Month: August 2010

Wild Browns And Wild Flowers On The Gunpowder

The Gunpowder River is the ideal destination for trout fishing in late Summer. The prolonged high air temps and lack of rain have basically shut down trout fishing on freestone streams in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Low flows are not the big problem, but the warmer water temps over 70 degrees can be too stressful on trout. Fortunately the frigid bottom release from Prettyboy Dam offers refuge from the hot air temps, and allows us to fish the Gunpowder without concern. Yesterday I was curious just how much river was fishable based on water temperature. The Falls Rd area is 48 degrees, and roughly …

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Fly Fishing Wyoming’s Wind River

Brad Boyer sent in this picture of a gorgeous brown trout he caught on a recent trip out West. Hey Theaux, I’m one of Alex McCrickard’s friends and I stop by the shop quite often. Just got back from fishing the Wind River Canyon near Dubois, Wyoming. Had an awesome trip mainly fishing the Wind River and it’s tributaries. The fish were caught on a hopper dropper set up, the hopper was a variation of a Fat Albert and the dropper was a halfback nymph size 12. Here are a couple pictures I thought I’d share from the trip. Brad

Wild Browns Sipping Tricos On The Gunpowder

The morning trico hatch on the Gunpowder is pretty late compared to most streams. The fish start rising after 9 am until 11:30, and sometimes continue rising until 1 pm. On Monday I fished a section of river in the morning with decent hatch clouds of tricos, but not a lot of fish rising. The interesting part of the day was around 3 pm when trout started rising everywhere. I noticed a lot of female tricos emerging and the trout were quickly sipping them off the surface. The tricos in the air even grabbed the attention of some birds, including a few hummingbirds. I snapped …

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South Central Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Report

I recently spent a few day trips fishing some of the limestone spring creeks in south central Pennsylvania. The Letort Spring Run and Big Springs are two fantastic streams in close proximity to Carlisle–add in Falling Springs Branch near Chambersburg and you have three of the best spring creeks east of the Rocky Mountains. Fishing these spring creeks is much different from your average trip to the Gunpowder River. This is mostly due to the change in water characteristics. The wild browns and rainbows that reside in these spring creeks demand extreme stealth and perfect presentation. With a narrow stream bed and excessive aquatic plant …

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Earthquake Tricos and Hopper Action on the Gunpowder River

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 49 Cfs, is 53 F at Big Falls Rd and gin clear. The catch and release area has been fishing great. Tricos are in full swing and we’re picking up a few fish on dark Bwo’s just before the tricos. After the trikes fall, try swinging a small elk hair caddis in the riffles downstream or plan on covering overgrown and shaded banks with beetles and hoppers towards afternoon. Thanks to Neil for his post earthquake fishing report from Friday, July 16: Theaux, The quake got me up 20 minutes early Friday here in Greenbelt, which got me to …

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