“Black Friday” Striper Trip at the Mouth of the Housatonic
Capt. John Hildenbrand at the helm
Bill Bennett with a nice “schoolie”
Launching the boats
Nothing like Striper on the Fly for Tony Ballato
Fish On!
A better Stiper for Bill..
Evan Hildenbrand always seems to catch the big ones
Further proof…
November 2020 Salmon River Trip - Pulaski NY, 11/13 - 11/15
Fly Tying & Whiskey…
Mark McBeth, Emery Mersich, and Jeff Huie
Mark with his personal best on a fly rod
Erik Nadoban with a nice Chrome
John Hildenbrand with a nice lake run Brown
Dave Shaw with a healthy buck
CVTU Board of Directors Holds Impromptu COVID-19 Board Meeting
Mianus River Fishing Trip, Saturday, March 14th
John H. acting as Pete’s Guide to put him on a fish
1st Brown on the rod Pete built himself
John F. navigating the Pumphouse Pool
Forlenzo scores a nice Bow
Get in the net…
…and it’s a chunky Brown
Rod Building, Session #2, February 15th, Stony Hill Fire Dept
Bar Flies, Saturday February 8th, The Meeting House Pub
Evan Hildenbrand giving out some helpful hints to some newcomers
John Hildenbrand imparting wisdom on the future of fly tying
2020 Rod Building Session
Ugly Sweater Fishing on the Farmington…
This crew wasn’t going to be deterred by a little rain
Gustavo and Bryan enjoying the warmth of the pavillion
Nothing wrong with a little bait
Let’s go fishing
Tahoe and Jack enjoying the fire
What high flows
Black Friday Striper “Tin Boats” on the Housatonic
A small but hardy bunch
John with his first of many
Evan with a double in the Hildenbrand boat
This happened basically every cast
Mark with a striper on the fly
2019 Steelhead Trip to Pulaski NY and the Salmon River
John with an early morning Chrome
This bright beauty put a smile on Mike’s face
Motley Crew
Mark with his first Chrome
Fish tales at the Saturday pot-luck
Tony telling tales to Randy
Beautiful lake run Brown
John with another Chrome
Back you go and thanks for the fight
BarFlies @ the Reverie Brewing Company, November 7th
“Euro” Dave diagrams Steelhead leader setup
Doug & Bill discussing their favorite patterns
You never have too much material for tying flies
2018 Ugly Sweater fishing event on the Farmington
Taking a break on the Farmington at People’s State Park
That’s an ugly hat Neil…
2019 Summer BBQ on the Farmington
CT Council and Chapter representatives at TU Northeast Rendezvous, Boiling Springs, PA
Mill river outing, summer of 2015
Bar Flies is a great opportunity to learn from some of the chapter’s best tyers
Collage from 2019’s Delaware River Club trip
The crew for 2019 Penfield Reef fishing trip
Penfield Reef at sunset - September 20, 2019
