Theaux Le Gardeur

Cape Cod Fly Fishing Report from a Kennedy…

Thanks to Brian Kennedy for the fly fishing report and photo from the Cape. Theaux, Rocky and Jason: Richard Manning, (another friend of the store) and I took our annual trip up to Cape Cod in June this year to fish for stripers (as they call rockfish up there) and blues. I caught this beautiful 36” striper on a 9 weight using an orange squid fly. We were fishing in a rip south of Harwich, Mass. which has the advantage of receiving both ocean and sound tides. That day in June there were lots of bait and also lots of hungry fish moving through the …

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Gunpowder Fly Fishing School

Please join us for a flyfishing school. On Sunday, October 5, a Backwater Angler Guide will be teaching a fly fishing school that is ideal for beginners. If you’re planning on flyfishing Maryland, or anywhere else for that matter, this course is a great introduction to the sport. The school covers knots, casting, gear and fly selection. Schools are held in a meadow overlooking the Gunpowder river by a Maryland state licensed and insured fishing guide. Class is held from 11:00 AM till 2:00 PM. Cost is $100 per person and includes the use of gear. Class size is limited to 4 and pre-registration is …

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Trico Hours at Backwater Angler Extended…We’re open at 8:00 AM Saturdays and Sundays through September

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 68 CFs is 56 F and is gin clear. I walked upstream on the trail Monday evening after work and found dozens of fish rising to a steady midge hatch. Pushing through the big ferns and spiderwebs that framed the overgrown trail, I passed only two other anglers before finding dozens of fish taking midges with abandon. The Herons were conspicuously absent. A lone Kingfisher quietly weaved and bobbed through the Sycamores. Moving quickly upstream, the bird, intent on taking everything in, shared only a trill that bounced through the mist that softens the big boulders and jams this …

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2008 Gunpowder River Electrofishing Survey

Please join the Backwater Angler Staff and DNR Fisheries Biologists for the Annual electroshocking survey on the Gunpowder River. The following schedule will be kept firm. The only exceptions will be if electrofishing conditions are unacceptable, (ie. Flooding,muddy water, or torrential rain). Volunteers should check with me, (cgougeon@dnr.state.md.us) at work, (410) 442-2080 or on my cell phone, (410) 570-5718, a day or two prior to the work date to confirm that the survey date will go as planned. All meeting times will be at 9:45 A.M. at the planned meeting location. Bring chest high waders if you plan to assist us in the stream. Those …

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Gunpowder Fly Fishing School

Please join us for a flyfishing school. On Sunday, October 12, a Backwater Angler Guide will be teaching a fly fishing school that is ideal for beginners. If you’re planning on flyfishing Maryland, or anywhere else for that matter, this course is a great introduction to the sport. The school covers knots, casting, gear and fly selection. Schools are held in a meadow overlooking the Gunpowder river by a Maryland state licensed and insured fishing guide. Class is held from 11:00 AM till 2:00 PM. Cost is $100 per person and includes the use of gear. Class size is limited to 4 and pre-registration is …

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Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Trash Bash

Please join the Backwater Angler staff, Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, Eliza Smith Steinmeier and Terry Backer, Long Island Soundkeeper, on October 18, 2008 from 4:00- 8:00 PM for a silent auction fundraiser including great food, and live music by Captain Quint at the first Annual Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Trash Bash. The event is being held at Nick’s Fish House overlooking Middle Branch. The Mission of the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper is to protect and restore the Baltimore Harbor and the greater Patapsco River & its tributaries through enforcement, fieldwork and citizen action in order to make the river suitablefor recreation including fishing and swimming, to improve public …

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