2021 Ladies Day a Success
On Saturday October 2, 2021 our Chapter sponsored an educational program to introduce women to flyfishing as a sport and fun family recreational activity.
2021 Ladies Day Event Announced
To further carry on the mission of Trout Unlimited, the Doc Fritchey Chapter has continued its educational offerings to include a Women’s Conservation/Fly Fishing Program. The program is open to a limited number of women who have: an interest in conservation and a desire to learn the basics of fly…
June Membership Meeting to Feature Special Guest Jamie SanFilippo
On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, the Doc Fritchey chapter will offer a webinar entitled “S.M.A.R.T. Angler Program” by special guest speaker Jamie SanFilippo. Jamie is the owner and guide of American Fly Fishing Company and president of the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited (Bellefonte/State College area). She is an accomplished…
April Membership Meeting will Feature Special Guest Greg Hoover
On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, the Doc Fritchey chapter will offer a webinar entitled “Cicadas – Brood X, the Methuselah of the Insect World,” by special guest speaker Greg Hoover. Such a timely program, as Brood X of the cicadas is set to invade our chapter area sometime mid to…
2021 Officers & Board of Directors Nominations
The following slate of officers and directors has been nominated to serve for the next year. Elections will be held at the start of the chapter’s annual meeting on February 23, 2021. Other nominations will also be accepted from the floor. Nominated Officers PresidentRich DiStanislaoVice PresidentChuck SwanderskiSecretaryBob PennellTreasurerTrip McGarveyNote: pursuant…
February Annual Meeting will Feature Special Guest Henry Ramsay
For our upcoming 2021 Annual Membership meeting, the Doc Fritchey Chapter will host special guest Henry Ramsay. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at 7:00 pm EST. Henry’s presentation — “A Walk On the Wild Side,” — will discuss the value that Pennsylvania's Class A trout…
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DFTU To Offer Advanced Fly Tying Course ONLINE
Due to the health risks created by the COVID-19 virus, our chapter cannot in good faith offer our customary face-to-face fly-tying course in the Spring of 2021. For obvious reasons, there is just too much close contact between student and mentor when trying to teach a beginner to tie trout…
January Membership Meeting will Feature Special Guest Rick Nyles
For our upcoming January General Membership meeting, the Doc Fritchey Chapter will host special guest Rick Nyles of Sky Blue Outfitters. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 7:00 pm EST. Rick's presentation — entitled “The Hatch Factory,” — will cover his experience fishing Penns Creek…
DFTU’s First Online Auction
As our members certainly know, COVID-19 brought unanticipated disruptions to all aspects of our health and social lives, including to the Doc Fritchey chapter’s annual fund-raising banquet, which was scheduled and cancelled three times. Because the banquet is our chapter’s main source of project funding for the year, the chapter’s…
2020 Fundraiser Moves to Online
Traditionally, the Doc Fritchey Chapter raises almost all the money we need to carry out our conservation and stewardship mission on one evening in late winter, at our annual conservation fundraising banquet. We all know how that worked out in March of 2020: We all stayed home and started to…