Clearwater Satellite Group in Gloversville

Clearwater TU Gloversville Satellite Chapter News

Paul Borisenko

Greetings Everyone, If you are like me you have been spending your time looking at the Fly fishing catalogs, tying flies, and thinking about spring. We will get there before you know it but I have got to believe that it's going to be a while before the streams settle down.

Some of you are aware that the Fly Shack is no longer able to host our meetings and that we have been looking at our alternatives. Well I am very happy to announce that we have been offered space at the Pine Tree Rifle Club. They are located in Johnstown at 419 Johnson Ave., which is just off of O'Neil St.

An interactive map is below to help in getting directions.

 
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Now I have to admit that I have never been there so I'm not going to attempt to give you directions, but looking at the map it appears to be pretty straight forward. Most of you are coming from a different direction than me so your directions would probably vary. I know some of you are members of this club and would be interested in helping with the directions feel free to speak up. The meeting time and day will remain the same as it has been. We will meet on the third Thursday of every month except July and August, and the meetings will run from 7-8:30 pm.

Meetings are preceded by a technical discussion relative to fly fishing, or fly tying by one of the groups experts in that particular area of the sport.

For additional information concerning the meetings please contact:

Paul Borisenko or Ron Dorn.

This satellite group is part of the Clearwater Chapter are able to participate in any of the chapters’ activities. As members of the satellite group, members can organize and participate in conservation activities closer to home near Gloversville, or participate in Clearwater Chapters’ activities if they so desire.  Anyone interested in getting information on membership meetings or scheduled activities for the satellite group can contact the Clearwater Chapter Membership Chairman John Morette.

The Gloversville group has had fly tying demonstrations, celebrations, a stream cleanup on the Cayudutta Creek, planning meetings, and more in its first year.  They did a streamside cleanup on the Cayadutta last summer and are gearing up for another series of cleanups this spring.  We also made a contact with the public works department and they, along with the city engineer, have offered their support in our efforts to improving the stream.

-Paul Borisenko

The Gloversville Satellite Chapter will be holding these upcoming programs at their monthly meetings each month beginning on October 20, 2011.  Please note that some Topics will be covered at regular meetings, while others will require additional time to better cover them.

At this time the following Topics are planned for Regular Meetings beginning with October 2011:

#1 Landing, playing, and releasing a fish.

#2 Knots, leaders, and Fly Line.

#3 Wiggle Nymphs Demo/Discuss.

#4 Natural Trout Foods.

#5 Reading the Water.

#6 Soft Hackles Demo/Discuss.

#7 Putting legs on Nymphs;

#8 Presenting Tied flies as Naturals;

#9 Dry Fly Wing Styles

#10 Special Fly Presentation Techniques

#11 Favorite Fly Night.

Those classes and Topics planned for extra time or special meetings are listed here:

Caddis Flies, Stoneflies, Streamers, Emergers, Mayfly nymphs, Mayflies adults, Midges, Terrestrials; and Large and or Specialty Flies.

Most if not all of these special meetings would be hands on fly tying, and discussion about specifics of the Topics. We do need to have at least one class “On the Water”

All topics are subject to change and flexibility. One or more assistants for each Topic area covered may be needed, so keep this in mind if you can attend and assist.

This satellite chapter is up and running and needs our support as they are part of Clearwater TU chapter itself.  Please send me any notes or meeting announcements for this group and I'll post them here and on the main calendar page. 

Many thanks go to the Fly Shack for their past support of the monthly meetings in Gloversville for our TU chapter.  Your support was greatly appreciated.

Cayadutta stream cleanup photos

Meeting and planning for the

Cayadutta cleanup

Working in the stream...

Some fishy-looking water perhaps?

Retrieving Water temperature loggers from Cayadutta

Another section (Site C) of the Cayadutta

Now where did I put that Temperature logger?