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Backwater Angler in the Daily Caller

When he’s not shirking deadlines while knee deep in the Gunpowder, Matt Labash is the noted author of the rollicking good, Fly Fishing with Darth Vader, the senior staff writer for the Weekly Standard and a columnist for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller. Last week Matt asked me, “Why should one bother fishing dries during the winter. My answer, and his great freezing largemouth eats-Adams story, appeared Monday in his Daily Caller column titled; Ask Matt Labash Vol XL: Throwing Dry Flies in winter, a December Largemouth Tale, and Hope Floats. If that doesn’t beat all, The Weekly Standard Blog also picked up the story and …

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How to Survive Winter Fishing

Got a minute? Thanks to George for once again including me in his always insightful One Minute How-To program. We discussed, albeit briefly, How to Survive Winter Fishing, it’s episode #525 and my third foray into podcasting. For anyone out there that feels they can condense some know how into a one minute segment be sure to drop George a line. He’s always interested in new topics. Related Podcasts: How to Ask for a Fishing Report How to Take Someone Fly Fishing

November Fly Fishing on the Gunpowder

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 35 Cfs and is low, clear and 47 F. Fish have been looking up this week. Cloudy days have allowed folks to get a bit closer to the fish with patterns imitating tiny BWO’s and small midges. Nymphing with brassies and caddis larva is a safe bet in the riffles in the mornings. Please consider limiting your wading this time of year, use the excellent trail network along the creek, and target rising fish. Thanks to Skye, Terry and Kiki for the stream reports and pics: Hi Theaux, Caught this beautiful brown on 6x with a size 20 RS2 …

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G.Loomis NRX Rods In Maryland

The new NRX Rods from G.Loomis have arrived in the shop, and are available in line weights for fresh and salt water fishing. Short of rehashing industry terminology, the NRX rods are extremely light, yet powerful. We took them to the lawn in four, five, eight and nine weights (all 9 feet long) to test them out. The four weight was definitely not as fast as I expected (power often equates to stiffness) and loaded quickly. Surprisingly the rod worked with little effort at twenty feet, yet never lost power at three times that distance. The four and five weight rods worked at distances we …

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Fall Fly Fishing On The Gunpowder River

The Gunpowder is flowing at 34 CFs, low and clear. The lower sections of the C & R have slightly higher flows from the smaller tributaries that enter the river. The flow in the Glencoe Rd stretch leveled out at 75 Cfs, after spiking from recent rains. The low water conditions make for challenging fishing, but anglers are still catching fish on a variety of patterns. Dry flies are still working as searching patterns and indicators with small nymphs dropped behind. Olives and X-caddis patterns are working and we have a number of these locally tied patterns. Nymph rigs with tiny nymphs and midge larvae …

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