11/11/17-11/12/17 Savage River and North Branch of the Potomac, Garrett County MD

[ryansheehan]

A friend and I headed out to Western Maryland late Friday night for a 2 day fishing trip. The air temps were low Saturday morning it was around 13 degrees but warmed up to 32 in the afternoon. Sunday was much warmer as it stayed above freezing the entire day getting to the mid 40s. The Savage was high but clear, flowing at 330 cfs and around 53 degrees both days. The North Branch was at 375 cfs with water temps in the high fifties. There were no significant hatches on the North Branch but we did see some cream midges on the Savage(no rising fish though). We caught plenty of fish both days it was a much needed trip out.

 

[Dave_W]

Wow - some great pics and good lookin fish! Love it.

 

[hunter1]

Great report and very nice pic's. Thank you.

 

[IdratherbePhishing]

I loved both those rivers my only outing down. Need to get down again

 

[ryansheehan]

I forgot to add that we kept a couple of stocker bows from the savage for my friend's father. The fish had been eating a lot of stoneflies, their stomachs were loaded with them.

 

[3oh4]

I wish you would have taken a picture, would have been neat to see.

Good trip!

 

[PhilC]

I like the pics...do you have a selfie stick attached to your net?

 

[ryansheehan]

No, just using a gopro I just got and a friend to take the pics. I am going to try and use something to mount the gopro on my chest or shoulder. Not sure what is best but I need to investigate.

 

[3oh4]

I've given up on the GoPro. I couldn't do the chest b/c that is where my pack is and no way I wanted to put that thing on my head all day. Found the shoulder to be best for me, bought a kit and strapped it there with the mount. I just got sick of all the maintenance and extra gear I had to deal with on trips.