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Fly Tying Class: Emergers

Fly tying in Maryland? Please join us for an intermediate Fly Tying Class on Saturday, February 07, 2009 from 9:00 AM till 12:00 PM. It’s an intermediate fly tying class that focuses on Mayfly and Caddis fly emerger patterns-soft hackles anyone? One of our Maryland river guides will be teaching this fun-filled intermediate class. Cost of the class is $45 per person. Please bring your own tools and we’ll provide all needed materials. The class is limited to six and pre-registration is required. Please give us a call at 410-357-9557 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.

Fly Fishing Mailing and Email List

Did you get one of these in the mail over the Holidays? The latest Backwater Angler postcard of a Savage River Brook trout is proof positive that Backwater Angler interns Max Meneveau and Alex McCrickard have been busy this Winter season. This month Backwater Angler is updating our email and mailing list. If you are interested in receiving special offers, detailed stream reports and other pertinent fly fishing info via mail and/or email, please drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com with your current mailing address and we’ll be happy to keep you apprised of “Gunpowder Happenings” via our shop postcards, event calendar notices and, of …

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Fly Tying Class: Nymphs

Fly tying in Maryland? Please join us for a beginners Fly Tying Class on Sunday, February 08, 2009 from 9:00 AM till 12:00 PM. It’s a beginners fly tying class that focuses on Gunpowder nymph patterns. One of our Maryland river guides will be teaching this fun-filled beginners class. Cost of the class is $45 per person. Use of tools and all needed materials are provided. The class is limited to six and pre-registration is required. Please give us a call at 410-357-9557 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.

Fly Tying Class: Parachutes

Fly tying in Maryland? Please join us for an intermediate Fly Tying Class on Sunday, February 15, 2009 from 9:00 AM till 12:00 PM. It’s an intermediate fly tying class that focuses on easy to see “hi-viz” Mayfly Parachute patterns. One of our Maryland river guides will be teaching this fun-filled intermediate class. Cost of the class is $45 per person. Please bring your own tools and we’ll provide all needed materials. The class is limited to six and pre-registration is required. Please give us a call at 410-357-9557 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.

Fly Tying Class: Stoneflies

Fly tying in Maryland? Please join us for a Beginners Fly Tying Class on Saturday, January 10, 2009 from 9:00 AM till 12:00 PM. It’s an introductory fly tying class that focuses on Gunpowder river stonefly patterns. One of our Maryland river guides will be teaching this fun-filled beginners class. Cost of the class is $45 per person, and includes the use of tools and materials. The class is limited to six and pre-registration is required. Please give us a call at 410-357-9557 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.

Gunpowder River 08′ Shocking Survey Results

Thanks to Maryland Fisheries Service biologists Charlie Gougeon, Susan Rivers and Dennis Genito from Baltimore County DEPRM for stopping in the shop a few weeks ago to give an informational talk about Angler’s prevention methods for Invasives like Didymo and whirling disease. At the close of the meeting, Charlie shared results from the latest 2008 shocking survey. Backwater Angler intern Alex McCrickard provided the pictures for this post. The Gunpowder Falls was surveyed in 2008 at the Dam/Falls station, the Masemore Road Station and the Blue Mount station as part of the annual DNR Fall trout survey. Many interested folks came out to watch or …

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