Maryland Fly Fishing School

Please join us for a fly fishing school. On Sunday, June 3, a Gunpowder River Guide will be teaching a fly fishing school that is ideal for beginners. The school covers knots, casting, gear and fly selection.Cost is $100 per person and includes the use of 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.

Maryland Fly Fishing School 5/20

Please join us for a fly fishing school. On Sunday, May 20, a Gunpowder River guide will be teaching a fly fishing school that is ideal for beginners. The school covers knots, casting, gear and fly selection.Cost is $100 per person and includes the use of 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.

Sparks-Glencoe Community Planning Council Spring Meeting

This meeting is open to the public and is the SGCPC,(Sparks Glencoe Community Planning Council) Spring meeting. County Councilman, T.Bryan McIntire, State Delegate, Wade Kach, Environment Maryland Representative, Jennifer Bevan-Dangle and Baltimore Co. Dept. of Rec and Parks Chief Naturalist, Bob Stanhope are listed as guest speakers. The meeting agenda includes:Election of officers, Apartment Building in Hunt Valley, Sound barrier on I-83, Loyola Multiuse Center Update, Cell Towers, *Recent Developments, CZMP Preparations & “Paint Out.” The meeting will be held at 7:00 PM , Wednesday, April 25 at Sparks School, located at 601 Belfast Rd, Sparks Glencoe, MD 21152-9706 *Monkton resident Molly Lapides has been …

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Maryland Trout Unlimited Bush Cabin Run Planting Day

From Martin Eisman, MDTU “We had a great work day on the 14th, but were able to complete only 40% of the project. We have scheduled the next and hopefully the last session for Saturday, 9:30 AM April 28 at Masemore on the Gunpowder.We need about 20 able bodied folks to get this done. Please come on out and bring friends”. Want to get involved? Please give Martin Eisman a call at 410-377-0522.

Maryland Dry Fly Fishing with Hendricksons, March Browns, Blue Quills and Quill Gordons

The river is falling from 152 Cfs and will be in excellent shape for the weekend, water temps are still cool at 51 F. No word on Caddis yet but they’re close to popping, so we might not need to wait till mothers day as long as things continue to warm up a bit.This afternoon a young man stopped in the shop to report that there were, “lots of rising fish at Masemore”. It’s very likely that he was seeing fish taking spinners this afternoon, (picture by Jason du Pont below) Riffles can be very productive during this hatch. We also had a number of …

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Maryland Fly Fishing School 5/13

Please join us for a fly fishing school. On Sunday, May 13, a Gunpowder River guide will be teaching a fly fishing school that is ideal for beginners. The school covers knots, casting, gear and fly selection.Cost is $100 per person and includes the use of 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.