Bill Writes About Gunpowder State Park Issues…

In a follow up to my earlier post, Bill writes: Theaux – For what it’s worth, I’ve noticed also that there are sections of the Gunpowder trail system that suffer from equine traffic during wet periods, especially in the Bunker Hill area and downstream from Masemore. However, as much as I wish that the stream and environs were limited by law to use by fly fishermen over 65, I can’t support excluding the horse crowd unless large dogs are also banned from the area. I’ve never had a horse jump into a pool I was fishing and thrash around… Bill

Spillover in February on the Gunpowder River

We have spillover! We started seeing the gauge move a bit last weekend and we’ve had consistently higher flows in the 45 to 70 Cfs range since then and was 68 Cfs at 10:15 this morning-thanks USGS! No big temperature changes are afoot because we’ve had relatively cold nights without alot of warming periods during the daylight hours so nymph away, particuarly with red butts in the #12-16 range. Try small streamers along the banks and dress warmly. Thanks to Mike R. from for the following Stream Report: Rocky Yesterday was pretty good…the Masemore run was not good, only caught one but spooked a bunch …

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Mike writes about Gunpowder State Park Use Issues

In a follow up to my earlier post, Mike writes: I’m sure that many folks feel this way already, having watched the latest video offering on the site, but without detracting from the very important issues raised by Mr. Kostrubiak, please let me raise this anthem: God bless Dave Gerhardt and God bless Jason Du Pont, whose video and fishing talents are sure to take him far. Kudos to all involved for making us all aware of the importance of the Gunpowder in our lives and for helping us to understand that the river matters, the trout matter, the trails matter and by golly, a …

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