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Late Summer Fly Fishing On The Savage River

August 28, 2010

My buddy Matt was in town, so we decided to head to the Savage for a few days fishing. We arrived just before dark on Sunday and set up camp. On Monday morning we started on a stretch that has proven productive this year, and holds some nice trout. We were both fishing with nymph rigs on 5X tippet. Three casts into the first pool, and I set the hook when the indicator stopped. The brown above got the blood pumping before I directed it out of the faster water and into the net. This trout was only fifteen inches, but was built like a …

Bwo’s, Tricos and Caddis along the Gunpowder River

August 27, 2010

The river is flowing at 50 Cfs is clear and 51 F. We’ve had numerous reports of Olives along the river. Most of these are in the #18-20 range and we have plenty of snowshoe duns and emergers From Mike Bachkosky in the muffin tins on the front counter. The fish are looking up and the weather has been superb. While we’re not seeing blanket hatches, tricos are massing most mornings throughout the catch and release section. When in doubt use a #16 bead head pheasant tail in the riffles between Falls Rd and Bunkerhill. Summer is fleeting and we’ve had exceptional dry fly fishing. …

North Branch of the Potomac River AMD Remediation/Recreation Study Needs Your Input

September 1, 2010August 25, 2010

Thanks to Sera Janson Zegre, Project Manager from Downstream Strategies who asked us to distribute this call to action. I am writing to ask for your help with an important study seeking to calculate the economic benefits of water-based recreation on the North Branch of the Potomac. Background: Sponsored by Garrett County, Maryland (fiscal agent), Appalachian Regional Commission, Maryland Department of the Environment, and Maryland Division of Natural Resources, this research seeks to calculate the local economic benefits generated from water-based recreation on the North Branch Potomac River, made possible by the clean-up of acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned mine lands in Garrett and …

Fly Fishing Report from the Headwaters of the Connecticut River

August 19, 2010

Thanks to Roman for the report and to Adrian for the great photos. Hey Theaux, We drove up north a few days ago to help Adrian with moving into his new apartment up at Dartmouth. While in the north country, we just had to take a few days off to do some fishing.From Hanover, we continued 3 hours north to the far northern-most tip of New Hampshire to the headwaters of the Connecticut River where we spent a few days catching trout. Not only were the mid 60s temperatures an absolute pleasure after the sweltering heat back home, but the fishing (and the catching) was …

Wild Browns And Wild Flowers On The Gunpowder

August 17, 2010

The Gunpowder River is the ideal destination for trout fishing in late Summer. The prolonged high air temps and lack of rain have basically shut down trout fishing on freestone streams in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Low flows are not the big problem, but the warmer water temps over 70 degrees can be too stressful on trout. Fortunately the frigid bottom release from Prettyboy Dam offers refuge from the hot air temps, and allows us to fish the Gunpowder without concern. Yesterday I was curious just how much river was fishable based on water temperature. The Falls Rd area is 48 degrees, and roughly …

Fly Fishing Wyoming’s Wind River

August 15, 2010

Brad Boyer sent in this picture of a gorgeous brown trout he caught on a recent trip out West. Hey Theaux, I’m one of Alex McCrickard’s friends and I stop by the shop quite often. Just got back from fishing the Wind River Canyon near Dubois, Wyoming. Had an awesome trip mainly fishing the Wind River and it’s tributaries. The fish were caught on a hopper dropper set up, the hopper was a variation of a Fat Albert and the dropper was a halfback nymph size 12. Here are a couple pictures I thought I’d share from the trip. Brad

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