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Jason du Pont

Big Browns and a Notable Rainbow On The Gunpowder River

Another enormous Gunpowder brown trout showed itself to take a nymph presented by Gunpowder River Guide Jeff Lewatowski. The big trout struggled in every possible way, and despite swimming under numerous rocks and making deep runs was successfully landed on 6X tippet. The brown measured out at twenty inches and Jeff estimated the weight of the fish at four pounds. This video still photo is from an upcoming video short of the exciting catch. We barely had time to recover our nerves when I set the hook on the heaviest eighteen inch Gunpowder rainbow I have seen, but as Jeff tried to get into net …

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Gunpowder River User Conflicts

I want to begin compiling angler reports about the river user conflicts experienced with floaters and fishermen in the catch and release section from Pretty Boy Dam Rd through Bluemount Rd. If you would like to report any incidents of floaters, (tubers, kayakers, ect…) affecting fishing or would like to express your opinion on the subject, please drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com with a description of an incident. Please include your name, address, phone # and how often you frequent the Gunpowder River and what time of year the incident occurred. Anglers need to make ourselves heard if we hope to alleviate this problem …

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Water Levels To Rise By The Weekend

The water level took a downward turn and leveled off at 24 Cfs on Monday morning to allow shocking surveys to take place on the river. The flows will be kept at current levels until surveys are finished on Wednesday the 26th of September. Flows should return to higher levels by Thursday the 27th, based on water needs in Loch Raven Reservoir. 

Cold Snap Brings An End To The Tubers!

Fall weather has arrived in North Baltimore County. The morning’s air temps began rising from 44 degrees at 7:30 am and river temps should remain below 60 degrees in the upper river. A bass angler on Prettyboy reservoir stopped in to comment that the surface temp on the reservoir dropped 8 degrees from last week. Water temperatures south of the confluence of Little Falls are now at safe fishing temps to the Sparks Rd access. Float trips have accounted for some nice fish outside the catch and release section. Long riffles, quiet water and summer float traffic will end even in the most heavily floated …

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Fly Fishing the North Branch of the Ausable River, Michigan

The anglers who watched the Canoe Hatch video of the Ausable River got a wrong first impression of Michigan’s trout rivers. I got phone calls and emails at the shop about how amazed people were that we not only kept our cool, but caught fish. One reason I didn’t mind the insanity, was that we rarely saw anyone else all week long. Except for the “Holy Water” and “Big Water” we never saw another angler fishing on any of the branches of the Ausable. Michigan has so much good water, that I didn’t want to show only that day, which was the exception for the …

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Float Trips Available On The Gunpowder River, Maryland

I am now offering float trips on the Gunpowder River to take advantadge of the better flows and cooler water temperatures in September. Access will focus on areas where pressure is lightest, and rest assured, the wild browns are plentiful. Streamers, dries and even nymphs can be drifted through runs as the boat floats and we will wade some of the best riffles and pools to allow more time for hookups. Expect to fish while seated in a comfortable chair and the longest casts need only be thirty feet off the bow or stern. Streamers are always producers. We typically moved some good trout while …

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