Don is a native of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania where he lives today with his wife Barbara. He taught English at Stroudsburg High School for 30 years. He served in the United States Army in 1969-71. He earned an M.S. in aquatic biology, and since 1980 has worked as a biologist with Aquatic Resource Consulting. He has been involved in stream baseline and monitoring studies of fishes and macroinvertebrates throughout the Northeast. He enjoys fly fishing the Brodhead and wrote the booklet Pocono and Upper Delaware Hatches, was published in Rod & Reel, and authored over 60 technical reports for Aquatic Resource Consulting. He has conducted a course available on a 3DVD set: Trout Stream Entomology & Fly Tying. For the last several years, he has enjoyed painting trout studies and angling and landscape scenes. He remains very active in the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited, the Brodhead Watershed Association, Pocono Heritage Land Trust, and the PA Fly Fishing Museum Association
On Thursday, November 12th Don will discuss EASTERN HATCHES.
This program emphasizes the importance of doing your own observation and experimentation. It presents the natural phenomena and aesthetic experiences that make fly fishing a continual intrigue. The program includes the following:
A seasonal guide to eastern hatches
Some little-known facts about major hatches
The importance of stream-to-stream variation
Correlation of immature and adult stages
Recommended patterns, theories of fly design
Techniques for different hatches
Time of year, time of day, and water types for various hatches
You should receive an email from our president, Jim Langell, with all the details just before the meeting.