Our featured speaker for the March 27th meeting will be John Kuriawa, an accomplished angler who will share his expertise in shad fishing. John has been a member of Trout Unlimited, theNational Capital Chapter (TU NCC), for a number of years and has been a regular guest speaker/presenter at the club’s annual shad night, which draws the largest audience of any TUNCC meetings. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to sharpen your skills in preparation for the annual spring shad run.

John states, “Fortunate enough to have a Dad that always made time to take me fishing, I’ve been casting a line from the shore or dropping one from a boat since my pre-school days.  What started with hunting night crawlers in the backyard and loading rods into custom holders on my bike for what felt like long journeys to faraway lakes has turned into an obsession with becoming a better light tackle angler focused on shad, smallmouth, and saltwater species while working at NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the federal agency with coastal and fisheries management responsibilities. The obsession brings me smiling through the tunnel at Fletcher’s each spring as there’s no place I’d rather be in April than a classic red boat on the Potomac in our nation’s capital. The world just feels more alive sitting atop so many damn fish! With 20 years of experience now and having digested virtually every book, video, and article I can find about shad, I hope to be able to share at least a few tips and techniques that will improve your game and I look forward to learning from you as well.  We’ll cover everything from river conditions to tackle to netting shad, the ‘Where, When, What, How and Who’ of shad fishing.”

Where: Vienna Fire Station, 400 Center St South, Vienna, VA 22180
When: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 for socializing)

Our speaker for February will be Captain John Page Williams, a Senior Naturalist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and he will discuss the current state of the Chesapeake Bay. He will discuss environmental issues to include climate and agricultural influences. Interestingly, he has some positive messages to share.

• Where: Vienna Fire Station, 400 Center St South, Vienna, VA 22180
• When: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 for socializing)

Our featured speaker for the January 30^th meeting will be PRSC member Jamie Gold.  He will discuss his September 2018 trip to Belize in Central America where he targeted Bonefish, Permit, and Tarpon.  

Jamie first got into fishing as a kid in Pennsylvania.  There was a nearby lake and his father had a john boat with an electric trolling motor he used to chase largemouth bass, sunfish and blue gill.  He also spent a fair amount of time stalking stocked trout streams. After being out of fishing for a few years, he got back into fishing while in graduate school at Penn State and has been hooked ever since.

Jamie has been a dedicated member of the club since 2002.  He has served as a club board member in the positions of Buzz Editor and Club Treasurer.   Jamie is an outstanding ambassador of the club leading club trips, writing articles for The Buzz, and volunteering for our numerous community outreach efforts educating others about our love of fishing.  

A lifelong spin fisherman, over the last 10 years he has crossed over to the dark side of fly fishing, and is rapidly getting addicted to chasing smallies on it.  More recently he has been hearing, and succumbing to the siren song of shallow water saltwater fishing. He has also become an accomplished fly tyer of late and willingly shares his techniques and flies with fellow club members.  You don’t what to miss what promises to be an informative session from an enthusiastic speaker.

• Where: Vienna Fire Station, 400 Center St South, Vienna, VA 22180
• When: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 for socializing)