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Cool brisk flows along the Gunpowder River

The river is clear, 62 F at Falls Rd, and is flowing at 135 Cfs . We should see flows stabilize through tonight to provide excellent wade fishing just in time for the weekend. With two changes in flow this week on Wednesday and Thursday, enough water has moved off the lip of the reservoir, to take spillover out of the equation for Gunpowder river flow and temperature. We should return to a more predictable late afternoon to early evening sulphur hatch shortly. In the interim, we have plenty of cool water, moving briskly through the Gunpowder river. Small streamers to imitate the Gizzard shad …

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Gunpowder River Water Temperatures, Sulphurs on the Rise

Memorial day weekend is over. Water flow on the Gunpowder river is 84 CFs and clear . Morning water temperatures at Falls Rd are still in the 63-64 F range, and afternoon Gunpowder river water temps have been on the rise. Yesterday afternoon a water temperature of 72 F was reported just above the high trail pool. Further downstream, at Big Falls Rd, a reading of 70F was recorded this morning, a little more than 6 miles below the dam. Which prompted a few questions from anglers this weekend that can be summarized as: What’s going on with the water? To answer this loaded question …

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This Week Fly Fishing Maryland:Loch Raven Reservoir

This video short by Jason du Pont describes fly fishing in Maryland for the week of May 22, 2007. In this episode, we give an introduction to fly fishing Loch Raven Reservoir for pickerel, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and black crappie. Many beautiful warm water game fish are released and tips on fly fishing the reservoir are discussed. Loch Raven is a great place for anglers to target bass, panfish and pickerel with flies.

The Gunpowder River is Full of Kamloops Rainbows and Sulphur Mayflies

The Gunpowder river is clear and flowing at 85 Cfs.Water temps at Falls Rd through Masemore are 63 to 64 F. We’ve had Caddis and Sulphurs for a solid two weeks now. We’re experiencing typical June water temperatures in May and we’ve seen less hatch activity from Bunkerhill through Big Falls. Evening fishing tends to peak around 7 PM with a late emergence of duns followed by a spinner fall at dusk to dark. Yesterday MD DNR Fisheries Biologists stocked the upper river with 5, 000 fingerling Kamloops strain rainbows. Once established, these fish have the ability to grow at a rate of close to …

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Fly Fishing Maryland:Rising Trout Insanity on the Gunpowder River

If this video short by Jason du Pont is any indication, don’t wait until June to fly fish the Gunpowder River. Click To Play The Gunpowder is experiencing great hatch fishing throughout the day, but incredible spinner falls and dun hatches in the late evening. The video footage shows a pool of steady, aggressively rising trout.

Sulphurs, Caddis, Lime Sallies and Brook Trout along the Gunpowder River, Maryland

You could wait until the fly fishing along the Gunpowder River gets better than this week but then again you might have to wait an entire year to see more caddis mid-morning and sulphurs in the evening. We spoke to the folks at MD DNR Fisheries and the City of Baltimore early in the week and they were very attuned to the needs of the wild brown trout. In short, a gate change was made and there is a little more mixing going on in the wet well between the ten foot and fifty foot levels. So, we have slightly cooler water,(from 63 F at …

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