Maryland Fly Tying Materials and Patterns

Fall can be the time for pursuing wild browns amidst the changing colors of leaves and reflecting on the past year’s fishing. Journals can help, often times a fly box can be a great place to look to bring back memories from months ago. The tattered snow shoe hendricksons and soft hackle nymphs in my box bring back early Spring evenings. Size twenty midge pupaes, zebra midges, caddis larvae and the faithful San Juan kept things hot on cold winter days. Wet flies, caddis pupae and pheasant tails in many colors and sizes dominate rows and rows of slitted foam in my boxes. My “fur …

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Fly Fishing for Wild Brown Trout Near DC

The river is flowing at 118 Cfs, (a perfect level for wading) and is 54 F. The reservoir is still turning over but the river is clear enough to sight fish to wild trout taking olives and small caddis in the #18-20 range along the edges of seams. More larger fish, over 14″ have been caught in the past few weeks than the rest of the year combined, including a 20″ fish by lucky Philadelphia area fly fisherman Tom Buterbaugh, and a 20″ fish by local guide Capt. Jeff Lewatowski. Try a large streamer on a sink-tip line through some of the deeper runs and …

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Gunpowder Trout By The Bucketful

The shocking survey on the Gunpowder River is pretty incredible to witness. On September 24th a team of Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Biologists shocked the Falls Rd area on Gunpowder River. A line of wader clad, net wielding biologists and volunteers pushed upstream behind biologists wearing electro-fishing backpacks. The shocking prod stunned anything within a five to six foot range with a low volt charge. The stunned trout floated to the surface where they were gently netted and placed in buckets. Trout and the occasional big sucker floated up from every little hole. The contents of the buckets were placed into tubs with …

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Baltimore Locals Fly Fish for Atlantic Salmon on the Grand Cascapedia

Gunpowder regulars Pam and Fred Meier had their hands full on a recent first time Atlantic Salmon trip to the Grand Cascapedia. The scenery and fishing looks nothing short of spectacular. Thanks to Fred and Pam for the pictures and accompanying fishing report from the Grand Cascapedia. Theaux and Rocky: The narrative as requested: This 38 lb. Atlantic salmon was caught on the Grand Cascapedia River in Quebec on the morning of the last day of the 2007 fishing Season, September 29. She was taken on a Winston 8 wt. rod with 15 lb. tippet and a size 8 Picas fly. Because of heavy rain …

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T&T Horizon II Review at BACKWATERANGLER.COM

Thanks to Gunpowder regular Terry Newendorp for the following gear review on the Thomas & Thomas Horizon II 9ft 8wt 4pc fly rod. Hi Theaux: I’m down at my place in Florida and went snook/redfish fishing yesterday with that T&T H II you sold me a few months back. It was the second time I fished it, but the first time in wind and for 8 straight hours in the flats and mangrove swamps. It was nothing less than fantastic: I put unweighted flies right on the nose of fish 70 ft away, weighted crab and shrimp flies right in front of tailing redfish at …

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Fly Fishing For Wild Brown Trout Near Philadephia, PA on the Gunpowder River

The Gunpowder river is dropping today from 299 Cfs and should stabilize in the 180 CFs range through the weekend. The river is slightly off color because the reservoir is “turning over.” Lower water levels mean that those intent on wading can get out and cover more water throughout the catch and release stretch of the Gunpowder river. Small olives, caddis and midges have been coming off between Masemore through the Falls Rd stretch. Longer, finer leaders will once again be necessary to trick these wild fish with smaller patterns so start in the 9ft to 12ft 5x range and a some 6x, especially with …

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