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
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TL,
Tim
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"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.

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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.