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Fly Fishing Skills Clinic Entomology w/ Jason du Pont

Please join us for a fly fishing skills clinic on Tuesday June 5th at 5:30 PM. Backwater Angler Guide Jason du Pont will be teaching an entomology clinic that is ideal for intermediate to advanced anglers. The clinic covers basic entomology, insect identification and fly selection. Cost is $75 per person. 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.

This Week Fly Fishing Maryland:Loch Raven Reservoir

This video short by Jason du Pont describes fly fishing in Maryland for the week of May 22, 2007. In this episode, we give an introduction to fly fishing Loch Raven Reservoir for pickerel, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and black crappie. Many beautiful warm water game fish are released and tips on fly fishing the reservoir are discussed. Loch Raven is a great place for anglers to target bass, panfish and pickerel with flies.

The Gunpowder River is Full of Kamloops Rainbows and Sulphur Mayflies

The Gunpowder river is clear and flowing at 85 Cfs.Water temps at Falls Rd through Masemore are 63 to 64 F. We’ve had Caddis and Sulphurs for a solid two weeks now. We’re experiencing typical June water temperatures in May and we’ve seen less hatch activity from Bunkerhill through Big Falls. Evening fishing tends to peak around 7 PM with a late emergence of duns followed by a spinner fall at dusk to dark. Yesterday MD DNR Fisheries Biologists stocked the upper river with 5, 000 fingerling Kamloops strain rainbows. Once established, these fish have the ability to grow at a rate of close to …

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Gunpowder River named in the Top 150 Best Fishing Spots by Field and Stream Magazine

The Gunpowder river was recently named as one of the top 150 fishing destinations by Field and Stream Magazine. We provided tips for the article and would be happy to provide a fly fishing guide should you need one on the Gunpowder river, or any trout stream located in the state of Maryland. Have a date in May or June in mind?Please give us a call at 410-329-6821 or drop us a line at info@backwaterangler.com to pre-register.

Fly Fishing Maryland:Rising Trout Insanity on the Gunpowder River

If this video short by Jason du Pont is any indication, don’t wait until June to fly fish the Gunpowder River. Click To Play The Gunpowder is experiencing great hatch fishing throughout the day, but incredible spinner falls and dun hatches in the late evening. The video footage shows a pool of steady, aggressively rising trout.

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