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The Gunpowder is flowing at 89 CFs and 63F and is gin clear. Sulphurs sized #14-16 and Caddis in the #16-18 range have been part of the mix this week as spillover from Prettyboy dam has created warmer than average temperatures throughout the catch and release section. A little further downstream, streamers and nymphs have been the ticket. We have Mike Bachkosky’s Sulphur Unusual and Phunny Emerger patterns in the shop and a host of CDC/Elk wing caddis. Traditional streamers like grey ghosts have also arrived. Bring a jacket and get out there and fish some dries this weekend!

Thanks to Matt Slagel and members of the Juniata College Alumni Association who took part in a GRK stream cleanup along the Gunpowder river on April 13, 2013. The group gathered on the porch of Backwater Angler for a quick talk about the importance of the river as a wild trout fishery and how that translates into healthy drinking water for 1.8 million Baltimore metro-area residents. All told they collected trash totaling 168 lbs comprised of 12lbs of recyclables, 125 lbs of trash and 31 lbs of tires (1 tire and 1 retread) along three access points in the catch and release area. Way to …

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Tune in to MPT April 2, at 8:00 PM to watch a 25 year anniversary special of Outdoors Maryland. At 8:30 PM MPT is airing a segment shot in 2010 on the Blue ribbon fly fishing opportunities that await on the Gunpowder river. Enjoy!

Thanks to Cub Scout Pack 497 Wolf Den from St. Joseph School in Cockeysville, MD for cleaning up the Gunpowder River. The North County News ran a nice group shot of the pack in the April 18 edition. I’m proud of these young folks! Their effort on March 15 was inspiring. All along the trail during the clean up I heard them shout , can, bottle and then… diaper! Over 35 lbs of trash was picked up-their grassroots effort is instrumental in safeguarding Baltimore City’s drinking water supply and making the Gunpowder River safer for fishing and swimming!

The shop will be open Presidents’ Day from 10 AM till 4 PM. We’ll have regular hours all week (closed Wednesday) and will be open 10 till 4 PM this weekend through the 25th and 26th and will resume the 10 till 6 weekday schedule on the 28th. Related Post: Fly Fishing in Nearly Four Feet of Snow

Thanks to Michael Buckley joining me on the Gunpowder River last week. We had ample time to talk about the wild fish in Baltimore City drinking water and the potential impacts of the proposed Columbia Gas Transmission MB-line project that would cross 56 waterways in the Gunpowder watershed and create a new right of way across 21 miles of forests, streams and meadows in Baltimore and Harford Counties. GRK has filed a Motion to Intervene in the application asking that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission consider the cumulative environmental impacts of this 300 acre project on invasive species (Didymo) introduction to other waterways, degradation of …

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