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Monthly Meeting : Open to the Public
Fourth Thursday of the Month at the Boiceville Inn on Rt 28, Boiceville, NY (845) 657-8500
Fly Tying Demo, 6:30 PM
Meeting, 7:30 PM
Program 8:00 PM
Upcoming Action alert |
For your information....action and participation....
We need Leaf Pack volunteers once again this year. For those of you who participated last year, it was quite an experience. This year is looks like these are the dates...
" get the word out to the troops: July 26 (or 27-your pick) to place the packs; August 16th collect them, and people are encouraged to attend the workshop, which runs two days, August 15th ad 16th. "
I will get the final call on the dates in the next few days...but please plan on spending a few hours ....either on creating and placing the leafpacks or picking them up and collecting the "bugs" a few weeks later.
Thanks,
Chet
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Next Meeting Sept 25th |
Please plan to attend the Ashokan-Pepacton Watershed Chapter's meeting on Sept 25th. .
Program to be announced.
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Fly Tying
Fly Tying Workshops Contact: Hank Rope 845-254-5904 E-MAIL: TYEFLYS@HVC.RR.COM Fly Tying Classes Phoenicia NY Once again the Jerry Bartlett Memorial Angling Collection at the Phoenicia Library will be offering fly tying workshops this winter. The purpose of these workshops is to pass on the art and the history of fly tying, specifically the angling heritage of the Esopus Creek and Phoenicia. The workshops will be held on three Saturdays: February 23rd, March 1st and March 8th. The first workshop will be introduction to basic fly tying. The subsequent workshops will build on these skills and teach tying wet and dry flies and streamers. All workshops will be held from 10:15 am - 2:00 PM on the second floor of the Phoenicia Library on Main Street. Bring your lunch. The classes open to all aged 14 or above are free, although donations to the Library are encouraged. No experience is necessary, but participants must provide their own equipment (vise, scissors, hackle pliers, bobbin and some 6/0 black and brown thread.) Feathers and hooks will be supplied. Call Hank Rope at 845-254 5904, if you would like more information or to register. Class size is limited and registration is required for all sessions. Volunteers are needed for this event, so if you have some free time and would like to assist please come on over.
UPDATE Hi! Second floor of Phoenicia Library is closed for repairs. I must move the fly tying class. There is a lot of room at The Phoenicia Fish and Game on rt 28 ( ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RT 28 EAST OF PHOENICIA) so on Saturday February 23 from 1000 to 1400 (10am to 2pm for you land lubbers) we will have a get together to tye flys. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Bring your tools and if you have it materials for coachman style flies. We will begin by tying a Royal Wulff and go from there. If things work out we will pick a fly to tye on the following two Saturdays. Bring vise and tools. If you have the following bring them. I will do my best to have extra materials.
HOOK MUSTAD 94840 #14 THREAD GOLDEN PHEASANT TIPPET BROWN HACKLE CAPE PEACOCK HERL RED FLOSS WHITE CALF TAIL WOODCHUCK TAIL ( BROWN CALF TAIL IS ALSO GOOD) Lunch if you like, and something to drink
We will have coffee, I must tell you Rich Augustine makes a STRONG cup of coffee Rich will also hold a class for beginners at the same time
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This is the Usual, a fly designed by Fran Betters. It is a simple fly to tye and is very effective.
One only has to remember when fishing the usual and approached by another angler the proper response to "what are you using" is "THE USUAL" Hook: Dry Fly #12-#18
Thread: Hot Orange 8/0 Body: Underfur from snowshoe hare's foot. Wing: Snowshoe Hare Tail: Snowshoe Hare  Tye on orange thread from behind hook eye to a point above the barb. Now get some of the kinky hair from the rear portion of the hare's foot for the tail. Tie down the tail material, tail length is equal to hook length. Next dub the body. The body material is the underfur from the snowshoe hare. Dub it forward about 3/4 of the way. Then using the same material you used for the tail of the fly tie in a wing. I then like to dub forward of the wing to the head with the same body material. Wrap thread forward to form a head and whip finish. |
June 20, 2008 Hi all, Update on Hank: Hank is getting stronger every day. He hopes to be back to his old self in a month or so. Unfortunately he isn't quite up to writing the newsletter yet. So your stuck with me for the time being. This months meeting will be a fishing event on the Esopus on the 26th.. Evening on the stream
We will meet at the Boicevulle Inn at 6 PM then separate to fish for a few hours and then return to the Inn for Pizza. Come on out for an evening of fun. The following was submitted by Jim Littlefoot: Fishing is good almost everywhere. The West Point Cadets had a great time at the picnic, and there was enough APC members to escort them to different parts of the Esopus to fish. They are expected to come again in September for great food and good fishing. Membership is climbing thanks to Roger and others. Best fishing right now is in the Neversink, water temperature is approximately 58 to 55 degrees depending on the area where you are fishing from Woodbourne down to the gorge as of today. The feeder streams flowing to the Pepacton Reservoir are also excellent fishing just have to watch out for snakes.
