fly fishing near Morganstown WV

[Dana R. Williams]

Hi, team,

Looking for next weekend recommendations within an hour or hour and a half, the closer the better as "this is not a fly fishing trip" per my husband - close to Morganstown, WV, where we lined up a home exchange. 

Appreciate any advice on bodies of water or towns or access for fly fishing. Trout preferred but if close will consider wadeable smallmouth fishing - no boat access though we will be staying on Cheat Lake. 

Thank you for any suggestions - also willing to go to western MD but totally unfamiliar with that area as well as we are new in the mid-Atlantic. 

Dana

[Dana R. Williams]

Forgot to mention - having a hard time finding a fly shop in that area but can definitely call them if anybody knows a fly shop in or near Morganstown. Thank you.

[Gregg Rockett]

Hi Dana.  90 minutes from Morgantown is some of the best trout water in Maryland, and possibly the mid-Atlantic.  The Savage River, Casselman River and North Branch of the Potomac River are all clustered around Western MD and offer some great opportunities for trout and smallmouth.  Here is a link to my blog post covering the Savage and North Branch of the Potomac.  Enjoy!  Gregg Rockett

[Rob Snowhite]

Savage is the most slippery river I have ever fished. Big cleats and a wading staff are a must. Don’t neglect the head waters of these reservoirs for brookies. 

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On Oct 1, 2022, at 9:46 AM, Gregg Rockett <grock...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Dana.  90 minutes from Morgantown is some of the best trout water in Maryland, and possibly the mid-Atlantic.  The Savage River, Casselman River and North Branch of the Potomac River are all clustered around Western MD and offer some great opportunities for trout and smallmouth.  Here is a link to my blog post covering the Savage and North Branch of the Potomac.  Enjoy!  Gregg Rockett

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[Doug Graebner]

There's a fly shop on the Savage by the cabins, or was when I was there last-dunno if it's still around. Second the cleats and wading staff. The North Branch can be waded in the little nubbin upstream from Barnum but you'll need to be extremely careful-it's less slippery than the Savage but deeper and faster. There's also the Yough.

[Carl Z.]

Mcfly outdoors down in Bridgeport was ok, but it really depends who was working on the day you showed up, but this was a few years ago.

The castleman is a fun stop, ... if they have started stocking for the season. The savage below the reservoir is a productive tailwater fishery and the feeders into the reservoir hold brook trout, but you have to search a bit.

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[Patrick Hynes]

Shop is still there - Savage River Outfitters. I had an excellent day catching healthy 14-16 in. browns there a few weeks ago. Tiny BWOs hatching all over, but most of the fish I landed were on midge droppers, red/green sz. 18. 

[Patrick Hynes]

I'll add to that - the flows were low for the Savage (45 cfs), which I think made for better fishing. When that river is running high, it's very hard to wade out. Sweet spot is 40-70 CFS imo. 

[Dana R. Williams]

Thanks all. Had a wonderful time on the Savage weekend before lost - only had two half days but caught a few 14-15 inchers euronymphing. I think I am in love. The leaves in Garrett County MD were also stunning -  I think they were approaching the peak.