In article
td.umich.edu, Mu
Young Lee wrote:

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 wrote:

Here in Mayland the smallmouth bass seems to be almost non existent.In
recent weeks a few seasoned fly anglers and I have been fishing for
smallies with little success.

Sounds surprising. I've always thought of Md as a fine smallmouth state.
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The Patapsco, like many of the mid atlantic streams, is kind of a work
in progress. At one point there were 28 dams along it's length and they
are now down to three and all have fish ladders. The nature of the
stream changes a lot from where it flows out of one of the reservoirs
along a snaking a 30 miles course along one of America's first
industrial valleys (through Ellicott City it flows the the shadow of
America's first train station) eventually it ends up in Baltimore
harbor. The state had the foresight to purchase pretty much all the
lands on both sides of the river over the last few years so there is a
state park buffer but the stream still suffers from run-off of the
streets and some silting. There's a lot of industrial debris in places.
In fact, Franks first Maryland Reid involved running a piece of glass
inbedded in concrete in his heel up to the bone in this stream. But
there's been a lot of progress made. I'm not sure why the state stocks
rainbows as thee a places Browns might live over as there are some
springs that come in. The smallmouth fishing can be very good and I've
taken one near 18 inch fish near the aformentioned steel bridge.
There's lots of cover and usually lots of minnows, although I'll have
to check as JC says he's not seeing many right now. All in all it's
not the best stream to have in one's backyard but it's pretty good and
it's ten minutes from the house.

Allen
Catonsville, MD