The river is low, clear and flowing at 28 Cfs. Water temp is around 54 F. I started this morning at Masemore without a car in sight. A nice morning for it, in fact any morning in November I’m not scraping the windshield is a nice one. Mike picked up a fish in the line pool on a #18 peacock caddis, I had quite a few follows but no takes on #8 Mickey Finn. During low water, we’re casting a little longer, so 12ft 6 and 7x leaders help to keep one from spooking fish. With a relatively warm week ahead, covering the boulder pools above Fallls Rd. with small olives in the #18-22 range would be a good bet. If you’d like to fish in areas with a little more flow, try the Bluemount section downstream towards Monkton with small buggers in sizes #12-8 and stonefly nymphs like a #14-16 Prince.
Eric stopped in this morning to report his biggest fish yet from the Gunpowder, a beautiful wild brown caught last week on a small Olive pattern with his new Scott G2 3wt. The fish measured 17″ and coughed up a 4-5 inch fish while Eric was releasing it. Remember folks, new rods are lucky rods…