Theaux Le Gardeur

Gunpowder River fly fishing with hoppers and caddis…

The fish are looking up. Water temps are 55 F, flow is 180 Cfs and the weather is not going to get any better. Small olives are still a good bet in the morning. Tired of fishing tricos? Come up and fish hoppers from your western box and use leaders in the 9 to 12 ft range in 6x. We had lots of smiling faces as the electroshocking survey concluded this past week. We will be posting results soon. A few sightings of fish have been recently reported in the 22-27 inch range. That’s big folks! Following is a stream report from Jed: Message: Some …

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Big water, Big fish….

With the electroshocking completed, the river is no longer at a placid 30 CFS…Expect water levels in the 170 to 180 Cfs range for the next few days. The water will still be clear, around 53 F and for many of the guides that work out of the shop, it’s big fish time. Bigger flows typically mean that fish are on the feed and can be tricked with large streamers in the #6-8 range and heavy and bulky nymph patterns sized #8-12. Keep in mind that you’ll wear yourself out in a hurry trying to wade upstream, so use the excellent trail network-over 18 miles- …

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Big water, Big fish….

With the electroshocking completed, the river is no longer at a placid 30 CFS…Expect water levels in the 170 to 180 Cfs range for the next few days. The water will still be clear, around 53 F and for many of the guides that work out of the shop, it’s big fish time. Bigger flows typically mean that fish are on the feed and can be tricked with large streamers in the #6-8 range and heavy and bulky nymph patterns sized #8-12. Keep in mind that you’ll wear yourself out in a hurry trying to wade upstream, so use the excellent trail network-over 18 miles- …

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Annual electrofishing of Gunpowder Falls River

Join freshwater fisheries staff and other DNR volunteers as they electroshock the Gunpowder. Meeting times will be 9:30 AM each day Please contact cgougeon@dnr.state.md.us if you’d like to help out. 9/26/06 Dam/Falls RD meets at Falls RD upper lot 9/27/06 Masemore Rd meets at Masemore Rd lot 9/28/06 Bluemount Rd at NCR trail

Stream Cleanup Sept 23

PPTU and MDTU are getting together September 23rd for a stream cleanup, lunch and fishing outing at Bunkerhill Rd along the Gunpowder River on September 23 starting at 9:00 AM. Please contact denniscovert@hotmail.com if you’d like to attend.

Streamer fishing the Gunpowder…

The gauge is still down and the river is moving along between 120 and 150 Cfs-A great level for fishing. Water temps are in the mid 50’s.Larger fish in the 14-18″ range have been taking streamers with abandon along cut banks. Olives and caddis in the #16-18 range have been providing lots of dry fy action in riffles between Bunkerhill and Masemore Rd. Thanks to Jed for the following report… Message: Theaux and Rocky: Fished Tuesday the 12th below Evna Road both up and down stream. Water was very low, so low at Masemore I decided to go upstream! Fished from 8 :00 a.m. till …

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