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  • Baltimore Sun Columnist Dan Rodricks to speak at FSFF this Wednesday

    Award winning Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks will be the guest speaker of the Free State Fly Fishers this coming Wednesday evening, 6 November at 7:30 p.m. He will present a slide show about his most recent book, Father’s Day Creek – Fly Fishing, Fatherhood and the Last Best Place on Earth.

    Father’s Day Creek is the name Mr. Rodricks has given to a favorite Pennsylvania trout location. His book details how this particular body of water evolved from a site challenged by agricultural runoff, formerly stocked with rainbows and stampeded annually by put and take anglers to a now pristine catch and release stream that is well populated by naturally reproducing brown trout.

    A longtime fly angler, Mr. Rodricks details the ecological comeback of Father’s Day Creek in his book. He discusses his love of fishing and his approaches to fly fishing. Perhaps most important, he describes the meaning this Pennsylvania stream has had upon his life. He has written an excellent book and his presentation promises to be very entertaining. Please join us. Here are directions to our Davidsonville clubhouse: http://fs-ff.com/index.php/clubhouse-location/

    November’s meeting will be our last public meeting of the year. However, we have lined up an excellent slate of speakers for 2020. They range from club members sharing photos and details of their recent trips (TX Redfish and Chesapeake Cobia) to MD CCA director Dave Sikorski, Capital Gazette columnist Chris Dollar, MD Heroes on the Water director Jim Cooper, MD DNR representatives and other local authors and media personalities with ecological messages to share. Indeed our 2020 speaker schedule promises to be highly interesting. I encourage you to visit. Our meetings are always free to the public.

    More information about the Free State Fly Fishers is found on this link: http://fs-ff.com/wp-content/uploads/...l-2_7_2019.pdf

    Thank you,
    Mark
    Pasadena, MD


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    We had another standing room only crowd last night as members gathered to hear Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks talk about his excellent book Father’s Day Creek, On Fly Fishing, Fatherhood and the Last Best Place on Earth.


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    Dan discussed his upbringing in Massachusetts, his start as an angler fishing with his father on charter boats and his evolution to fly fishing. He read touching and humorous passages from his book and he shared videos and photos of fishing with his son in notable Western Maryland trout destinations. In short, he did a fantastic job captivating our members with his stories.

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    Also, we had a great raffle with winners choosing from a well-stocked table of prizes including flies, tying tools, books and fly rods.

    Last night was our final general meeting of the year. However, we'll start up again in January with an excellent slate of speakers lined up for 2020 -- speakers that cover topics of interest to anglers of all kinds. Plus there is no charge for admission to any FSFF meeting or event.

    http://fs-ff.com/index.php/events/

    Many thanks,
    Mark
    Pasadena, MD


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      Sorry I couldn't attend, Mark. It sounded like a very interesting presentation and discussion. It is neat to hear a success story about fishing and an ecosystem improving.

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