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A Trip to Remember

Come enjoy blue ribbon fly fishing in the mountains of western Maryland. With reliable stream flows and temperatures all summer long, anglers of all abilities will enjoy a day of guided float or wade fishing with Orvis endorsed Savage River Angler, LLC.

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North Branch of the Potomac

The North Branch of the Potomac has two distinctly different sections. The upper is a freestoner that drops through Potomac State Forest on its way to Jennings Randolph Lake. It’s stocked with lots of medium size trout. Access is very limited, and you will truly feel like you are in God’s country. It falls under delayed harvest management. The tailwater or lower section of the NB starts with the cold water that is released from deep in Jennings Randolph Lake. It has several sections of catch and release water as well as put and take. Many 20+ inch trout are caught on the lower NB.

Savage River

The Savage River is one of the finest trout fisheries in the east. The upper Savage, is a freestone stream. It gradually gains a good bit of size as it flows through Savage State Forest from the tributaries that feed it. The upper river hosts a great population of native brook trout and has excellent hatches. It has a brook trout catch and release and a put and take section and stocked with average size trout. The lower Savage is a wonderful fishery. It’s a tailwater managed for trophy trout, with population made up of primarily wild brown and brook trout, with the occasional rainbow. These fish can be very selective, but anglers should take note that fly presentation is often paramount over fly selection. It’s a pocket water stream and the wading is physical. Hatches of winter stoneflies and midges give way to blue quills in April. From then on, the insects keep coming. The terrestrial fishing is excellent.

Youghiogheny River

The Maryland portion of the Youghiogheny, or Yough (pronounced Yock) as it’s called by locals, is a river with many different faces. It starts off in low gradient farmland before it gains water, and turns into a steep gradient class 3-5 whitewater river at Swallow Falls State Park. After the park it becomes much mellower between Hoyes Run Road and the Sang Run Road bridge. This section is cooled by a cold water discharge from Deep Creek Lake, and supports large trout and great hatches.

Downstream of Sang Run, it becomes a whitewater beast, providing fun for kayakers and rafters before running through Friendsville, MD. There is a good delayed harvest section in Friendsville that continues downstream to the mouth of Youghiogheny Lake.

Casselman River

The Casselman is a freestone trout stream that flows northward through historic Grantsville, MD into Pennsylvania. As it winds it’s way through beautiful Amish farmland, anglers will appreciate it’s streamside flora and fauna. It’s an excellent river for beginners trying to catch their first trout on a fly while still providing seasoned fisherman with a challenge. Its lower stream gradient provides much easier wading than the other streams and rivers in Garrett County. It gets excellent insect hatches starting in early April that continue all spring giving anglers great dry fly fishing. Good numbers of 12-14 inch rainbow and brown trout can be expected along with the occasional trophy. It’s managed as a delayed harvest fishery, so it is catch and release from October-mid June when the water warms.