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Fly Fishing School This Sunday, April 1

March 28, 2012

Please join us for a fly fishing school. On Sunday, April 1, a Backwater Angler Guide will be teaching a fly fishing school that is ideal for beginners. If you’re planning on flyfishing Maryland, or anywhere else for that matter, this course is a great introduction to the sport. The school covers knots, casting, gear and fly selection. Class is held from 11:00 AM till 2:00 PM. Cost is $100 per person and includes the use of gear. A Maryland non-tidal fishing license and trout stamp is required and may be purchased at the shop with check or cash the day of the school. Class …

Shop Closed on Monday, March 12 as Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Volunteers Take Part in MDDNR Stream Waders Training

March 11, 2012

The shop will be closed tomorrow, Monday, March 12 as a team of Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® volunteers take part in Maryland Department of Natural Resources, (MDDNR) Stream Waders training. GRK volunteers are trained annually in scientifically defensible methods of collecting aquatic insects in tributaries within the sub-watersheds of the Gunpowder River. The Watershed covers parts of York County, Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Carroll and Harford Counties in Maryland. The macro-invertebrate samples are identified by MD DNR staff biologists and scored in a Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity, (BIBI). This information is used by the Maryland Department of the Environment, (MDE) to characterize stream health and identify potential …

Bimini Bonefish and Gunpowder Trout

March 2, 2012

Imagine tying a trout fly and thinking about tricking Gunpowder Browns while waiting for the tide to flood a remote bonefish flat in Bimini. Thanks to Jim for the kind words and pictures: Thanks for the advice Theaux! Not sure what I am gonna do yet but I do like the idea of Oak Orchard. Missing the crowds are almost as important to me as the fishing itself. I might just spend the time on the gunpowder though. Feel free to post any of the pictures I send you. I know I am always excited when I see new ones up on your website as …

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER Volunteers Earn Service Hours!

February 28, 2012

My heartfelt thanks goes out to Bronte and Lane Thurgood for volunteering with Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER to fix up the wader wash stations along the Gunpowder River. The father and Daughter team drove all the way up from Fairfax County to volunteer. Bronte is currently taking an environmental science class that spurred her interest in Didymo and the measures MDDNR and Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER have taken to minimize the spread of the invasive algae. Here is a quick report from Lane: Theaux showed us a short clip on didymo and instructed us on our project of servicing 8 wader wash stations on the upper Gunpowder in and around …

Maryland Felt Sole Ban Update; a Felt Sole Definition

February 15, 2012

The following was pulled from the Maryland Register 38:23-38:27 (November 4-December 30, 2011) Natural Resource Regulations related to Nuisance and Prohibited Species under Natural Resources Article, 4-205.1, Annotated Code of Maryland The Secretary of Natural Resources proposes to amend Regulation .02 under COMAR 08.02.19 Nuisance and Prohibited Species to define “felt” in order to clarify the current ban on felt-soled waders for enforcement purposes. “Felt sole” is defined to include felt or any other natural or synthetic porous material capable of absorbing liquid to ensure that diseases or invasive species such as didymo are not transported on materials that are ideal habitats for them.

The Drake Magazine

January 18, 2012January 14, 2012

We have Catskill style and snowshoe rabbit BWO’s from Mike Bachkosky, fresh lids from Patagonia and the Winter issue of The Drake on the front counter.