Maryland browns

[TurbineBlade]

Been chasing browns in tailwaters, freestones, and one spring creek the last few weeks.  We've had slow, average, and good fishing overall depending on the day.  Most everything on the same beetle we use everywhere.  Lots of miles on the truck, but who cares?

A lot of these Maryland browns are beautiful fish!  

Gene

[bryan....@gmail.com]

Very nice!

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[namfos]

Nice Fontinalis salvelinus too

Mark

[TurbineBlade]

Bonus -- I owe you a beer at the next tie!  

On Monday, August 31, 2015 at 11:58:40 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

Nice Fontinalis salvelinus too

Mark

[namfos]

For?

Mark

[TurbineBlade]

Calling out my lie -- that's worth an IPA for sure.  Maybe a stout..

[namfos]

Hardly a grave terminological inexactitude, Gene. Merely a species mis-identification. ;-)

An error easy enough to commit while attaching photos.

Mark

[TurbineBlade]

So, Natural light then?  ;)

Gene

[namfos]

We'll settle this  on the 14th

Mark 

[M G]

Curious where you've been finding good water. I've been out of the country last three weekends, but my last trip to a MD spring Creek in August  I got skunked. Hoping to get out next weekend and avoid that same outcome.

[Rob Shane]

I fished Big Hunting on Saturday and it was flowing at a trickle. I hooked up with one nice brown and lost it in 5 seconds after it snapped me off on a rock that is usually a foot underwater at normal flows.Have to imagine Beaver Creek and rest of Catoctin streams are similar. Maybe Western MD is a better option? I haven't been up there recently but curious if anyone has reports on the Upper Savage tribs? 

[Andy Thomas]

No reports on upper tribs (although with lack of rain the brook trout streams must be really low).  North Branch at Barnum is flowing at 200cfs, which is low but still definitely fishable.  Savage tailwater has been steady at 53, which is also low but fishable.  Probably tough to sneak up on those wiley trout in the pocket water though.  The Gunpowder has been in the 30s, which is fishable, but definitely not ideal.  I tend to avoid it if its below 50, especially during the summer.  If it's that low, and you add in idiots trying to float or tube the river at that level, it makes for a frustrating day.

[Misha Gill]

I actually did fish an upper Savage River trib over Labor Day weekend. It was really low. There were tons of brookies though, in just about every possible holding lie. I literally could not stop saying "amazing" over the course of the day. 1) that the water was cold enough and 2) that they could hold in lies as shallow as they were. I mean seriously. Most fish were in less than 6 inches of water, and I doubt a single hole was deeper than 3 feet. Anything over 1 foot held fish. What did that mean for the fishing? It was tough. Some fish were able to spot me from 20 feet away if I approached from upstream. And that's on a stream where a long cast is 10 feet. So yeah, bring your knee pads. The upper Savage looked nice though, as did the lower. The lower would probably fish really well this time of year. I was tempted, but I had already fooled my wife into thinking our brookie exploration was a "hiking" trip, so I didn't push it. 

[Rob Shane]

The "hiking" trip is my go to move too. Thanks for the info. 

[GSFeder]

Tenkara is perfect for "hiking" trips -- you can slide that little tube and a few flies into your daypack so you'll be ready just in case. 

Cheers, 

-- Greg

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[Ashley Frohwein]

Pure brilliance, Greg! Oh and at certian times and places, you can get the womenfolk to consent to "hiking" by highlighted the potential to pick wild berries.

[TurbineBlade]

Good water is everywhere!  You just need to go every Fri-Sat-Sun and fish for 6-8 hours, hike around, get covered in beggar's lice, stung by nettles, pull ticks off your underwear line, and find it!  ;)  Beth and I have fished the same darn hole at least once per weekend for the last several month where fish are seemingly always rising to something that we can't crack.  That keeps it fun!  Once we do, it'll feel like we learned something.  

I will say that the Savage is probably my favorite stream because it seems to easily be the most challenging to catch the good browns.  Then again, I don't mind catching chubs and sunfish all day with no effort here locally too......it's all good.  

you can get the womenfolk to consent to "hiking" by highlighted the potential to pick wild berries.

This statement gives me a bang ;). 

And I've seen Greg in action with tenkara and have no doubt that he speaks the truth!  Much of what I'm doing on pocket water is essentially tenkara fishing with a 9' rod.  I see the benefit.

But I'm still making fun of it at every chance.    

Gene