Theaux Le Gardeur

Mid-Feb Gunpowder River Fishing Report

The Gunpowder River is flowing at 78.4 Cfs and is 42.5 degrees F. Temperatures are swinging nicely up now from 39 degrees F in the morning so it’s fine to wait until mid afternoon to get out there. Rumblings of stoneflies are always heard this time of year but a safer bet would be to give the black flies a look up top in the catch and release section. Stop in and pick up some of Mike Bachkosky’s little Lehigh snowflies to imitate these and bring along some 7x. Bright, mild days can make streamer fishing tough so don’t feel compelled to wade all day-use …

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Patagonia In Maryland

Hey Bark at the Moon! Apparently only Ozzy could get us through a Friday full of boxes from Patagonia. The result is we have surplus of lightweight, high tech, long lasting warm gear just in time for the low 20’s. We would not think of hitting the river this time of year without a pair of R1 Fishing Gloves, a River Salt Jacket over a Micro-Puff Hoody or Micro-Puff Jacket and an R1 pant or Shelled Insulator Pant under waders. https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/patagonia-r1-fishing-gloves/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/patagonia-ms-river-salt-jacket/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/patagonia-ms-micro-puff-hoody/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/ms-patagonia-micro-puff-jacket-carbon/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/patagonia-r1-pants/ Patagonia M’s Shelled Insulator Pants

Snow Flurries and Warm Gear from Filson in Maryland

With snow flurries greeting and an idling UPS truck full of cold weather gear Filson we rang in Friday with plenty of cheer. With Saturdays low forecast to be around around 22 F we think that the Vintage Flannel Shirts, Light Weight Alaska Guide Shirts, Ultralight Vests, Ultralight Jackets, Ridgeway Fleece and Ridgeway Jackets have arrived just in time. https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/vintage-flannel-work-shirt/ http://www.backwaterangler.com/product/filson-lightweight-alaskan-guide-shirt/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/ultralight-vest-dark-tan/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/filson-ultralight-jacket-2/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/filson-ridgeway-fleece-vest/ https://www.backwaterangler.com/product/filson-ridgeway-fleece-jacket/

Gunpowder River High and Clear

The Gunpowder River is flowing at 321 CFs and is 60 degrees F. The upper river is clearing and dropping nicely. Streamer sink- tip techniques should move quite a few fish in these flows. A better bet if you’d like to hook and land a few would be to seek out the flat water and spend some time fishing Olives and midge emergers in the #18-22 range. It’s not to late to fish a large hopper-and dropper rig leaping frogging the boulder pools and covering more water. We’ve found a lot of new folks fishing right on top of each other in the past few …

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G. Loomis Rep Day

We’re looking forward to hosting Don Coffey representative Stephen Spurgeon on this Saturday November 2, 2019. Stop in from 11AM till 2PM to cast the new NRX+ and NRX+LP. These rods replace the 10 year old run of the popular and versatile NRX series and feature new graphite, new resin and a proprietary multi-taper design process. Steve will have the following rods for your review and consideration. NRX+ in 9ft 4,5,6,8,and 10 weights NRX+ in 10ft 4 weight and 10 foot 7 weight NRX+LP 4 and 5 weight NRX + Spey Switch Don’t postpone joy! Stop in and cast them this Saturday…