On September 14th, Mark Wittman will give a presentation on Adirondack small stream brook trout.

A bit about Mark from Sportsman Compass:
  http://sportsmenscompass.com/fishing-gurus/mark-wittman/. 

• Home Waters: Small streams in Connecticut &  Adirondack mountains of New York
• State: Connecticut
• Skill Set:  Avid fly fishermen and tyer with an interest in classic wet flies
• Website: www.fishingsmallstreams.com

Come join us for fellowship and an informative presentation!

I hope you :this as interesting as I did.  See:  http://stevenojai.tripod.com/nymph.htm.

Please join us for our annual picnic meeting!  We will again meet at QRWA Regional Education Center. Come and meet some of the TIC teachers and have a hot dog and/or burger with picnic fare with us! The picnic will start on 5/11 at 5PM, 540 Oregon Rd. South Meriden.  Come to fish earlier and stay for the picnic and meeting!

SATURDAY May 13, 2017
9:00am – 3:00pm
Rain or Shine
 
 
IF YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WAY TO TEACH A CHILD ABOUT FLYFISHING AND COLD WATER CONSERVATION THEN YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT!
 

• FLY TYING
• FLY CASTING
• ASSIST WITH A TROUT STOCKING
• FISHING FOR TROUT IN STOCKED POND
• CONNECTICUT  FREE FISHING DAY
• AND MUCH MORE …

 
 
This year, our event will be held in conjunction with the CT DEEP’s “Free Fishing Day” and the annual “No Child Left Inside” Event at Chatfield Hollow State Park in Killingworth, CT.
 
There will be fishing (lead by CARE instructors) and fish related educational activities (organized by the CT State Parks Division).  There will also be fish stocking, fishing, fish cooking, and educational games and activities all focused on fish.
 
DO NOT MISS THIS GREAT DAY OF LEARNING & FUN!
No registration needed!
 
This event will be held at Chatfield Hollow State Park in Killingworth, CT. The day will start at 9 am and run thru 4 pm. Parents are encouraged to stay for the entire event and encouraged to fish with their children as part of “CT Free Fishing Day”.  Bait, hooks & rods will be supplied to those who need them.

SATURDAY May 13, 2017
9:00am – 3:00pm
Rain or Shine
 
IF YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WAY TO TEACH A CHILD ABOUT FLYFISHING AND COLD WATER CONSERVATION THEN YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT!

• FLY TYING
• FLY CASTING
• ASSIST WITH A TROUT STOCKING
• FISHING FOR TROUT IN STOCKED POND
• CONNECTICUT  FREE FISHING DAY
• AND MUCH MORE …

 
 
This year, our event will be held in conjunction with the CT DEEP’s “Free Fishing Day” and the annual “No Child Left Inside” Event at Chatfield Hollow State Park in Killingworth, CT.
 
There will be fishing (lead by CARE instructors) and fish related educational activities (organized by the CT State Parks Division).  There will also be fish stocking, fishing, fish cooking, and educational games and activities all focused on fish.
 
DO NOT MISS THIS GREAT DAY OF LEARNING & FUN!

Pre-registration required to be eligible for the final Great Park Pursuit prize
 
(Registration opens on Friday, March 24 and closes on Friday, May 5, 2017)
 
No registration required to come for the day.
 
This event will be held at Chatfield Hollow State Park in Killingworth, CT. The day will start at 9 am and run thru 3 pm. Parents are encouraged to stay for the entire event and encouraged to fish with their children as part of “CT Free Fishing Day”.  Bait, hooks & rods will be supplied to those who need them.
 

Check out our Calendar page for all the upcoming events including fishing trips. 

Our Thursday, April 13th Membership meeting will feature Rob Nicolas from Housatonic Outfitters!
 

Learn to Fly Fish with Orvis
Fly Fishing 101 & 201

http://www.orvis.com/flyfishing101

Check out these learning opportunities at: 

Orvis Retail Store, Avon
380 W Main Street
Unit 17, Avon Market Place
Avon, CT 06001
Phone: 860-678-7900

Orvis Retail Store, Darien
432 Boston Post Road
Darien, CT 06820
Phone: 203-662-0844

Harris Outdoors
889 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Phone: 860-391-8655

Join us at our March Meeting.  Mike Roberts will be our speaker with a talk about fishing "the old days" on the Quinnipiac River. Mike is a life long resident of South Meriden, he fished and hunted as a kid around south Meriden. He writes a weekly article in the Record Journal and has fished and hunted for anything that had legs or gills!

Our pre-meeting food this month is a pre-Saint Patrick's Day Irish meal of Irish Dublin Coddle and Soda Bread.  Bring a can or bottle of your favorite Irish beer to enjoy with the food!