Someone may want to add, the proposal for the Esopus to be Catch & release from 5 arch bridge to Phoenicia. There is much opposition from the people who live in Boiceville to Phoenicia on the proposal. They prefer it closed or cut the length in half for one year and open the other half all year around and reverse the possess the next year. There is a lot to write about. JL
The following information was submitted by Bruce Duffy: July 12 th is a no license needed fishing day at Stone Ridge Orchard, located on Rt. 213, between 209 and High Falls. The event is sponsored by the NYSDEC and will take place from 7 am to 3 pm. Fishing poles will be available for anyone that needs to barrow a pole for the day.
Shandaken Tunnel Outlet SPDES Permit General Meeting – August 26, 2008 The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) hereby gives notice that a meeting will be held from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M., on Wednesday August 26, 2008, at the DEP office located at 71 Smith Avenue in Kingston. The meeting is being held in accordance with State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Discharge Permit No. NY-026-8151, for the Shandaken Tunnel Outlet. NYCDEP will discuss the progress of several projects in the Catskill watershed region. Public input is welcome. The meeting is open to the public. Contact Person: Erika Boetsch Thats it for this month. As you guys can see other members are putting in their views and information. Without it, there is no newsletter. This is your chapter. Write about what is happening in your area. Webmaster
April 3, 2008 Hi All, We didn't have a newsletter this month because our esteamed editor was unavoidedly occupied elsewhere with some health issues. Hopefully Hank will return next month with some good stories to pass along. We all wish Hank a speedy recovery and return. Unfortunately the meeting last week had a scheduling issue with a local musical group, who played well, but made hearing what Mike Flaherty, Fisheries Bioligist NY-DEC was talking about hard to hear. The meeting was great however. Good friends and good food always make for a great evening. Speaking about good food, if you didn't join us for our annual conservation dinner held 3/29/08 at the Boiceville Inn, you missed some really great food and a chance to bid on great items in the bucket raffles and the silent auction. At the biggining of the dinner Chet Karwatowski Gave out two awards, one, The Silver Trout Award was presented to Frank Baker, in appreciation for the time donated to the chapter in creating, and maintaining this web site. The second, The Golden Trout Award was givin to Tony Cocozza for his tireless efforts working on multiple areas for the chapter. A good time was had by the 100 or so folks who did attend. If you didn't make it, there is always next year.
Web Master
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Special Report on the BelleAire Resort Here The links below are PDF files from Chet for everyone to read. You will need Adobe PDF reader to view. Agreement in Principle for the Proposed Belleayre Resort I Agreement in Principle on the Belleayre Resort Proposal. II
Belleayre UPDATE
Greetings Mountain Savers,
Last night more than 70 of us went to OUR public Ski Center on Belleayre Mountain to make our voices and our opinions heard. You can be very proud of all our neighbors and of our combined effort. We're maintaining a high level of honesty, dignity and integrity.
The pleasant, silent approach recommended by Scott Gould was dead on, though we didn't have to maintain absolute silence as there were NO counter-anybodies on the scene. We did no shouting. No one was angry. Our signs were creative and civil. Thanks to BMSC for the very helpful hot chocolate--it WAS cold!
We expressed our concern and our opposition, but were cheerful and on the upswing. "They" looked dour and feel desperate. Save the Mountain!
