I recently attended a MDTU meeting at which Charlie Gougeon from MD DNR fisheries reported that after a gauge malfunction, some icing and a partial blockage of the cone valve, the Gunpowder Falls River is back up to 30 CFs. Black flies in the #20-22 range are worth a shot above Falls. This kind of fishing, tiny dries, low water, and spooky fish in beautiful surroundings, is challenging and worth it. We just received some great new patterns from Mike Bachkosky that should work fine on 7x. Low water means more stealth, it might also mean waiting until midday try your luck. Stoneflies are just around the corner and we have some nice hairwings in that should skate in the riffles like mad.

We also received the latest report on the Gunpowder River Annual Shocking Survey results that I’ll be sharing in detail in another post.

Some highlights included a 19″ brown at the Dam/Falls station

and the #’s are in…

5, 036 fish per mile at Dam/Falls in 2007 vs 4, 646 fish per mile at Dam/Falls in 2006