Theaux Le Gardeur

Tying Gunpowder River Stonefly Patterns

Please join us for an Intermediate Fly Tying Class on Saturday, January 19 from 11:00 AM till 2:00PM. It’s a fly tying class that focuses on Stoneflly patterns. Gunpowder river Guide Jason du Pont will be teaching this fun-filled intermediate 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 410-329-6821 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.

Gunpowder River Fly Patterns for Beginners

Please join us for a Beginners Fly Tying Class on Saturday, January 12,  2008 from 11:00 AM till 2:00PM. It’s an introductory fly tying class that focuses on Gunpowder river patterns. Gunpowder River Guide Jason du Pont 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 410-329-6821 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.

Baltimore Canoe Club Update

For those of you who have read the following; from the North County News, No Fines in River Incident, Canoeists get Warnings for Cutting Down Trees, by Robbie Wheelan. and from the Washington, (DC) City Paper, Field & Stream & Chainsaw, Boaters Wreck Maryland Fishing Haven, by Dave McKenna and are still interested in this topic… The initial call to MD Natural Resources Police, (NRP) about these illegal activities was placed on November 4, 2007 describing 3 adult subjects with chainsaws and a young person that were seen cutting downed trees in the Gunpowder River downstream of the Falls Rd. Bridge. On November 5, 2007 a written statement, pictures of …

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Greater Baltimore Canoe Club Members Illegally Cut Trees in Gunpowder State Park Wildlands Area

Thanks to Candus Thompson, from the Baltimore Sun, for writing about the recent illegal tree cutting by members of the Greater Baltimore Canoe Club that took place in a “Wildlands” designated area of Gunpowder State Park in her Outdoors column. Her article aptly titled, “Paddlers with Chainsaws Bark Up the Wrong Tree” hopefully reminded all of us that Maryland’s State Parks were established, and still serve to protect, the natural resources of the State of Maryland. For those of you unfamiliar with State “Wildlands”, the following description was posted by a dissenting bulletin board member of the Greater Baltimore Canoe Club under a since removed …

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Backwater Angler Hat & Customer Sighted While Fly Fishing the Taylor River in Colorado

Thanks to Leland Newcomb for the following: I just read your last two posts on your website and thought this story may be of some interest: This past August, a friend and I were traveling through Colorado, fishing some of the well known streams. Early one morning we were gearing up on the Taylor River when a guy came off the stream to his car that was parked next to mine. We said hello and asked how he’d done. He had caught one of the slabs that the Taylor is known for. He said he hits this stream once a year, gets on the water …

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Big Gunpowder River Rainbow

The river is low at 34 Cfs, clear and 48F. The wind has made fishing tough the past few days. Fish are still responding to nymphs and streamers in riffles and pools. The lower river downstream of Bluemount Rd has more flow and has been easier to fish.Our latest report and picture comes from our shop intern Max. Enjoy! Hey Theaux, I was fishing below Monkton rd. access at 2 PM on Sunday when this monster fish inhaled my black wooly bugger. It fought for about five minutes, and it bent my 5 WT rod all the way to the grip! Another fisherman was on …

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