The Chesapeake Women Anglers (CWA) is a women’s fly fishing club with members residing in and around the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area including MD, VA, DC and beyond.
We share skills by teaching each other while on the water and in the classroom and by writing articles for our quarterly newsletter. We meet monthly to fish on local waters in the mid-Atlantic/Chesapeake Bay area and by way of our destination trips explore more distant waters together (see CWA Calendar).
We partner with environmental groups to improve our waters, take part in community events, and socialize at our annual events.
Become a member so you can learn about the great places we fish, share the camaraderie and create your own stories. Membership is open to adult persons age 18 and over. We hope to see you on the water!
Upcoming Events
CWA News
CWA 2019 Fall Fling Party
October 5th gave us perfect weather for our 2019 Fall Fling party as well as great conditions for fishing on the Monocacy River. Most of the members who attended [...]
CWA Spring Creek and Penns Creek Fishing Trip 28-29 September 2019
Brenda Foster and Chris Bracken-Piper, two of our CWA members from Pennsylvania, hosted a week-end destination fly fishing trip to Spring Creek and Penns Creek, two world-class trout streams. [...]
Don and Norma Haynes receive Trout Unlimited Award
Congratulations to Don and Norma Haynes for receiving the 2019 Trout Unlimited Distinguished Award for Leadership, an honor they richly deserve! They have been the heart and soul of [...]
From the Izaak Walton League of America
Invasive Species: The Water Risk We Sometimes Miss It’s our favorite time of year. The fish are biting. Stream lovers are out sloshing around, fishing, wading or just taking a [...]