Theaux Le Gardeur

Bwo’s, Tricos and Caddis along the Gunpowder River

The river is flowing at 50 Cfs is clear and 51 F. We’ve had numerous reports of Olives along the river. Most of these are in the #18-20 range and we have plenty of snowshoe duns and emergers From Mike Bachkosky in the muffin tins on the front counter. The fish are looking up and the weather has been superb. While we’re not seeing blanket hatches, tricos are massing most mornings throughout the catch and release section. When in doubt use a #16 bead head pheasant tail in the riffles between Falls Rd and Bunkerhill. Summer is fleeting and we’ve had exceptional dry fly fishing. …

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North Branch of the Potomac River AMD Remediation/Recreation Study Needs Your Input

Thanks to Sera Janson Zegre, Project Manager from Downstream Strategies who asked us to distribute this call to action. I am writing to ask for your help with an important study seeking to calculate the economic benefits of water-based recreation on the North Branch of the Potomac. Background: Sponsored by Garrett County, Maryland (fiscal agent), Appalachian Regional Commission, Maryland Department of the Environment, and Maryland Division of Natural Resources, this research seeks to calculate the local economic benefits generated from water-based recreation on the North Branch Potomac River, made possible by the clean-up of acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned mine lands in Garrett and …

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Fly Fishing Report from the Headwaters of the Connecticut River

Thanks to Roman for the report and to Adrian for the great photos. Hey Theaux, We drove up north a few days ago to help Adrian with moving into his new apartment up at Dartmouth. While in the north country, we just had to take a few days off to do some fishing.From Hanover, we continued 3 hours north to the far northern-most tip of New Hampshire to the headwaters of the Connecticut River where we spent a few days catching trout. Not only were the mid 60s temperatures an absolute pleasure after the sweltering heat back home, but the fishing (and the catching) was …

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Earthquake Tricos and Hopper Action on the Gunpowder River

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 49 Cfs, is 53 F at Big Falls Rd and gin clear. The catch and release area has been fishing great. Tricos are in full swing and we’re picking up a few fish on dark Bwo’s just before the tricos. After the trikes fall, try swinging a small elk hair caddis in the riffles downstream or plan on covering overgrown and shaded banks with beetles and hoppers towards afternoon. Thanks to Neil for his post earthquake fishing report from Friday, July 16: Theaux, The quake got me up 20 minutes early Friday here in Greenbelt, which got me to …

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Carp Convert Speaks

Thanks to Yancey for the shameless Carp testimonial, Theaux, Jason, I hate to say it but forget the browns. I’m now a devotee of carp fishing. My wife’s cousin was after me for months to try it and so I made the trip up to Syracuse, NY. Low and behold he was right. I hooked up with about twenty of these fish, going anywhere from 10 to 25 pounds. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but they fight harder than kings or steelhead. Landed about five and LDR’d the rest. I caught this scaleless carp, which is actually a hybrid, using a stone fly. I …

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