Long weekend Plans - Baltimore classic and fishing but...

The Baltimore shoot starts Thursday-Sun and I had already taken off work Thursday and Friday to attend and camp.   I had intended on fishing the lower gunpowder river near Gunpowder falls state park after setting up camp at the shoot Thursday.  I would come home and pick up my son to camp on Friday evening for the rest of the shoot.

Now the weather had other plans.  We have had 4 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.  Every stream and creek is flooded, and fishing looks out altogether. 

Meanwhile, I have been tying up some trout flies at home in my spare time.  Nate Steen had gifted me book from the 70's about soft hackle flies and I decided to add a few of those to my arsenal.  These were tied with pheasant and chukar feathers I saved from a few birds I shot earlier in the year.

I have been going to the local pond at lunch with my 8 wt flyrod and practicing casting and leader set ups for bigger fish.  I had hoped to try for some snakehead in the gunpowder as well as some possible saltwater action on blues and flounder.  My brother just got back from a Ocean City trip with his boat where he caught a 2-3 pound bluefish on the fly.  FUN!  He also shot a small cow nosed ray with the bow when they presented him an opportunity. 

I also tied up a few size 12 zonker bead headed streamers for trout.  First ones came out kind of ugly, but I will get better and these will still catch fish.

Looking forward to the bow shoot.  Going to do some good shooting with Sagittarius I think.  Pictures and posts to follow.