This year’s Dr. Frank Viozzi Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Brock Troutman, a senior at Upper Dauphin High School who lives in Lykens and plans to attend Mansfield University…

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Read more about the article Annual Clarks Valley Highway Cleanup
Fran Barilar, Stephan Vegoe, Joe Notarangelo, Bob Bauer, Rick Frazier, and Dennis Coffman.

Annual Clarks Valley Highway Cleanup

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:April 30, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Events

On what can only be described as “a perfect spring morning,” six volunteers from the Doc Fritchey Chapter conducted our annual highway cleanup on Clarks Valley Road – along the…

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Read more about the article 2021-22 Outstanding Volunteer Award Winner – Becca Fronk
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2021-22 Outstanding Volunteer Award Winner – Becca Fronk

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:April 26, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

The 2021-22 Gerald L. Miller Outstanding Volunteer Award has been presented to chapter member Becca Fronk. Becca has always been an advocate for the conservation of natural resources and clean water. She became…

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Read more about the article Day of Caring on Quittie Creek

Day of Caring on Quittie Creek

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:April 23, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

As part of the annual Lebanon County United Way’s Day of Caring, seven Doc Fritchey members showed up to clean up an impressive “mess of downed trees” on the Quittapahilla…

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Read more about the article Winter Raffle Winners Announced

Winter Raffle Winners Announced

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:February 26, 2022
  • Post category:Events

This year's winners are: Chuck SwanderskiGuided fishing trip with Lee HartmanFrancis O'GormanOrvis fly rod/Lamson reel comboGary ZelinskeBill Kosmer photo print on canvasRichard Evans$150 gift card to TCO Fly ShopsJohn ZebelDry…

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