Here's the Mid-Hudson News story:
And here's our press release sent to more than 50 news outlets today. UC Legislator Don Gregorious was on WKNY Radio in Kingston. I called in to thank him for standing with us, literally and figuratively.
Watch for more coverage and let us know--just in case we miss something!
Community Representatives Protest Spitzer’s Belleayre Resort AIP “Agreement In Principle” and Judith Enck’s accepting “Spirit of the Catskills” award for Governor Spitzer, during SEQRA Review Enck accepted petition to Spitzer; Enck to meet with community members (Highmount, NY – January 27, 2008) Some 70 Catskill Park community representatives from villages and hamlets all over the region braved 15 degree weather to protest the Belleayre Resort proposed by Crossroads Ventures, and the fatally-flawed “Agreement in Principle” signed by DEP and brokered behind closed-doors by Governor Spitzer and Deputy Secretary for the Environment Judith Enck. Protestors were in high spirits despite the cold, noise and constant blowing snow from the Ski Center’s roaring diesel-powered artificial snow guns. They were also expressing outrage that Judith Enck came to the public Belleayre Mountain Ski Center to accept the “Spirit of the Catskills” award for Governor Spitzer from boosters and investors of the proposed private for-profit real estate development. Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park’s two developments, Wildacres Spa and Highmount Spa, the largest ever proposed for the Catskill Park region, are currently under SEQRA Review, with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, host to the occasion, the Snowball fundraiser, as lead agency. “It’s just inappropriate for them to accept this award,” said Julie McQuain of Save the Mountain. “Whether it’s the governor himself or Ms. Enck, who personally facilitated this proposed “deal,” it’s a slap at the public during SEQRA review.” When presenting the petition to Enck, McQuain asked “What’s the point of public participation in a review if the important decisions are already made?” In consideration for their neighbors attending the annual Snowball, a fundraiser for the Belleayre Music Festival, protestors were friendly and let the ubiquitous red Save the Mountain and numerous creative handmade signs do the shouting: Don’t SPIT Sir on Our Mountain; Closed Doors + Gag Order = Bad Deal; No Developer Welfare; $pirit of the Cat$kill$; Land Left INTACT--No Carbon IMPACT!; Forever Wild—NOT Defiled. “Thank you for voicing your opinions,” Enck replied, as she stopped to read signs and accept the petition. “If you want a meeting with me we can make arrangements.” “We are very concerned about the negative social and economic impacts that a corporate-owned resort of this magnitude would bring about,” said Judith Wyman of Friends of Catskill Park. “In addition to the negative impacts on the environment, there would be costs to local economies and taxpayers.” “Destination resorts are geared to contain their clientele and compete head-on with local businesses,” Wyman said. “And historically taxes go up, not down, to pay for increased services needed. So the communities pay twice, first in loss of quality of life and second in higher taxes" “Why should the taxpayer-funded Belleayre Ski Center expansion and snowmaking favor one private developer’s timeshare sales?” asked John Carney, of HART: the Hardenburgh Assn of Residents and Taxpayers. “Investing more in snowmaking for Ski resorts is a dubious use of taxpayer assets,” said Scott Gould, also of HART. “The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Northeast Climate Change Report warns of warmer winters and less snow,” he added. Other issues raised by participants included: more flooding, excessive traffic on winding country roads, light pollution of the famously dark, starry night sky, clear cutting trees for a golf course, and high elevation commercial construction spoiling famous Catskill mountain views. Ulster County Legislator Don Gregorious of Woodstock stood with his constituents throughout the cold but animated gathering. Rep. Maurice Hinchey stopped to express his support for their message, chatting with protestors and reading signs on his way in to the party. Underscoring the broad-based concern about the massive development proposed for the Catskill Park and the character of their rural mountain communities, protestors came from nearby villages and hamlets of Highmount, Fleischmanns, Pine Hill, Halcott Center, Hardenburgh, Arkville, Margaretville, Mt. Tremper, Phoenicia, Woodstock, Andes, Saugerties; and several from even further away Delhi, Otego, NYC and even Long Island. Background on the proposed Belleayre Resort development, the petition to Governor Eliot Spitzer, full text and exhibits of the “Agreement in Principle,” news articles, photos and illustrations are available at www.SavetheMountain.net Note to editors: Photos and interviews available. |
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