September Meeting at Cora’s

Due to the weather forecast, the meeting on September 13 at 5:30 has been moved to upstairs at Cora’s Restaurant in Hawley.

September 2022 Fly of the Month – Lo-pro Stone

September 2022 Fly of the Month – Lo-pro Stone While fishing the Yellow Stonefly egg laying flights on the Lackawaxen, I experienced some nights the trout would refuse the usually reliable Lacky Stimulator.  This would be a particular problem when fishing the calmer water of the pool.  When this happened,

August 2022 – Magic Owl

Magic Owl – August 2022 Fly of the Month I received an e-mail from Jay Cannavo suggesting that I watch a video of a fly being tied by Lindsay Simpson.  The fly called the Magic Owl is tied in large sizes for fishing lakes in Europe.  To view the video,

Brookfield Announces Change to Boating Release Schedule

Brookfield Renewable, owner and operator of the Wallenpaupack Hydroelectric Plant, announcestoday the potential to miss upcoming scheduled boating releases on the Lackawaxen River due to maintenance activities being performed at the hydroelectric plant. On or after July 1, Brookfield Renewable is required to offer eight boating releases with flows of

July 2022 – Malone Skater

 Malone Skater This simple fly was first shown to me in the early 70s by the late Russ Malone.  I don’t fish it often but sometimes it does seem to attract fish to the surface when others fail.  What the fish take a skater (often called a spider) for is

June 2022 – Unusual Emerger

Unusual Emerger Borrowing the concept of using snowshoe rabbit foot hair from Fran Betters’ Usual, western tyer Howard Cole developed a fly with a good mix of imitative form and unkempt appearance necessary for an effective emerger pattern.  The recipe here is for the PMD but by changing size and

May 2022 – Zelon Dun

Zelon Dun This modification of Craig Matthew’s Sparkle Dun is useful for those who have trouble working with the deer hair wing on the original particularly in the smaller sizes.  When tying the wing spread the zelon out in a fan.  Do not leave it clumped like a post.  Another

April 2022 – Olive Dorato

Olive Dorato A previous FOM back in July 2009 was the Dorato Hare’s Ear. The DHE was tied to represent an active caddis. Bill Dorato, who came up with the pattern, tied hackle Catskill style and then trimmed it even with the hook point. This makes the fly easier to

March 2022 – Peacock Caddis

Peacock Caddis Since it was originated by Jim Bonnett in the early 70’s for fishing the fast rough water on the South Fork of the Boise River in Idaho, this pattern has proved effective on similar waters all around the country.  The combination of peacock herl and Adam’s type hackle

Brookfield to Control Releases on Lackawaxen for Trout Season

On March 14th Brookfield Renewables announced the start of restricted generation from our Wallenpaupack Hydroelectric Plant to keep anglers safe on the Lackawaxen River. PFBC has requested that we start restricted generation early this year so rather than a start date of April 16, 2022, restricted generation will begin April

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