Dave Rothrock to speak on Nymphing at Chapter Meeting

The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring a program entitled “Diversified Nymphing”, presented by Dave Rothrock.  While Euro Nymphing is the “craze of the day”, it is important to understand that any technique has its limits.  We’ll take an in-depth look at various techniques to address a variety of conditions.  We’ll also discuss tackle, flies, and applications which, when coupled with these techniques, can increase the effectiveness of any angler.

Dave has been pursuing trout and other species with a fly rod since the mid-1960’s and he’s been tying flies for a bit longer than he’s been fishing them.  He has fished throughout the East, into the Midwest and Europe where he has fished great waters in Austria and Slovenia.  Dave’s articles have appeared in Fly Fisherman, American Angler, and Pennsylvania Angler magazines, as well as other publications.  His fly patterns have graced the pages of various publications, books and calendars.  He has presented programs on fly fishing related topics to groups throughout the Eastern U.S. and Canada.  Dave is also a co-author of the book “Keystone Fly Fishing”: The Ultimate Guide to Pennsylvania’s Best Water.  He also authors his website blog at www.therantingangler.com.  In 2004 Dave and George Daniel teamed together to compete in the northeast regional qualifier for Barrett Production’s Fly Fishing Masters competition.  As a team they placed 1^st out of 36 teams in the 2-day casting competition.  Dave is a former Orvis Endorsed Guide, as well as a former FFI Certified Casting Instructor.  He has worked as an instructor in the L.L. Bean fly fishing schools and has taught fly fishing, casting and fly tying classes for various fly shops and groups. Dave currently guides and teaches fly fishing and casting through his business, Salmo-Trutta Enterprises, as well as being on the staff of Sky Blue Outfitters.  He utilizes many of the best trout streams in central and north central PA as his classroom environment.  Dave also serves as an Ambassador Pro with Douglas Outdoors and also serves on the Pro Staff of HMH Vices, Cortland Line and Flystones.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 13^th at 7:00 pm at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 W. 4^th Street, in Williamsport.  Parking and entrance to the Church is at the rear of the building with access off of Campbell Street.