General Chapter Meeting Information
A featured part of almost every month's membership meeting is the guest speaker program. The Board of Directors spends a lot of time planning and arranging for the featured speakers. We begin by designing a general theme for each month's program and then follow up by identifying and booking potential speakers. Some of our virtual meetings have been recorded and are available for viewing on YouTube by clicking on the Theme title.
Our Meetings are currently hybrid (in person and virtual).
Virtual Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84513892449?pwd=dF0GIKT8AwMRmoZnTPsv7TosDhLakh.1
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Theme
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Speaker
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Meeting Date
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| “2024 Trout Population Surveys for the Catoctin Streams” | Speaker: Michael Kashiwagi | April 16, 2025 |
| “Maryland Fly Fishing Trail” Passcode: M9&mgH8u | Speaker: Rich Batiuk | March 19, 2025 |
| “Fishing The Gunpowder River” | Speaker: Rich Dennison | February 19, 2025 |
| “Fly Tying Extravaganza 2025” (IN PERSON ONLY) | PPTU Members and Guests | January 15, 2025 |
| “Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon” Passcode: R2jG4EX* | Speaker: Monte Burke | November 20, 2024 |
| “Fishing Western Maryland’s Savage River” PDF Presentation | Speaker: Matt O'Neal | October 16, 2024 |
| “On the Water Vacation Stories” | Speaker: PPTU Members | September 18, 2024 |
| “TU Western Maryland Initiative” | Speaker: Ben Harris | May 15, 2024 |
| “In Search of Good Water” (IN PERSON ONLY) | Speaker: Author John N. Maclean | April 17, 2024 |
| “Success Not Stress on Spring Creeks” | Speaker: Mike Heck | March 20, 2024 |
| “Climate Change Impacts and Threats to Cold Water Fisheries” | Speaker: Jim Irons | February 21, 2024 |
| “Fly Tying Extravaganza 2024” | In Person PPTU Members and Guests | January 17, 2024 |
Time: Meeting 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Third Wednesday except December, June, July and August
New Meeting Place (starting September 18, 2024):
Laurel VFD meeting hall
7588 Van Dusen Rd.
Laurel, MD 20707
- Details
“2024 Trout Population Surveys
for the Catoctin Streams”
Guest Speaker: Michael Kashiwagi
April 16th, 2025
For our April meeting we are happy to host Michael Kashiwagi - Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Western II Regional Fisheries Manager for Frederick and Washington counties and the upper Potomac River. Michael will present the results of the 2024 trout population surveys for the Catoctin streams, talk about the conditions affecting the streams, and answer any questions you may have for him.
Michael was born and raised in Montgomery County. He has a graduate degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Mississippi State University and has been with the Maryland DNR for the past 18 years. Michael initially worked with the Maryland Biological Stream Survey before transferring over to the Freshwater Fisheries Program.
– Scott Cernich