Phone Numbers Useful Websites Directory of Officers Style Guide
USEFUL RESOURCE PHONE NUMBERS
Region 3 DEC (845) 256-3161 DEC Police Dispatcher Region 3 (845) 256-3013 DEC Conservation Officer -Bob Hoder (845) 483-9672
Esopus Creek Hotline (845) 688-5108 Beaverkill Daily Report (4/1 to 7/1) (607) 498-5350 Housatonic Fly Fishing Assoc. (860) 669-4359 Housatonic Meadows Fly Shop - Marty (860) 672-6064 Housatonic River Outfitters (860) 672-1010 Housatonic Anglers (R. Nicholas) (860) 672-4457 Farmington River Information (860) 738-7327 Trout Unlimited National (703) 522-0200 Catskill Fly Fishing Center (845) 439-4810 Salmon River Water Level (Pulaski) (800) 452-1742 (use Site Code 365123)
Angler's Den, Pawling (845) 855-5182 Mid-Hudson T.U. NETWORK Web Site (845) 868-7715 Mid-Hudson T.U. Fax (845) 471-3745
FLy Fishing Websites
The web contains a wealth of fly Fishing information. Below is a listing of a few worthwhile sites together with some descriptive comments. To view a sight click on the site address.
www.flyanglersonline.com Arguabley one of the best and most comprehensive flyfishing site out there. This site is a weekly magazine which covers a myriad of flyfishing topics including flyfishing techniques, fly tying, fly patterns, entomology, rod building, and much more. Step by step photographs of fly tying steps are available for many flies. There are a variety of bulletin boards with the general board and the fly tying boards receiving a lot of activity on a daily basis. All data including bulletin board topics are archived and can be searched by entering a key word.
www.troutflies.com This website contains excellent step by step tutorials for tying a number of types of flies.
www.housatonicanglers.com This is guide Rob Nicholas' website. He provides a daily river report for the Housatonic and the Farmington.
www.thefeatheredhook.com This is the site of a fly shop in central Pennsylvania. It provides current stream conditions and hatch calendars.
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/rt A United States Geodetic Survey site which provides real-time information and graphs of stream and river conditions with respect to rate of flow, temperature, and water levels throughout New York State.
www.catskillflies.com Website of the Catskill Flies fly shop in Roscoe. A reliable on-line source for daily reports addressing stream conditions and hatches on the major Catskill streams.
www.flyfishct.com Webite of the Housatonic Meadows Fly Shop. The site provides a daily report on stream conditions and hatches on the fly fishing section of the "Housy."
www.danica.com/flytier A fly tying site with superb photography depicting a large number of flies. The flies presented are the work of a number of excellent tiers along with recipes and instructions.
www.askaboutflyfishing.com/ This is the website for Fly Fishing Radio. The site contains interviews with fly fishing personalities covering a range of fly fishing topics. The interviews last approximately 90 minutes. Something to listen to when you are tying flies.
http://www.mayfly.com/ This site provides information from Al Caucci, who wrote the book "Hatches" Very knowledgeable on the Delaware systems. See river reports, plus learn how to tie a Compara emerger.
Committee Chairs Conservation - Jan Weido & Don Jiskra Federation - Jim Fedorchak Membership - Nancy Clancy Programs - Rob O'Neal Projects - Bill Relyea Publicity - Bill Conners Website - Sig Holtz Youth - Jan Weido
Vice President David Barletta 111 Cranberry Drive Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 H: (845) 226-6405 davebar@frontiernet.net
Secretary Mark Searle 18 Hartstone Drive Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 H: (845) 471-6402 W: (845) 877-6821, ext.3065 mbs32152@aol.com
Board Member Sigmund Holtz 54 Wildwood Drive Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 H: (845) 462-0694 acorn12@optonline.net
Board Member Rob O'Neil 101 Mandalay Drive Poughkeepsie, NY 12063 H: (845) 416-6307 burlschromers@yahoo.com
Board Member Thomas Meyering 13 Cortlandt Drive Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 H: (845) 235-7699 tmeyering@optonline.net
Past President Joseph Rist 12 Sparrow Lane Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 H: (845) 462-5342 twojakes99@aol.com
Chapter Addresses:
MidHudson Trout Unlimited P.O.Box 982 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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