: Last Updated: 12 February 2019 12 February 2019

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.

2018 - 2019 Schedule

Theme	Speaker	Meeting Date
In the footsteps of Joe Brook: A Fly Fishing Perspective	Jerry Kustich	February 20, 2019
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations	PPCTU Members	January 16, 2019
The Latest News on the Gunpowder	Gene Howson	November 28, 2018
Winter Fishing on Beaver Creek	James Harris	October 17, 2018
What I Did on My Summer Vacation	PPTU Members	September 26, 2018
Casting Clinic & Fly Fishing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem	Dusty Wissmath	May 16, 2018 Casting Clinic at 6:30
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations	PPCTU Members	April 18, 2018
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations	PPCTU Members	Reschedules to April
Flea Market	PPCTU Members	February 21, 2018
Annual Fly Tying Demonstrations	PPCTU Members	Reschedules to March

Time: 7:00 PM, Third Wednesday except December, June, July and August

Place: Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, Maryland

Directions: From Capitol Beltway -- North on Georgia Avenue (Rte. 97). First right onto Forest Glen Road. Pass Holy Cross Hospital and go across Sligo Creek Parkway. The Center is on the right, approximately one quarter mile.

Fly Tying Materials For Sale

Make a list of what you need and buy premium fly tying material at half price or less at the meeting. Here's a list of what will be there. All kinds of colors for fresh and saltwater.

Chenille - $1.00 each

Dubbing - $1.00 each

Thread Racks - $4.00 and $8.00

Egg Yarn, Pom Poms - $1.00 each

Various Wing Material - $1.00 each

Krystal Flash - $2.00 each

Icelandic Sheep - $2.00 Each

Cashmere Goat - $2.00 each

Tibetan Lamb - $2.00 each

Fake Fur - $1.00 each

Various Foam - $1.00 each

Rubber Legs - $1.00 each

Flashabou - $2.00 each

Various Fibers - $2.00 each

Yarn - $1.00 each

Squirrel Tail - $3.00 each

Calf Tail - $3.00 each

Rabbit Feet - $3.00 each

Thread - $1.00 each

CDC - $1.00 and $2.00 each

Deer & Elk Hair - $2.00 each

Yearling Elk - $3.00 each

Various Feathers - $1.00 - $4.00

Wire, Tinsel, Mylar - $.50 each

Partridge Skin - $20

Starling Skin - $2.00 each

Scud Back, Micro Fibbets, Ribbing - $1.00 each

Maribou - $2.00 each

Z-lon - $2.00 each

: Last Updated: 23 January 2019 23 January 2019

In the Footsteps of Joe Brooks: A Fly Fishing Perspective

a slideshow presented by Jerry Kustich

In the mid-70s a book by legendary Joe Brooks inspired a life-long fly-fishing journey that started in Idaho. Along the way, Jerry Kustich learned many lessons about rivers, the environment, bamboo rods, and life itself. From steelheading the West Coast and the Great Lakes, trout fishing Montana, striper fishing the East, or many other stops in between, the program details in slides a wonderful journey well worth sharing.

About Jerry:
After working 22 years for R.L. Winston Rods, Jerry Kustich left the company in 2006 to start Sweetgrass Rods (http://www.sweetgrassrods.com/) with his longtime friend, mentor, and bamboo rod master Glenn Brackett. Jerry is a craftsman, writer, conservationist, and a dedicated angler. He has authored four books of fly fishing stories. His latest is entitled Holy Water. He also co-authored Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead with his brother Rick, which has become a classic. His articles have appeared in several publications, and throughout his semi-retirement years he plans on continuing to live the fly-fishing way of life.

See you there!

Karan Singh