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Tailing Carp In Maryland

Fly anglers searching for good carp fishing don’t need to look too far to find a pond, river or reservoir where these fish are abundant. Carp are proving for many anglers to be unexpectedly challenging, although for the anglers that “crack the code,” fishing for these big fish becomes addictive. Anglers who try carp fishing in a variety of waters will discover that carp will chase and eat flies, take flies off the surface, and even tail in shallow water. The carp above followed the fly in clear water, watched it sink to the bottom, and refused it. A small twitch changed the fish’s demeanor …

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Rising Brook Trout On The Savage River

On my recent trip to the Savage, I filmed quite a bit of footage on the river that I couldn’t fit into the last video post. I also hiked up a brookie stream and took some pictures that didn’t make it into the recent report. As the picture above illustrates, this drop on a small stream was a decent waterfall at the higher levels I encountered. I planned to return later in the week to this stream, but I never hiked in again since levels dropped quickly on the Savage. The number and size of brookies I was catching on the Savage was one of …

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Fly Fishing New York For Big Brown Trout

Thanks to Matt for sending us this nice shot of a beautiful big brown he caught recently, which is just one of many big fish pics he sent us. Caught last week in the southern tier of NYS. I’m fortunate to not only have a cabin on one river but only fish during the week, when virtually only 5% of the anglers that are present on weekends fish. The fish ate a #14 Rusty spinner with CDC wings, split tails, a turkey biot abdomen and fur thorax on 6X. -Matt

Savage River Late May Report

The Savage River was flowing in the 500-600 CFs range when I hit the road last week for four days of fishing. The higher flows may not be considered ideal by most anglers, but there are still some options, even at these levels. The region was saturated from recent rains and all of the smaller streams and upper Savage were flowing extremely high on Monday. The roar of the lower Savage was deafening, although the water was clear and fishable in a few sections. The water temps rose from the high forties to the low fifties with the spillover from the rain. I caught my …

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Memorial Day Sulphurs in Maryland

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 123 CFs, is clear and 63 F. Seasonally warm water temps influenced by surface water spilling over the dam have been moderated by a gate change earlier in the week. If you’re heading out early, caddis in the #18 range are a good bet. Small soft hackles fished in the riffles between Masemore and York Road have accounted for a number of fish this week. Spend the afternoons swinging snowshoe rabbit emergers and unweighted pheasant tails. This weekend: Go to the picnic but sneak back to the river at dusk to take part in the Sulphur spinner fall. Thanks …

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May Fly Fishing In Maryland

Fly anglers in Maryland are experiencing some great trout fishing on waters both big and small. The sulphur hatch on the Gunpowder and many of the freestone streams in the state provide great fishing in the evening. Caddis and midges are a good bet for dry fly anglers fishing in the morning or even midday on sunny blue bird days. Blue wing olives are hatching in good numbers on cloudy days, and get the fish sipping naturals in the flat water. Nymphing is producing a lot of fish, and larger browns for anglers bottom bouncing shallow riffles and deep pools. Caddis or midge pupa paired …

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