April Meeting

Date: Thursday April 4, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Ridgewood United Methodist Church
100 Dayton St.
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Speaker: Allen Landheer, Brodhead Creek

Allen grew up fishing and honing his skills on Brodhead Creek.  His first fly rod experience was at age 13.  He learned by watching and fishing with Don Baylor, Ernie Schwiebert and other fine fly fisherman over the years.  Allen began tying in earnest around that same time as he realized he preferred to catch fish on his own flies.  Allen ties many fly styles and enjoys the challenge each presents.  Styles Allen is known for are Catskill style flies, classic streamers, wet flies, spey flies and classic atlantic salmon flies both hair wings and married wings.  

Allen's horizons expanded as he got older and he now regularly fishes on numerous
streams in CT, NY, PA and NJ  including limestoners such as the Saucon, Little Lehigh, Letort, Penns Creek and Fishing Creek; notable freestone streams such as the Beaverkill, Willowemoc, Brodhead Creek, Big Bushkill and the great tail waters of the East and West Branch of the Delaware and the Farmington River.  He regularly fishes the Great Lakes region for big steelhead, lake run browns and salmon.  Allen is a member of Brodheads Chapter TU , Catskill Fly Tiers Guild, is a member of the Flymen Fishing Co pro team and is included in Darren MacEachern's Streamer 365 project and book.  He enjoys teaching the art of fly tying and has conducted classes at numerous fly shops and Trout Unlimited meetings.  In addition he is an avid demonstration tyer and has appeared an many of the major east coast fly fishing shows.