Fly Fishing in Iceland with Dusty Wissmath
2023-11-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Fort Indiantown Gap Community Club, 9-65 Fisher Avenue, Annville, PA, 17003, United States
As well as directing his own fly fishing school, Dusty Wissmath heads the Orvis Fly Fishing School in Boiling Springs, PA, is an instructor at the Wulff School of Fly Fishing, and served as the lead instructor at L.L. Bean’s Fly Fishing School in Virginia. He guides in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Montana and hosts trips to fly fishing destinations worldwide. Dusty is a Simms and Costa Guide Ambassador and a Pro Staff member of Scott Fly Rods, Hatch Reels, Hyde Drift Boats, ARC Fishing and a royalty tier for Holly Flies. His writing and photography can be found in several fly fishing publications.

Dusty will introduce us to the northeast coast of Iceland, where he will share some of his most unique and memorable fly fishing experiences with us. The fishing will be for large brown trout and Arctic char, primarily on dry flies, and Atlantic salmon as they move in from the Arctic Ocean on their spawning journey.

The presentation will feature the Mýrarkvísl and Reykjadalsa which are relatively small rivers that hold a great stock of brown trout along with good runs of salmon throughout the summer. These rivers run through plains for the first 15 km, making them perfect for dry fly fishing. After that, the rivers run through canyons which offer the opportunity to sight fish for trophy fish in the clear pools. Both rivers are tributaries of the Laxa which empty into Lake Vestmannsyatn about 5 km from the ocean. These rivers have an amazing character with such diversity that there is something for every angler, whether fishing the plains with small dry flies and nymphs or swinging flies and sight fishing for salmon in the canyon pools.

Diversion Wells Maintenance
2023-12-03 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-10 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-17 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-24 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-12-31 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-07 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-21 13:00 - 15:00 and 9 more dates | Gold Mine Gate, Stony Valley Railroad Grade, Jonestown, Pennsylvania, 17038, United States
All are welcome to meet in the parking lot at the east gate of the Stony Creek trail off Gold Mine Road to assist with weekly maintenance. For more information and directions to the diversion wells, see the Diversion Well page or contact Dennis Coffman at 717-350-8817.

Stocking: Quittie Creek
2024-02-20 11:30 - 13:30, 2024-04-08 11:30 - 13:30
Volunteers are needed to help us stock. We will meet at Quittie Park at 11:30 am. We need four people willing to float stock and others to help carry buckets.

If interested, please contact Dennis Coffman by phone at (717) 350-8817 or e-mail at: dcoffman@dftu.org.

Stocking: Manada Creek
2024-03-08 11:15 - 13:30
We are looking for volunteers to help stock Manada Creek for the spring fishing season. Needed are four (4) persons willing the get in the water to float stock, two (2) persons to walk the bank along with the float stockers, and others to carry buckets. We will meet at Furnace Road at 11:15 am.

If interested, please contact Dennis Coffman by email at dcstreamwalker@comcast.net or by phone at (717) 350-8817.

2024 Annual Membership Meeting
2024-03-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Fort Indiantown Gap Community Club, 9-65 Fisher Avenue, Annville, PA, 17003, United States
Join us on March 26 for our Annual Membership Meeting beginning at 7pm, in the Community Club at Fort Indiantown Gap. We will be holding DFTU’s Board Officers and Directors Election. Also, the Gerald L. Miller Volunteer of the Year Award will be presented, along with our “Passing of the Net.”

Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup: Clarks Valley Road
2024-04-20 09:00 - 12:00
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited will provide trash bags, safety vests, gloves and bottled water for volunteers. We split our volunteers into teams of two or three and walk along the shoulders of the highway, some teams going uphill and others downhill.

Volunteers pick up trash, litter, and assorted junk, with the intent of keeping that human-generated trash out of Clarks Creek.

We will meet at the parking lot located 5 miles from the turn-off unto Clarks Valley Road, if coming from the West. The parking lot is on a hill/raised area above the main road. There will be a sign marking the parking lot.

We never have enough volunteers, so if you are interested in helping, please contact Dennis Coffman by email at dcoffman@dftu.org to let him know

Stocking: Manada Creek
2024-05-03 11:45 - 14:00
We are looking for volunteers to help stock Manada Creek for the spring fishing season. Needed are four (4) persons willing the get in the water to float stock, two (2) persons to walk the bank along with the float stockers, and others to carry buckets. We will meet at Furnace Road at 11:45 am.

If interested, please contact Dennis Coffman by email at dcstreamwalker@comcast.net or by phone at (717) 350-8817.

Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup: Manada
2024-05-04 09:00 - 12:00
Volunteers Needed 👷🏻‍♂️

Manada Roadside clean-up. Meet at Furnace Road. This basically will be a roadside cleanup of the special regs area of Manada Creek. Gloves, Orange Vests, trash bags, and bottled water will be provided. Bring bug spray.

Contact Dennis Coffman at 717-350-8817 or by email at dcoffman@dftu.org.

May General Membership Meeting
2024-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Fort Indiantown Gap Community Club, 9-65 Fisher Avenue, Annville, PA, 17003, United States
Special Guest Justin Spangler, PE

Join us on May 28th for our General Membership Meeting, with presenter Justin Spangler. He will discuss Pennsylvania’s streams having a long and storied history that spans generations and cultures – culminating as the streams we see today.

We’re often passive observers of what the stream has become, rather than actively understanding the abundant resource that used to be. Justin’s presentation will look at the history of how these stream corridors were made long ago, illustrate the characteristics of abundance in the natural condition, and show examples of past alterations. He will also provide tips on how to read the evidence of relic features recorded in today’s stream banks.

This presentation will show how DFTU’s restoration project at Hammer Creek is actively incorporating these historical benchmarks into a comprehensive floodplain restoration to address the historical watershed impacts.

Justin is a Water Resources Engineer and Senior Associate at LandStudies, Inc. He has been collaboratively developing and progressing the collective understanding of floodplain restoration for the past 17 years, specializing in the identification of historical impacts and producing comprehensive floodplain restoration designs. Justin has also produced educational materials and courses for several project partners and agencies including Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service.

For those of you who have not joined us at the Community Club at Fort Indiantown Gap, please be assured this is an excellent meeting location. We are in a large private room, adjacent to the bar and grill; so many of our attendees arrive early for burgers, beer and conversation before the program begins at 7:00pm. This year’s Chapter President, Chuck Swanderski, runs an excellent meeting. Nice and tight, and operating on the SOT squared formula – start on time and stop on time.

Non-members are invited to attend!

NOTE: There is a newly-constructed main gate now operational at Ft. Indiantown Gap. To access the Community Club for our meetings, take exit 85B north on Rt. 934 (Fisher Road) from I-81 to the main gate. After checking in at the Security Station, the road winds around to a traffic light where you take a right and continue north on Fisher Road. The Community Club is located on the left just before the intersection with Clement Road.

July General Membership Meeting
2024-07-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Fort Indiantown Gap Community Club, 9-65 Fisher Avenue, Annville, PA, 17003, United States
Take a visual tour of New Zealand at our July 23rd General Membership Meeting! Dr. Brett Ernst, and his wife Mariann, will “travel” with you on an epic journey through its north and south islands, where you will experience the geology and cities, birds and plants, and of course trout. North island sight fishing at the Poronui lodge, breathtaking scenery of Milford sound and a ride on the TSS Earnslaw commissioned the same year as Titanic are some of the other adventures that are waiting for you. Hope to see you there!

For those of you who have not joined us at the Community Club at Fort Indiantown Gap, please be assured this is an excellent meeting location. We are in a large private room, adjacent to the bar and grill; so many of our attendees arrive early for burgers, beer and conversation before the program begins at 7:00pm. This year’s Chapter President, Chuck Swanderski, runs an excellent meeting. Nice and tight, and operating on the SOT squared formula – start on time and stop on time. Non-members are invited to attend!

Non-members are invited to attend!

NOTE: There is a newly-constructed main gate now operational at Ft. Indiantown Gap. To access the Community Club for our meetings, take exit 85B north on Rt. 934 (Fisher Road) from I-81 to the main gate. After checking in at the Security Station, the road winds around to a traffic light where you take a right and continue north on Fisher Road. The Community Club is located on the left just before the intersection with Clement Road.

Annual Summer Picnic
2024-08-25 15:00 - 19:00 | Memorial Lake State Park, 18 Boundary Rd, Grantville, Pennsylvania, 17028
Make a day of it for the whole family!

Catering by Mission BBQ:

Pulled pork, chicken, and brisket

8 sauces, slider rolls, and cornbread

Maggie’s Mac-n-Cheese

Baked Beans w/Brisket

Coleslaw

Cookies & Brownies

Summertime Lemonade, Sweet Tea, and Water

Activities and Games:

Horseshoe Pit

Cornhole

Fly Casting w/prizes

Fly Rod Demos

Boat Rentals (pay your way)

For directions, parking, middle pavilion site, maps and park activities, visit the website for Memorial Lake State Park.

Diversion Wells Maintenance Fall/Winter
2024-09-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Gold Mine Gate, Stony Valley Railroad Grade, Jonestown, Pennsylvania, 17038, United States
