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Check out our Happy Holiday Hours: The shop will be open Monday through Wednesday from 10AM till 6 PM. The shop will be open Christmas eve from 10AM till 2 PM. The shop will be open Saturday and Sunday from 8AM till 4PM If you’re Snowbound and still wondering about what to get the fly fisher on your list and have a VISA or M/C handy, fear not, for EMAIL Gift Certificates, redeemable for gear, guide trips and instruction are available for delivery until Noon on December 24th. You may also call us with your email info at 410-357-9557. Cheers!

If you’ve called the shop this morning you’ve already heard the news. The shop will be closed today due to inclement weather. If you need a fly fishing gift, enjoy the snow and stay warm by curling up to your favorite computer. It’s easy, just whip out your Mastercard or VISA and shop securely on the Backwater Angler catalog site. If you’d rather drop a gift certificate in his or her stocking, we can email one to you that can be printed out next to, but no too close to, the roaring fire. In other news, NOAA has proven that snowflakes can be turned into …

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The Gunpowder is still providing numerous opportunities and surprises for dry fly fishermen, as this photo of a brook trout taken by Neil Stahl illustrates. I was fishing tricos to risers just downstream of him when he caught it, and we found fish looking up in most pools and riffles we fished. Blue Wing Olives and Tricos are still on the water mid morning, although waves of emerging bugs and rising trout are sporadic on colder days. The past two weeks large midges in a size 16 were hatching in big numbers on warm days and bringing trout to the surface. On a guide trip …

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Backwater Angler is a Maryland Sports License Agent and sells MD hunting and fishing licenses. The shop requires a valid ID, a hunter safety card and check or cash for license payments. The shop is located in Northern Baltimore County at 16928 York Rd Monkton, MD 21111 and is open from 10AM till 6PM weekdays and 8AM till 4PM weekends. Pictured above are the 2009-2010 Maryland Hunting Regulations Booklets , one of this season’s Migratory Waterfowl stamps by Wally Makuchal Jr. and a Model 12, 16 gauge, chambered for 2 1/2 inch shells. Have a safe hunting season! The shop phone # is 410-357-9557.