fishing report

The river is low at 34 CFs, clear and full of fish. Backwater Angler guide Jason du Pont led a client to several nice fish today with x-caddis and stimulators on long, thin leaders.The water temperature is 52 F and the fish have been looking up.Dries or unweighted streamers are a good bet. Small Bwo’s should work fine as long as it’s a bit cloudy-or early. Caddis in the #14-16 range are best bets above Masemore rd through Falls. If you’d like to fish higher flows, check out the lower river.The 5 fish a day stretch received 750 new rainbows on October 13th. Click on …

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We’ll be experiencing some low water for awhile. Water flow is at a low, low 24Cfs so bring your Summer rod-a 7′ 7″ 3wt 4pc Scott G2 would be nice. Small water calls for small flies so fish tiny olives, caddis and brassies and be sure to bring along some 7x. Expect to see some ankle deep water out there folks-think lower river and have fun out there… Thanks to Ellen for the following report… You’re the greatest! We stopped by the shop at 2 pm on Saturday October 21st and took your recommendations on huge caddis flies. Went to Mazemore and walked upstream from …

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The upper river holds, based on State fisheries biologist Charlie Gougeons’ report after the 2006 Fall shocking survey, 4,646 fish per mile-That’s four thousand, six hundred and forty six fish per mile folks. Who’s going flyfishing this weekend? If you don’t, others will. Here’s a little insight as to who might headed up this weekend based on local drive times from folks we’re proud to call regulars. The South Jersey and N. Virginia anglers will drive just over 2 hours and 15 minutes. Philly-style anglers will drive 1 hour and 45 minutes. Delaware based anglers will drive 1 hour and 15 minutes. Annapolis and DC …

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Ask Jason about the 22″ rainbow that got away.Streamflow is 182 Cfs, the river is clear, cool at 52 F and is taking on some beautiful Fall color. We’ve had quite a few reports of chunky browns in the 10-14″ range taking size #14-18 caddis and #12-14 stimulators. Nymphs that imitate black fly larvae-think zebra midges have been dynamite-especially above Falls Rd. Large terrestrials should work fine in the #8, yes #8 through #12 range.Smaller, more traditional streamers such as Grey Ghosts and Mickey Finns are easier to fish than bulky patterns, get down fast, and the fish eat them. Leaves are falling along the trails …

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Join Theaux Le Gardeur at the National Capital Chapter of Trout Unlimited October meeting-that’s tomorrow evening folks at 7:00 PM.The meeting place is at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 4805 Edgmoor Lane, Downtown Bethesda, MD-for directions and a description of NCC-TU please go to NCCTU.org

I’ve been nymphing the past week and had settled into “Winter fishing mode”, so I was surprised to have quite a few fisherman come in this afternoon who were excited about catching Wild Browns on Hoppers, Griffith’s Gnats, Henryville Specials and Parachute Adams. The crowds along the river have thinned out. Why? -Weather. It has been nice and cloudy today. Most are using bead head nymphs sized #12-14 or small weighted streamers in Black or Brown sized #8-12. This afternoon we’ve been talking to folks about the benefits of Capilene under breathable waders. We have some new spiffy windproof, fingerless gloves from Patagonia that have …

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