Theaux Le Gardeur For many of you, Jason needs no introduction. For those of you that are new to the site, Jason du Pont is a longtime Backwater Angler staff member, a Maryland Licensed Guide, an innovative fly tier and published author. His camera and video work drives the site, and today we’re especially proud to introduce him as another voice on the site.
If you fish the Savage River or North Branch of the Potomac even once a year you need this wading staff! As a guy whose spent the better part of 10 years wading these streams without it, (and falling in numerous times), I can tell you that this little staff made everything about wading much more pleasant. My favorite features of the staff are its light weight, easily adjustable length and the caribiner for attaching it to your vest. Plus, you can use it to whack bears and raccoons that wander into your pool or campsite.> Bill Felter Buy a Fishpond Slippery Rock Wading Staff …
Please Join us for a Gunpowder River Stream Cleanup at 9:00 AM Sunday June 10, 2007. We’ll all meet in the shop Sunday morning, distribute bags and maps, hit some of the access points and rendezvous back at the shop around 2:00 PM
This video short by Jason du Pont follows a Sulphur across the Gunpowder river and into the jaws of a wiley trout.
The river is flowing at 37 Cfs, is low , clear and cold at 58 F. Loch Raven is spilliing over, so we’ll see low water in the river for awhile–at least until it rains. Sporadic caddis and sulphurs are still about. Try #14 caddis and emergers paired with a #16-18 Sulphur in shaded riffles and hold on. With 95 F forecasted for downtown Baltimore today, fly fishing the sulphur spinner fall for wild brown trout is worth a shot. Rusty and para-spinners in a #14-16 on 7-8X in flats and edges should account for a few fish looking up.Mornings have been productive with small caddis …
Thanks to Scott for the following Stream Report: Theaux, Hey guys I saw your most recent stream report today but not before I hit the river last night where I stepped in to some unexpectedly cold water. I parked at the upper lot and went toward the dam. It was flowing pretty good but was easily manageable. I did not get to the river until 7:30. Sulphers started buzzing around at about 8pm, but the fish still were not looking up. At 8:30 they finally took my size 16 rusty spinner. I landed 6 browns of varying sizes, all in the same stretch of water, …