fishing report

Thanks to Mick for the stream report and Pics from Elk Creek. At our counter you’ll often hear, “new gear is lucky gear,” –the mantra rings true again! Theaux, I finally got the chance to test the 8 wt. St. Croix Imperial and Lamson Guru combo you set up for me on my first Steelhead adventure. I spent a day and a half on Elk Creek near Erie, PA last weekend. After checking in at Poor Richard’s for local advice, flies, and tips I hit the water and spent Saturday working on technique, learning the water, and watching locals pull fish out. On Sunday it …

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Winter dry fly fishing is picking up along the Gunpowder. The river is flowing at 28 CFs, is 40 F and low and clear. We’re seeing the infamous tiny dots and Blue Winged Olives along the river. High winds have been making it challenging to get out this week. Thanks to fr. Paul for the following stream report and picture. Theaux, I wanted to drop a note about some recent fishing. You might remember I stopped in the shop a few weeks ago looking for some fly tying material to replicate those small little tan flies that I’ve seen buzzing around the river lately. Well, …

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The Gunpowder river is flowing at 35 Cfs and is low, clear and 47 F. Fish have been looking up this week. Cloudy days have allowed folks to get a bit closer to the fish with patterns imitating tiny BWO’s and small midges. Nymphing with brassies and caddis larva is a safe bet in the riffles in the mornings. Please consider limiting your wading this time of year, use the excellent trail network along the creek, and target rising fish. Thanks to Skye, Terry and Kiki for the stream reports and pics: Hi Theaux, Caught this beautiful brown on 6x with a size 20 RS2 …

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The Gunpowder is flowing at 34 CFs, low and clear. The lower sections of the C & R have slightly higher flows from the smaller tributaries that enter the river. The flow in the Glencoe Rd stretch leveled out at 75 Cfs, after spiking from recent rains. The low water conditions make for challenging fishing, but anglers are still catching fish on a variety of patterns. Dry flies are still working as searching patterns and indicators with small nymphs dropped behind. Olives and X-caddis patterns are working and we have a number of these locally tied patterns. Nymph rigs with tiny nymphs and midge larvae …

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Just a friendly reminder that this is what a wild brown trout looks like. I can assure you that you won’t find them during half-time. Now is the time to figure out how the Tivo works. The Gunpowder is flowing at 32 Cfs is low, clear and full of leaves. Nymphing has been especially tough this week. Streamer fishing has created some interesting catches. If you’re a die hard dry fly fisherman things are looking up. Keep in mind that it’s very important to find rising fish rather than cover a lot of water blind. Small olives mid-morning in the #20-22 range followed by a …

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Thanks to the great group of kids from Harford Day school who joined me for a streamwalk, fly tying, invasive species chat and a little fly fishing at Bunkerkill access point yesterday in the pouring down rain. …and thanks to Lance for the fishing report and photo from last week along the Gunpowder. Hey Theaux Just wanted to tell you that I caught a brown today out of the upper Gunpowder. I was using a white minnow pattern and it was a great day for fishing. It was caught close to a tree and hit like a ton of bricks. From there it went into …

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