I recently took part in the Maryland DNR Shocking survey of the Gunpowder River and am happy to report that everyone that participated saw some very nice fish at Falls, Masemore and Bluemount. Thanks to all that participated! Later this Winter, Charlies and his staff will report their findings…Stay tuned!
Pat van dem Beemt from the North County News also covered the event in an article titled;
Gone Fishing, Shocking, Counting Trout in the Gunpowder Falls

The other news is that the river has been a little cloudier this week than our normal “gin clear” description as the reservoir has been turning over. This slightly off color water had made for some exciting streamer fishing. The river level dropped Wed from around 70 Cfs to 27 Cfs and the water temp at Masemore is 52 F. Folks are catching quite a few fish in spite of, or perhaps because of, the low flows with long, fine leaders, (12ft 7x) small flies, (Bwo’s in the #18-20 range) and a good measure of stealth. Midday Caddis in the #14-16 range have been accounting for a number of fish on the surface in riffles. Zebra midges and Green weenies have been working down below and fly fishing with streamers is once again, exciting.

Worried about low water and catching big fish on a fly? Last year Guide Capt. Jeff Lewatowski released a 20″ Wild Gunpowder Brown during one of the shocking survey days when the river level was just as low as it is now. The message, “get out and fish”- you could be doing far worse things with your time.