Theaux Le Gardeur

Thanks to Jed for the stream report, Dear Theaux and Jason: The day was beautiful last Sunday when I fished the river. It was certainly brighter than October 31st when I had fished previously. Still, there were more bugs coming off on Halloween than last Sunday. Interestingly, I saw some spinners just upstream of Bunker Hill on the flat section above the small creek that comes in. To me they looked like olive spinners. They were small, and there weren’t great numbers of them. I also saw a few caddis, and some midges. One bug really got my attention. It was floating in still water. …

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Fly fishing this Fall along the Gunpowder has yielded recent catches of tiger trout. I can assure you that not many of these fish swim in the Gunpowder but it’s certainly a testament that catch and release works folks! Following is a another great stream report and picture from Richard Gunion. Thanks Richard. Dear Backwater Angler, I was fishing the big pool at the bridge near Hereford High School and caught this tiger trout. This is my first one. At any rate it jumped out the water about 3 ft and put up a good fight for it’s size. Let’s hope it gets bigger like …

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The Gunpowder river is flowing at 79CFs is clear and in the mid 40’s throughout the catch and release area. Nymphing up leaves is still a tough way to spend a day on the river. Streamer fishing with Zonkers and small Muddlers is a safe bet, especially in the fast water along the undercut banks. If you’re more inclined to fish light and long, trying small BWO’S in the flats on cloudy days. It’s hard to go wrong with a #18 Elk Hair Caddis on bright warm days in the riffles just make sure that it’s tied n to 6 or 7x tippet. Thanks to …

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