In this video short, Jason du Pont shows some aggressively “rising” trout, evening duns on the water, fishing to evening risers, and last but not least, he shares some footage of a big brown that Gunpowder regular, Matt Devlin, recently released.

The month of May offered great flows and the exciting start of our annual Sulphur hatch. In June, with water levels at an optimal level, the sulphurs are hatching in good numbers, and fish are still keying on these bright yellow to pale cream bodied bugs. Anglers focusing on specific parts of the hatch are enjoying more success than anglers intent on only fishing dries. Morning and early afternoon anglers are catching a lot of fish on sulphur emergers, wets and nymph patterns, while dry fly anglers are experiencing better success after 3 p.m. on Sulphur duns. The evening fishing has been as good or better as previous years, with spinners and Sulphur duns on the water into twilight. Caddis are a great late morning-midday dry fly, and I have had success prospecting the riffles with some patterns we recently received in the shop. With water temps warmer than usual in the mid to upper 60’s, the fish are very active in the catch and release section, as spillover is raising the water temp despite a recent gate change. While bigger browns usually come to streamers, this fish ate a subsurface fly under an indicator and measured out just under 17 inches. The bugs are hatching, water flowing and rods are bending on the Gunpowder River.

Jason du Pont