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Join us for a Chesapeake favorites tying class that focuses on Chesapeake Bay fly patterns. Jeff Lewatowski will be teaching this class for intermediate tyers. Cost of the class is $45 per person, and includes the use of materials, please bring your own tools.The class is limited to six and pre-registration is required. Please give us a call at 410-329-6821 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.
We’ve had a lot of water moving this week, after a major rain event on Thursday that triggered a big melt along the entire Pretty Boy Watershed we saw flow rates as high as 1, 700 Cfs in the Gunpowder river. Over the weekend, the river returned to a normal state, (Typically under 275) CFS) So, this morning at 6:15 AM the USGS gauge read 195 Cfs and the river is still dropping. As the river drops, fish become very active, so plan a few hours on the river this week, and bring some small streamers in the #6 to #10, stoneflies in the #14-16 …
Join us for a Gunpowder Favorites Fly Tying Class. Jeff Lewatowski will be teaching this class on Gunpowder River fly patterns for intermediate tyers. Cost of the class is $45 per person, and includes the use of materials, please bring your own tools.The class is limited to six and pre-registration is required. Please give us a call at 410-329-6821 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.
For all who asked for an easier and more user friendly way to find and view our videos on the site, we’ve created a video button on the far right of the header of the front page labeled VIDEO. Give the page a look and just click to play any of the top five videos listed on the page. Additionally, all of the video titles will appear in the sidebar and may be viewed by choosing the title and then selecting click to play. Cheers!
In a follow up to my earlier post, Mike writes: Theaux: I have to agree with Bill about the large dogs. They can be real irksome. I think they scare horses, too. I know mountain bikers scare ’em. Plus, I was speaking with a woman I know who lives near the river and rides there. I told her what was happening on this site – the talk about horse damage. She was very upset. Not about what is being said but about the possibility that “troubles are a-brewing.” She knows what damage a horse can do to a trail; she says she has been riding …
In a follow up to my earlier post, Jed writes: Theaux– Here’s what I saw on the trails. I hope passing it on to DNR with other people’s observations helps improve the trail conditions. I was fishing the Gunpowder on the 15th of January. I walked from York Road to about a half mile above Bunker Hill Road. On the north bank trail above the big pool ,above the Bunker Hill access there were 2 or 3 places where the trail had become mired in mud. I don’t know what the cause of this miring is, but it certainly was a deterioration of the trail. …