Newbie...sorta
 

Hi,

Been lurking out here in the shadows for a short while reading posts but
wanted to find out if there's any people in here in northern Maryland that
fly fish? I'm sure there are but, seems most on these list servers seem to
be geared for waters out west of the Mississippi. Sucks that i'm just
getting into fly fishing here in Maryland since I just moved back here from
Falcon, Colorado in late '01. Seems all the blue ribbon fishing waters are
out there and i'm not! Nevertheless, i'm going to make the best of it and
try to find some good spots out here to get my heels wet.

First off, any suggestions on what flies to begin learning how to tie here
in Carrol/Frederick Counties. Not educated on any of the hatches of local
streams here but would like to learn, what to stock my box(es) up with. I'm
sure the wooly buggers are a must have but, wet? dry...? Was reading in FR&R
that wool style fly's are pretty easy, forgiving and cheap for the aspiring
newbie.

Second, I can drive an hour or so in any direction to get to some prime
fishing but don't know of much other than, I believe it's called Beaver
Creek, just off of Rt 66 between Frederick and Hagerstown. And there's a
catch and release south of me on Rt 94 (Patuxent or Patapsco?). Not limited
to Trout either...Bass...whatever...

Sorry for the Novel....thanks in advance...

Anthony
Mt Airy, MD

Anthony wrote:
Hi,

Been lurking out here in the shadows for a short while reading posts
but wanted to find out if there's any people in here in northern
Maryland that fly fish? I'm sure there are but, seems most on these
list servers seem to be geared for waters out west of the
Mississippi.

They may do some fishing west of the Mississippi, but those boys are
SERIOUSLY lacking in camaraderie. ;-)

There are several fine upstanding young MD roffians that should be with
you shortly. You've got a buch of "blue ribbon" waters within driving
distance. You may want to pick this up: http://tinyurl.com/5tj2u
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Anthony" wrote in message
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Hi,

snippage...

Anthony
Mt Airy, MD

I wasn't aware that Maryland was large enough to have a North designation,
having lived there in the mid '60s; however, be that as it may, I imagine
Mr. Frank--the patron saint of the drowning man--Reid will be along shortly
to help ya out.

We gotta Mt. Airy down in NC too. Have y'all got a Mayberry?

Mark

"Anthony" wrote in message
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Sadly....no Mayberry (that i'm aware of).

Anthony

That's ok, as we, in the ONS, don't have one either :~^(

I don't know why Mr. Reid hasn't shown up yet, though it could be that it is
more difficult to fall *in*when the streams have frozen over, than it is
when the streams are flowing. Mr. Reid is our resident Maryland streams
expert, so it will be imperative that you speak with him.

Welcome to ROFF! Your life is now and forever to be changed.

Mark

Anthony,

Try www.flyanglersonline.com. There seem to be several contributors to
the bulletin board from your neck of the woods.

George

Still no Frank?!?!?!? Must be outta town (hope he brought his life
preserver).

I live in northern Maryland (Harford County/Bel Air) and flyfish a bunch.
For trout, the Gunpowder (which I call home waters) is a good tailwater.
Catch and release below Prettyboy resevoir dam for 7 or so miles in northern
Baltimore county (Map destination: Monkton, MD). I think that is roughly an
hour north-east of you.

Not too diverse insect-wise, but has a nice sulfur hatch starting mid-June
or so. GRHE, copper johns, PT, green weenies seem to work subsurface. For
dries, sulfur imitations during the hatch work well, but EHC in tan and gray
are my favorites. There are BWO and Trico hatches, and I have stumbled onto
a few with very little success, so any pattern . Terrestrials starting late
June through the summer are also lots of fun: Crowe Beetle, Foam beetle,
Madam-X work for me. Last summer's 17 year Cicada hatch was friggen
incredible, can't wait for 2021! The patterns I mentioned are all pretty
easy ties and work in most places.

There are also smallmouth bass in many places, and they are a blast on a fly
rod. Springtime also brings large striped bass into the Chesapeake Bay,
also fun.

Roughly 2 hours to your west is Garrett county and 4 more fine rivers:
Savage, Yough, Casselman and the North Branch of the Potomac. But that's
another story.

Have you seen the DNR fishing site? http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/
There is some good info there, and elsewhere on the web.

