Gunpowder River Report from College Park, MD Fly Fishing Regular

Theaux and Jason- I was up last Friday with a friend and took your advice to fish below York Road. We got into a couple of beautiful fish above, in and below the first bend below York Road (our first fish of the new year, incidentally), fishing unweighted and bead-head stoneflies and zug bugs. One of these fish was pretty stout, too! Only saw 3 or 4 stoneflies in the air, but with high temps and lingering winter blues, the fishing was exactly what the doctor ordered. Looking forward to fishing more in 2007!! Once again, thanks for the expert advice!! Aaron M College Park, …

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Fly Fishing School Scheduled for April 1, 2007

Please join us for a fly fishing school. On Sunday, April 1, a Gunpowder River guide will be teaching a fly fishing school that is ideal for beginners. The school covers knots, casting, gear and fly selection.Cost is $100 per person and includes the use of 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.

Cold Water, Bright Sun and Wild Fish

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 167 Cfs and is 41 F throughout the catch and release section.The river is clear, cold and is moving along at a good clip. Guide Capt. Jeff Lewatowski just finished up a guide trip with a new client from Alexandria, Virginia.They were fishing soft hackles, caddis pupa and small stonefly nymphs in riffles and flats above Falls Rd.They released a half dozen fish between 8-10″, and one 12″ fish during the trip.The water will be warming this week and leveling off as the last of the snow and ice melts. Soo…get ready to fish stoneflies! Picture by: Capt. Jeff …

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Heartfelt letter about Blue Mount Quarry from a Gunpowder River Regular

This heartfelt letter following my earlier post, comes to us from a Gunpowder regular. Thank you Mr. Williams for voicing your opinion. To whom it may concern: I recently read the notice posted on your website of the meeting about the pending resumption of quarrying rock at Blue Mount Quarry. Unfortunately, work in Washington D.C. will prevent me from making it to the meeting. As an avid fly fisherman, and a regular at the gunpowder river, I wanted to write to express my concern over the impact the quarry will have on the river. I would hate to see years of hard work by everyone …

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Kudos for BACKWATERANGLER.COM

Theaux, Jason and Rocky!! You guys have done a great job on the new website. The Videos are fantastic,( they make you want to fish). I haven’t fished since late summer. Will stop in soon. Cliff Callender Reston, VA

Bush Cabin Run Replanting Effort Postponed

Due to inclement weather the MDTU Bush Cabin Run Planting Day has been postponed. Please see my earlier post for a description of this event. At this time a make-up date has not been scheduled. on 3/19 the following was added-the make-up date will be March 24, 2007 on 3/27 the following was added-the make-up date will be April 14, 2007