Gunpowder River Cleanup Video

This video short highlighted the efforts of Theaux Le Gardeur, and Jeff Lewatowski during the Gunpowder river cleanup. Thanks to Cliff Callendar, from Reston, Va and Matt Mcgee from Parkton, MD for lending a hand. We found 4 tires, and filled 25 bags of garbage-not bad for a mornings’ work. Thanks to Americanrivers.org for providing bags and support for the cleanup. During the cleanup, Cliff and Matt found a water snake latched on to a 9 inch brown trout, the subject of an upcoming video-stay tuned.We still have plenty of bags left so next time you’re up, stop by and grab one and do a …

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Fly Fishing Clinic:Dry Flies

Please Join us Thursday evening, July 28, 2007 from 6:00 PM till 8:00 PM for a dry fly skills clinic along the Gunpowder River. Brush up on dry fly fishing methods and be more productive covering water with a variety of techniques. Cost is $75 per person and participants provide their own gear. Class size is limited to 4 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.

BWA Overnighter July 24

Fly fish the Savage River and the North Branch of the Potomac River with a Maryland Licensed Guide on July 24-25. during your Backwater Angler Overnighter, you’ll enjoy a day and a half of guided fly fishing in Western Maryland, an overnight stay in a stream side cabin and have three meals on us for $550 per person. Related Posts: A full description of the 2007 Backwater Angler Overnighter Watch a Video by Jason du Pont of Insects along the Savage River Read Theaux Le Gardeur’s description of one of last years’ outings in western Maryland Interested? Book your Backwater Angler Overnighter early. Please give …

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BWA Overnighter July 26

Fly fish the Savage River and the North Branch of the Potomac River with a Maryland Licensed Guide on July 26-27. During your Backwater Angler Overnighter, you’ll enjoy a day and a half of guided fly fishing in Western Maryland, an overnight stay in a stream side cabin and have three meals on us for $550 per person. Related Posts: A full description of the 2007 Backwater Angler Overnighter Watch a Video by Jason du Pont of Insects along the Savage River Read Theaux Le Gardeur’s description of one of last years’ outings in western Maryland Interested? Book your Backwater Angler Overnighter early. Please give …

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BWA Overnighter July 23

Fly fish the Savage River and the North Branch of the Potomac River with a Maryland Licensed Guide on July 23-24. During your Backwater Angler Overnighter, you’ll enjoy a day and a half of guided fly fishing in Western Maryland, an overnight stay in a stream side cabin and have three meals on us for $550 per person. Related Posts: A full description of the 2007 Backwater Angler Overnighter Watch a Video by Jason du Pont of Insects along the Savage River Read Theaux Le Gardeur’s description of one of last years’ outings in western Maryland Interested? Book your Backwater Angler Overnighter early. Please give …

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Gunpowder River Low and Clear after a Tornado Warning

The sky turned green yesterday as I was slinging the last of the mulch. I ducked inside the house as the trees swayed and the heavy rain pushed through the old windows. On the river the tribs swelled, the gauge moved-but only briefly to 145Cfs, and is now back down to 34 Cfs.Water temps are still cool at 53 to 55 F throughout the catch and release section. Most of the spikes we see after a heavy rain are skewed from runoff from the Falls bridge on the upstream side of the gauge so spikes really don’t give one a clear picture of actual stream …

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