(Jonesin' for some fishin', February blows)\
Sam

There's a fantastic, growing, unexploited new fishery opening up in
Maryland. For now, the fish are confined to a few tributaries of the
Potomac, in particular, Little Hunting Creek, Dogue Creek, Pohick Bay,
Mason Neck Bay, Kanes Creek, Marshall Hall, Pomonkey Creek, and
Mattawoman Creek -- but they will soon become widespread throughout the
Potomac drainage. I am, of course, referring to the legendary Asian
snakehead.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
m...

There's a fantastic, growing, unexploited new fishery opening up in
Maryland. For now, the fish are confined to a few tributaries of the
Potomac, in particular, Little Hunting Creek, Dogue Creek, Pohick Bay,
Mason Neck Bay, Kanes Creek, Marshall Hall, Pomonkey Creek, and Mattawoman
Creek -- but they will soon become widespread throughout the Potomac
drainage. I am, of course, referring to the legendary Asian snakehead.


it is my desperate hope that the few, small, uncomfortable issues that
have seperated us from intimacy, in the past, will fly as ashes before a
rising wind, when you send me, in a private post, the source of the
remarkable substance that you have ingested immediately before you typed
those words.

wayno

bearsbuddy wrote:

"Anthony" wrote in message
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Sadly....no Mayberry (that i'm aware of).

Anthony

That's ok, as we, in the ONS, don't have one either :~^(

I don't know why Mr. Reid hasn't shown up yet, though it could be that it is
more difficult to fall *in*when the streams have frozen over, than it is
when the streams are flowing.

But if anybody could do it, Frank can.

Darin

Wayne Harrison wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
m...

There's a fantastic, growing, unexploited new fishery opening up in
Maryland. For now, the fish are confined to a few tributaries of the
Potomac, in particular, Little Hunting Creek, Dogue Creek, Pohick Bay,
Mason Neck Bay, Kanes Creek, Marshall Hall, Pomonkey Creek, and Mattawoman
Creek -- but they will soon become widespread throughout the Potomac
drainage. I am, of course, referring to the legendary Asian snakehead.



it is my desperate hope that the few, small, uncomfortable issues that
have seperated us from intimacy, in the past, will fly as ashes before a
rising wind, when you send me, in a private post, the source of the
remarkable substance that you have ingested immediately before you typed
those words.

The snakehead is reputed to have amazing curative, and perhaps even
halucinagenic powers.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

In article ,
"Tim J." wrote:

Anthony wrote:
Hi,

Been lurking out here in the shadows for a short while reading posts
but wanted to find out if there's any people in here in northern
Maryland that fly fish? I'm sure there are but, seems most on these
list servers seem to be geared for waters out west of the
Mississippi.

They may do some fishing west of the Mississippi, but those boys are
SERIOUSLY lacking in camaraderie. ;-)

There are several fine upstanding young MD roffians that should be with
you shortly. You've got a buch of "blue ribbon" waters within driving
distance. You may want to pick this up: http://tinyurl.com/5tj2u

Well, not sure how fine or young I am but I'm another Md'er but a little
south of you in Catonsville. You've gotten some good suggestions and
I'll put my vote in for the Gunpowder, The upper Patuxent as well as as
Morgan Run for some fine small stream fishing. Beaver creek can be a lot
of fun and three of us must have caught and released 75 trout between us
on a very pleasant day last Feb. I fish the Patapsco a good bit since
it's close.

Allen

Still no Frank?!?!?!? Must be outta town (hope he brought his life
preserver).

You guys act like I actually read this stuff. BTW, I do have a life.
Welcome to ROFF. I can pretty much just echo what Sam said. I'm near BWI
(both work and home), so, like you, good fishing is a bit of a drive, but
very doable. By the way, had a blast on Beaver Creek last Winter.
Pick up a copy of Maryland Trout Fishing by Charlie Gelso and Larry Coburn.
Larry runs the fly shop at Bass Pro, so if you can't find it online, you can
get it there.
When it warms up a bit, I will be out on the water. There are a few other
Marylanders here. As mentioned elsewhere, you can hit the bulletin board on
www.flyanglersonline.com Both that and ROFF are fun, though ROFF is not for
the faint of heart.
I will be taking a trip to the Gunpowder on probably 4 March. I'm escorting
a guy from flyanglersonline who will be in the neighborhood on work. He's
also a new flyfisherman. We may be able to hook up then.

