Theaux Le Gardeur

Gunpowder River Stream Reports Aplenty…

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 74 Cfs, is 61 F and is clear. Today we’ve heard from several anglers that are still finding Sulpurs in the morning followed by caddis and even a few blue winged olives midday. Most of these dries are in the #18-22 range. Ants and beetles are also part of the morning mix with hoppers and larger terrestrials accounting for fish during the late afternoon hours. It’s certainly hot enough for a spinner fall, so consider fishing emergers, cripples and para-spinners towards dusk till dark. Don’t leave home without 7x tippet. Thanks to Caleb Reinhold, Matt Stephens, & Michael Mass …

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This Week Fly Fishing Maryland: Lower Gunpowder River

In this Fly Fishing Maryland segment, Jason du Pont describes fly fishing the lower Gunpowder River. Jeff Lewatowski catches a nice smallmouth bass on a fly and Matt Devlin from Annapolis , Maryland releases a nice rainbow trout.

BWA Overnighter July 25

Fly fish the Savage River and the North Branch of the Potomac River with a Maryland Licensed Guide on July 25-26. During your Backwater Angler Overnighter, you’ll enjoy a day and a half of guided fly fishing in Western Maryland, an overnight stay in a stream side cabin and have three meals on us for $550 per person. Related Posts: A full description of the 2007 Backwater Angler Overnighter Watch a Video by Jason du Pont of Insects along the Savage River Read Theaux Le Gardeur’s description of one of last years’ outings in western Maryland Interested? Book your Backwater Angler Overnighter early. Please give …

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Summer Fly Fishing on the Gunpowder River near Baltimore, Maryland

If you live, work or are visiting downtown Baltimore, consider this post a friendly reminder that you are only 35 minutes South of the Gunpowder, river, a stream that was rated in 2006 by Field and Stream magazine as a top 5 Tailwater stream. In fact the Gunpowder was just recently listed in Field and Stream Magazines’ top 150 Fishing spots. Today the Gunpowder river is flowing at 71 Cfs and the water temp is 61 F at Falls Rd. Small Sulphurs in the #18-20 range have been coming of sporadically, but most of the fish are keying in on caddis in the #16-18 range. …

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Gunpowder River Cleanup Video

This video short highlighted the efforts of Theaux Le Gardeur, and Jeff Lewatowski during the Gunpowder river cleanup. Thanks to Cliff Callendar, from Reston, Va and Matt Mcgee from Parkton, MD for lending a hand. We found 4 tires, and filled 25 bags of garbage-not bad for a mornings’ work. Thanks to Americanrivers.org for providing bags and support for the cleanup. During the cleanup, Cliff and Matt found a water snake latched on to a 9 inch brown trout, the subject of an upcoming video-stay tuned.We still have plenty of bags left so next time you’re up, stop by and grab one and do a …

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Fly Fishing Clinic:Dry Flies

Please Join us Thursday evening, July 28, 2007 from 6:00 PM till 8:00 PM for a dry fly skills clinic along the Gunpowder River. Brush up on dry fly fishing methods and be more productive covering water with a variety of techniques. Cost is $75 per person and participants provide their own gear. Class size is limited to 4 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.