The upper river holds, based on State fisheries biologist Charlie Gougeons’ report after the 2006 Fall shocking survey, 4,646 fish per mile-That’s four thousand, six hundred and forty six fish per mile folks. Who’s going flyfishing this weekend? If you don’t, others will. Here’s a little insight as to who might headed up this weekend based on local drive times from folks we’re proud to call regulars. The South Jersey and N. Virginia anglers will drive just over 2 hours and 15 minutes. Philly-style anglers will drive 1 hour and 45 minutes. Delaware based anglers will drive 1 hour and 15 minutes. Annapolis and DC …

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Ask Jason about the 22″ rainbow that got away.Streamflow is 182 Cfs, the river is clear, cool at 52 F and is taking on some beautiful Fall color. We’ve had quite a few reports of chunky browns in the 10-14″ range taking size #14-18 caddis and #12-14 stimulators. Nymphs that imitate black fly larvae-think zebra midges have been dynamite-especially above Falls Rd. Large terrestrials should work fine in the #8, yes #8 through #12 range.Smaller, more traditional streamers such as Grey Ghosts and Mickey Finns are easier to fish than bulky patterns, get down fast, and the fish eat them. Leaves are falling along the trails …

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Join Theaux Le Gardeur at the National Capital Chapter of Trout Unlimited October meeting-that’s tomorrow evening folks at 7:00 PM.The meeting place is at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 4805 Edgmoor Lane, Downtown Bethesda, MD-for directions and a description of NCC-TU please go to NCCTU.org

If this weather keeps up I’m moving to England. Fishing has been super! Water flow has been nice and temp is still hovering around 50 F. Sulphurs sized #12-14 are coming off around 3:00 PM with #18-20 Caddis mixed in. Try a #16 Pheasant tail in between hatches and don’t let the weatherman tell you how to spend your weekend. Following are some recent quotes from anglers this week. “Some of the nicest water I’ve seen in the East…Lots of voracious feeding and saw a couple of bruisers…It was one of the most memorable days for me on the Gun…” “Getting into some nice wild …

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The sun is shining and Yes, the water is still off color, but we’re finding fish that are taking Sulphurs from the surface. Most of these are #14-16. If the fish are rising, but you can’t seem to connect, try a sparkle dun. A sparkle dun is a great emerger pattern that is easy to see and works like the devil. One should find some better looking water, Olives sized #18-22 and #18-20 Caddis above Falls Rd. Fishing big Streamers in the pocket water has it’s own rewards.The river should continue to drop and clear up by the weekend. Note: A sparkle-dun is a comparadun …

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