Our February 8th meeting will feature two speakers from the Delaware River Club. The Delaware River Club is located on the banks of the West Branch of the Delaware River in Starlight Pennsylvania. Open to the public, the Delaware River Club has been a fixture on the West Branch of the Delaware River for over 20 years, offering comfortable lodging along with fly fishing schools, professional guides, and  a full-service fly shop on premises.
 
Samantha Dennis Guide
Samantha learned to fly fish on the freestone mountain streams of Vermont and the small rivers of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. While brook trout will always be her first love, the lure of big browns has drawn her to many locations, including a 23-day trip to Chilean Patagonia with her husband as their honeymoon. For the past 10 years, she has been pursuing trout in the challenging spring creeks of the Midwest. It took just one epic day on the Upper Delaware to hatch an obsession and she has been returning year after year. While trout on a dry are her favorite, she loves stalking smallmouth and anything that will devour a streamer.
 
Jeff White
Jeff has over 15 years of guiding under his belt, but has been fishing ever since he was a toddler growing up in Connecticut, spending his summers near the Delaware fishing with his grandfather. After working in the corporate world, Jeff decided to make a career out of his love for fishing and began guiding full time in the tail waters of Tennessee, prior to moving to Pennsylvania to manage the Delaware River Club.
Along with the Delaware River, Jeff has guided other waters in New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and both North & South Carolina. One thing is certain – good luck finding Jeff anywhere without a river nearby!
Jeff lives in Callicoon, NY overlooking the river with his wife, Kristin, their lab and doting cat. Also keeping the family tradition alive, Jeff takes his young niece fishing as frequently as possible, but his true passion is his chase for the salt and his free time is spent seeking out stripers and blue fin tuna on the fly.

Please join us for this presentation about this great fishery and destination of many Chapter members for many years.

We hope you have had a happy and healthy holiday season.  Please join us for the January regular membership meeting on the 11th.  Following our short business meeting and raffle, Ron Graziani, Chapter member and avid angler from shore, boat, and "hard water" will give a presentation on ice fishing.

A kielbasa potato and spinach skillet dish will be available prior to the meeting starting at 6:30 pm.  Feel free to bring a beverage of your choice, adult or otherwise! 

Dear Hammonasset TU members.

Please note that we will not have a December Chapter meeting.  On behalf of the Board, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  Please take the time to enjoy time with Family and friends and reflect on all the good things that happened for the year. 

As 2017 comes to a close, I want to say thank you for all our members of the chapter. Without your help and volunteer time, we would not be able to make an impact in our state.

We have had great meetings this year, a successful partnership with the State of CT DEEP Care program, Trout in the Classroom, Youth Education, River Assessments, Fishing Trips, Take a Vet Fishing and Fish ladder project. We accomplished a lot for 2017 and plan to enhance some programs as well as add some.

Look forward to our members to be engaged and be proud to be part of the Hammonasset Chapter and accomplishments.
 
Thank You,
 
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
 
James Swiatek
President of the Hammonasset Chapter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Join us on November 9th for our regular monthly meeting.  This month we will have a fishing equipment tag sale prior to the meeting.  Bring your "extra" gear that you would like to sell and your cash to buy that "essential" item that you just can't live without! 

Following our short business meeting and raffle, Rich Little from Shadcreek Flies will give his presentation on  "Fly Fishing in Maine is Wicked Fun." This program highlights Rich's experiences fishing in Maine for many years. He will take us along for  a look at great rivers like the Rapid, the East Outlet, the Roach and the West Branch of the Penobscot. These are beautiful rivers that hold nice Brook Trout and Landlocked Salmon.

Rich  will share with us his approach to fishing these rivers, the flies that have been successful for him, and the techniques that he uses.

The tag sale will start at 6:00 p.m.  Food will be available starting at 6:30 p.m.
 
We hope to see you at the  Quinnipiac River Watershed Association building at 540 Oregon Road in Meriden.  This month the doors open at 5:30 to set up for the tag sale. The monthly program starts at 7:00 p.m.

Please join us on October 12, 2017 for a presentation by well known Connecticut angler and fly tyer Paul Dinice titled: "Stages of Fly Fishing – A Life’s Experience."

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after”.

This is a very different program. Instead of focusing on catching more fish, or discussing a fly fishing destination, the primary focus is on the fly fisherman. What is it that drives us to be so passionate about the ‘Quiet Sport’? This program examines the various ‘stages’ in a fly fishers life, including the initial ‘discovery’ of the sport, the need to learn and educate ourselves more about it, it’s addictive powers, the friendships it has helped us form, the spirituality it has given us, and how it has provided us with a better understanding about where we fit in the world and universe.

Paul has a wealth of fly fishing knowledge and experience. He is always willing to share.  You can check out his website at:  http://tightlinesflyfishing.blogspot.com/. 

We hope to see you at at  Quinnipiac River Watershed Association building at 540 Oregon Road in Meriden.  The doors open at 6:15pm. The monthly program starts at 7:00 p.m.

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!