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Catch and Release Fly Fishing on the Gunpowder River with Max Meneveau

June 29, 2008June 29, 2008

On a recent outing to the catch-and-release area of the Gunpowder river, I was happy to have landed a good number of fish including a nice 16 inch brown. If fished from about 6 o’clock to 8, and landed a good number of fish casting small elk-hair caddis and large stimulators into riffles. There were no fish consistently rising, but they were eager to take properly presented and skated caddis imitations. At one point, the mist was so thick that I resorted to a dead-drifted size 10 wooly bugger with a small green Copper John dropper. I took the 16 incher on a fingerling rainbow …

Silver Creek, Idaho Fishing Report

October 16, 2008June 23, 2008

Thanks to Christianna McCausland for the stream report, pics and kind words from Silver Creek, Idaho. Thought you all would appreciate that I had some good fishing in Idaho last week. I went with a guide one day, which is when I got the nice rainbow on the Bigwood River in Sun Valley. Later that day we went to Silver Creek and boy was everyone right — tricky fish! A few days later there was a brown drake hatch at Silver Creek, so I made my guide into my friend and he and I went out there to fish the hatch at dusk. I’ve never …

Spawning Suckers and Gizzard Shad In The Gunpowder River

March 24, 2011June 23, 2008

While I was fishing to a good Hendrickson emergence a few months ago, an angler passing me on the trail told me he saw spawning fish in some shallow riffles. I continued fishing a snow shoe emerger with success until I thought I’d take a look at the area he mentioned. Suckers, some nearly twenty inches long, had gathered in a section of riffle water to spawn. Prior to this I spotted groups of smaller suckers spawning in Little Falls, as well as in the Lower Gunpowder. The clear, shallow water of the upper river at that time made for some prime viewing and videotaping. These fish had either migrated or congregated in riffles …

Alex McCrickard’s Gunpowder River Stream Report

June 14, 2008

I fished the river last Monday for the majority of the day. I fished in the Upper Catch and Release section and started at around 8 in the morning. As sunlight seeped through the trees and reflected over the water, the Gunpowder River seemed to be an excellent place to be prospecting for wild brown trout. All morning, Caddis were sporadically coming off in size #16 as the sun warmed the water. I saw many midges in sizes #20-24 hatching in the riffle water. Lots of midges were clouding up together over back eddies and flats, dancing above the water. I skated a size #16 …

Father’s Day on the Gunpowder River

June 13, 2008

The Gunpowder river is flowing at 75 Cfs and is a cool 54 F. The fly fishing along the Gunpowder has been much better most mornings, as the fish are keying in on small nymphs, (#18-20) in the upper river before 11:00 AM. Caddis and Sulphurs have also been producing by midday but the hatches have slowed down a bit. Spinner Falls have been spotty, but still worth a late look. Streamers have also been getting a lot of attention, especially in the stretch downstream of York Rd. A good report this morning from Jeff pointed to lots of takes on small caddis and craneflies. …

Gunpowder River Stream Report -Up and Down, Sulphurs, Caddis and Rainbows…

June 7, 2008

The Sulphurs aren’t the only things going up and down in Hereford. Water levels this week have dropped from a high on Wednesday of 346 Cfs, (think limited wading and large streamers in the upper catch and release section), to the high 170 Cfs range Friday. With a recent gate change expect the gauge to look like a zig zag line for the next day or so but water levels should still be on the downswing, and very fishable by today. Expect to see the river in the mid to high 100’s (Cfs) throughout the weekend. Water temps have been in the low 60’s (F) …