Doc Fritchey Trout Unlimited

January 28, 2025 General Membership Meeting
2025-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Fort Indiantown Gap Community Club, 9-65 Fisher Avenue, Annville, PA, 17003, United States
Penns Creek, the Hatch Factory – presented by Rick Nyles

Uncover the secrets of one of Pennsylvania’s premier wild trout waterways… Penns Creek! Rick Nyles, owner of Sky Blue Outfitters, will be our presenter at our General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, January 28. Rick has fished Penns Creek for over 40 years, and has a vast knowledge of the challenges and all the intrigue this stream has for anglers. Start 2025 learning about Penns Creek, from the hatches to the best catches!

Non-members are invited to attend!

Our General Membership Meetings are always open to the public. All are invited to attend, including non-members, family and friends.

SPECIAL NOTICE: This meeting will still be held at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Community Club, but the Arrowhead Bar and Grille will be CLOSED for this January meeting.

DIRECTIONS: There is a new Main Gate at Fort 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.

Diversion Wells Maintenance Fall/Winter
2025-01-26 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-19 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-12 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-05 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-08 13:00 - 15:00 and 13 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.

Fall 2024 Silent Auction
2024-11-09 00:00 - 2024-11-16 20:00

Adopt-A-Highway Clean-Up: Manada Creek
2024-10-26 08:30 - 12:00
rain or shine

Meet at Furnace Road off Manada Bottom Road. Bring gloves and bug spray. Please text or email Dennis Coffman (dcstreamwalker@gmail.com) if planning to attenda at (717) 350-8817.

Ladies Day
2024-09-28 09:30 - 15:30 | Limestone Springs Fishing Preserve, 930 Tulpehocken Rd, Richland, PA, 17087, United States
We are pleased to announce our 2024 Ladies Day Conservation and Fly Fishing Event, held at the Limestone Springs Fishing Preserve in Richland, Lebanon County.

This program is open to women who have an interest in stream conservation, and in learning the various skills of fly fishing. Due to its educational nature, and private waters, the possession of a PA Fishing License is not necessary.

SPECIAL PRICING for early registration!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
