Month: January 2013

Pregame Flyfishing Report

The Gunpowder River is flowing at 100 Cfs, is 43.5 degrees F and is clear. Fly fishing with blue winged olives inthe #18-20 range, cream midges a little smaller than a #22, little black flies and zebra midges and early winter stonefiles sized #16-18 are always a good bet. With the forecast calling for air temps in the mid 50’s to 60 degrees this weekend, River flow up from spillover and water temps moving up, reasons for not getting in some pregame fly fishing are slight.

Lamson Speedster Reels

New Speedster reels from Waterworks-Lamson have arrived at Backwater Angler. Weight to diameter on these is really impressive. They feature a durable maintenance free drag that is smooth and quiet. Pictured are the 1.5, (3.5″ and 3.9 oz for a 3 or 4wt) 2, (3.75″ and 4.2 oz for a 5 or 6wt) and 3 (4″ and 4.7 oz for a 6 or 7wt) models that are priced at $279, $289 and $329 respectively. Want us to put one aside for you? Call us at 410-357-9557 soon-these won’t last long…

Voices of the Bay on WRNR 103.1 with Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® on the Columbia Gas MB-line Project

Thanks to Michael Buckley joining me on the Gunpowder River last week. We had ample time to talk about the wild fish in Baltimore City drinking water and the potential impacts of the proposed Columbia Gas Transmission MB-line project that would cross 56 waterways in the Gunpowder watershed and create a new right of way across 21 miles of forests, streams and meadows in Baltimore and Harford Counties. GRK has filed a Motion to Intervene in the application asking that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission consider the cumulative environmental impacts of this 300 acre project on invasive species (Didymo) introduction to other waterways, degradation of …

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