Fly Tying...Off the Hook Sucker Spawn

Off the Hook Sucker Spawn from Tightline Productions~T. Flagler on Vimeo.

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Daily Reel...'Fly Fishing the Boise River in Town'

Fly Fishing The Boise River In Town from Kevon Bjornson on Vimeo.

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Daily Reel...'KC Badger - Fishing and Bikes'

KC Badger - Fishing and Bikes from Kink Bike Co. on Vimeo.

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Trip Report: Gunpowder River 7/1...Its So Good to be Back!

So Z and I hit up the GP last Sunday and boy did we crush it. In the first 2 hours, I had landed 18 Fallfish, all on a Green Weenie. It was a good hike up to Zach's new secret spot so by the time we actually got in the water, with the air temp lingering in the mid 80's (at 8am), we were already wet. We put in after I snapped a few photos and vids and began our journey hitting up the banks and holes back to the car. The water was around 70cfs, really low, and the fish were pretty spooky. Using long leaders, we hit every bend and nook with only Fallfish to show for it. Finally, after being disturbed by some pretty obnoxious kids in a canoe, Zach tightened his line on a 5" Brownie with a Olive Wooly Bugger. Mokey was off our backs...finally. We waded a bit more and saw quite a few more fish but just couldn't get them to bite. We filmed a bit more, enjoyed our new Allen Trout 2 reels, and kept cool in the 53 deg F water.

We headed up to Backwater Angler where we ate lunch and picked up a bit of this and that. We talked to Theaux a bit and found out the shop will be moving in the next week or so. Not too far, actually back to their old location (which I'm honestly not quite sure of yet, but its close to the current store). After some good conversation about conservation on the GP, we headed up to the Trophy C&R section off of Falls Rd. We hopped in at the big bend where we spotted somewhere around a dozen Browns. We had quite a few follows but no lovin'. So we headed down to the pools. We spotted so many fish, I mean, big and small. Zach landed a nice Brown again, somewhere in the 6" range. I jumped two fish on a Green Weenie but lost both...I was hot to trot.  Zach eased down to the next pool where he landed two more Browns, a 6" and 7" on a tandem rig (a Pheasant Tail as the anchor and a size 16 Copper Nymph as the dropper, one fish taken on each). I threw on the same rig and finally, after Zach's 5th Brown (around 6"), landed a nice 7" Brown in the last pool before Whale Rock. We waded some more, past the Falls Rd bridge, where we fished the small pools and I landed a 5" Brown, bringing us to a total of 7 for the day.

I landed one more Fallfish and a White Sucker in the 9" range when we decided it was time to call it a day. Drenched in sweat and slightly dehydrated, we loaded up, ate a quick snack, recapped the day and made the 45 minute drive home. Overall, for our first time in almost 3 months to the GP, we called it a great day. I would love to get some of you guys up there to fish, I know a few of our followers have expressed interest. Contact us at tightlinedtalesofaflyfisherman@gmail.com for info and we'll see what we can piece together.

Boom...Morgan

Daily Reel...Simms Shoot-Out Submission

Check out this SICK reel from Detonation Studios, submitted for the Simms Shoot-Out Submission.

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Daily Reel Especiale...My First Video...Gunpowder River Fly Fishing July 2011

Tight Lines...Morgan

Fishing Trip: Gunpowder River-Take 3 + Updates

After being washed out last weekend due to the opening of all four gates on the Pretty Boy Dam, which we wont speak of, just seems to upset us since we only saw one fish all day and it didn't even make its way onto our hooks, we decided to try and redeem ourselves. The wives went away for the weekend, perfect opportunity for some great fishing. So Zach and I departed Annapolis for the Gunpowder at our usual time this past Saturday and were able to dip our feet in the water at around 8am. We packed our lunches and I put my gear (including my new Simms Freestone wading boots) into the Jeep the night before just to make sure we get up there on time and can crunch as many fish into the time we had. We jumped in about a mile downstream from the Pretty Boy Dam off Falls Rd. We waded down what we have both decided is the most beautiful section of the river. We fished through a lot of pressure, at least 2 fishermen every 200 yards or so and had one Brown under our belts which I caught on a Black Wooly Bugger right behind a nice rock sitting in the middle of the stream. Heres a pic:

We got back to the car and headed over to another stretch off Monkton Rd. We fished about a half mile of the river and only had one fish to claim from that stretch, a nice sized White Sucker Zach actually false hooked. We decided to grab lunch and make a move to another spot we really like off of Blue Mount Rd. (which we found with the help of the awesome guys at Backwater Angler Fly Shop) to try out a feeder creek that runs into the Gunpowder. We ended up wading about a mile or more upstream since we got into some good sized River Chub, Fallfish, and a Pumpkinseed on all different colors of Wooly Buggers, Zonkers, and Clouser Minnows. We had over a dozen fish each when Zach hooked into an awesome Brown. Check out the pics:

We fished the feeder run for most of the day since we got into some great fish. After walking back to the Gunpowder, we decided to fish downstream a bit from the feeder creek and ended up getting into/fishing the day with some wild brook trout, two of which we took on a double header. All around great day, the next trip is planned for 2 weeks from now but who knows what we'll get into between now and then...Check out the pics of the final fish and the scenes of the day:

Backwoods Update: My little bro Ryan headed down to Colin's pond (Bucks Pond) to fish with Colin and the Backwoods guys this past weekend and sent me some pics...check it out:

Tight Lines...Morgan