fishing report

The Gunpowder is at 39 cfs, clear and water temperatures starting the day at 49 F at Falls Road. On Friday evening the releases from the dam were reduced from 120+ down to 39cfs. Stealthy approaches and long leaders, 7x tippet, are the ticket in the flats and runs. Fishing riffles will continue to produce as sulphurs, while not as many, still provide consistent action in the afternoons from Masemore up to the dam. Caddis are also a good bet. Try fishing a terrestrial down the edges and around log jams now the hot weather has kicked in! Please note: The shop will be closed …

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The Gunpowder is at 122 cfs, clear and water temperature is in the low 50’s. Thanks to guide Bryan Donoway for the following stream report. Recent guide trips on the Gunpowder this week produced great results.  Trout were actively looking for sulphur mayflys struggling to escape from the waters surface. Fish could be seen rising to naturals aggressively with the occasional miss only to rise again for the same fly. Fishing the seams and edges was productive with sulphurs in the 14-16 range.  With so many naturals, presenting the fly with a natural drift was key. The slightest bit of drag had some fish closely …

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The Gunpowder is running clear at 153 cfs and water temperatures have steadied in the 54 – 58 degree mark. The gauge at Falls Road hit a high on Monday of 375 cfs with warm water spilling over from Prettyboy reservoir. Whilst water levels have dropped through the week the sulphurs have really kicked in and, now the river is easier to wade, the fishing has been superb. Sulphur emergers and duns 16-18 has been the go-to and hatches have been starting mid morning and continuing off and on until very late afternoon. Along with mayfly, caddis patterns are also producing, tan caddis size 16-18 …

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The Gunpowder has steadied at 131 cfs and starting the day at 52 cfs and running clear. Sulphurs size 16-18 have been treating fly fishers to superb dry fly fishing in the catch and release section. Between hatches the fish may go down for a bit, but a little patience and searching goes a long way. I fished a good late hatch of little sulphur (Ephemerella dorethea) this week and a lot of trout were feeding, this made for some exciting dry fly fishing between 6-8 pm. We have a fantastic selection of sulphur patterns to get you on the fish, stop on by this month …

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The Gunpowder is at 200 cfs and 58 degrees F at Falls road. Below Masemore it is carrying some color from heavy rainfall yesterday evening. As staffer Carl Cartier would say, yesterday we saw a true Thunder Booming Gully Washer in the Gunpowder Watershed. But today, the river is fishing well once again. The dam is spilling over, so with warmer water, the best time to fish is mid morning – early afternoon if you want to fish sulphurs. These are coming off throughout the catch and release section, but in greatest numbers from Bunker Hill up to the Dam. Caddis, mostly tan caddis size …

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The Gunpowder is at an ideal 93 cfs and 50 degrees F. The Gunpowder is carrying a little color from stained water in the tributaries entering downstream of Masemore. The didymo is finally flushing out in large masses. Prettyboy dam is at capacity, so the river level has been bumped up to prevent spillover. This increase in volume has the didymo breaking off and moving downstream. Short term this may make subsurface fishing a nuisance in the catch and release section until this clears up.  However, with the didymo freeing up, sulphurs and caddis are providing excellent dry fly sport. With the dark, dreary weather …

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