--
Frank Reid
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Have you seen the DNR fishing site? http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/
There is some good info there, and elsewhere on the web.

I have it saved as a favorite so I will be digging deeper into the DNR site
as I go along.

I may try to get down to the Bass Pro Shops today sometime. it's a 45 min
drive for me but well worth the trip IMO. Only been there a couple times but
i'm in such a state of awe when I walk through the doors that I forget what
I went there for...

Now I know what it's like to walk into a store and wonder (when leaving) why
in the hell it's so late in the day when you only went in there to look for
something specific. I'm usually in and out without much bargain hunting
(unlike my wife and her relentless shopping prowess)...


I've been frequenting Crosswinds here in Mt Airy to pick through the flies
they have but I see all the patterns and get overwhelmed with trying to
figure out what I'll need for the up coming season, and how many to get of
each. They have all the little bitty boxes lined up together and they're
always so busy with the rest of the store that I almost don't want to bother
em to dig through the flies...

I am in the same boat, can't wait to get out there when it get's a little
warmer...just a little!


Anthony

(Jonesin' for some fishin', February blows)\
Sam

"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
...

Still no Frank?!?!?!? Must be outta town (hope he brought his life
preserver).

You guys act like I actually read this stuff. BTW, I do have a life.
Welcome to ROFF. I can pretty much just echo what Sam said. I'm near BWI
(both work and home), so, like you, good fishing is a bit of a drive, but
very doable. By the way, had a blast on Beaver Creek last Winter.
Pick up a copy of Maryland Trout Fishing by Charlie Gelso and Larry
Coburn.
Larry runs the fly shop at Bass Pro, so if you can't find it online, you
can
get it there.
When it warms up a bit, I will be out on the water. There are a few other
Marylanders here. As mentioned elsewhere, you can hit the bulletin board
on
www.flyanglersonline.com Both that and ROFF are fun, though ROFF is not
for
the faint of heart.
I will be taking a trip to the Gunpowder on probably 4 March. I'm
escorting
a guy from flyanglersonline who will be in the neighborhood on work. He's
also a new flyfisherman. We may be able to hook up then.

--
Frank Reid
Reverse email to reply


Thanks for the info, the FAOL looks better (info wise) than the FFF
or Patomac-Patuxant fishing clubs...If I can get away i'll meet up with ya,
if even for a tag-along...I'm still a bit green but i'm gettin the hang of
things.

Anthony

"Anthony" wrote in message
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Have you seen the DNR fishing site?
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/
There is some good info there, and elsewhere on the web.

I have it saved as a favorite so I will be digging deeper into the DNR
site
as I go along.

I may have posted this before, can't remember.
Here is something that I found very handy:
http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/mbss/search.cfm

Just select a county and/or type in a stream name and you get some nice
data.

For example:
http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/mbss/...AVA-105-R-2002

We need to get a group together on the Gunpowder soon!

Sam

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:38:51 -0700, rw
wrote:

Wayne Harrison wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
m...

There's a fantastic, growing, unexploited new fishery opening up in
Maryland. For now, the fish are confined to a few tributaries of the
Potomac, in particular, Little Hunting Creek, Dogue Creek, Pohick Bay,
Mason Neck Bay, Kanes Creek, Marshall Hall, Pomonkey Creek, and Mattawoman
Creek -- but they will soon become widespread throughout the Potomac
drainage. I am, of course, referring to the legendary Asian snakehead.



it is my desperate hope that the few, small, uncomfortable issues that
have seperated us from intimacy, in the past, will fly as ashes before a
rising wind, when you send me, in a private post, the source of the
remarkable substance that you have ingested immediately before you typed
those words.

The snakehead is reputed to have amazing curative, and perhaps even
halucinagenic powers.

But to enjoy the benefits of them, do you have to kiss it, ingest it,
or **** it?

(my money is on the last one)



Peter

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Peter Charles wrote:

But to enjoy the benefits of them, do you have to kiss it, ingest it,
or **** it?

(my money is on the last one)

You're welcome to put your money where ever you see fit, Peter, but
Asian snakeheads, normally, are ingested.

Seriously, you guys have heard of the disastrous snakehead introduction
into the Potomac watershed, haven't you?

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote:

Seriously, you guys have heard of the disastrous snakehead introduction
into the Potomac watershed, haven't you?

Both the introduction in 2001 and the reintroduction a couple weeks
ago....

JR