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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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

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

Due to inclement weather. We will be rescheduling the Gunpowder Favorites Tying Class with Capt. Jeff Lewatowski. Please give us a call at 410-329-6821 for rain, (sleet) date info and/or to pre-register.

A public meeting will be held about a block from Backwater Angler at 7:30 PM on Tuesday night, March 13, 2007. Pat van den Beemt recently wrote an article in the North County News that described the new quarry owners’ intentions. Note:The original February meeting was rescheduled due to inclement weather. The address is: The Summit Manor – 2nd floor behind Hereford Vol Fire Dept 510 Monkton Road Monkton, Maryland 21111-1120 I’m asking all of you who have an interest in the Gunpowder river to attend.