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.
This video short by Jason du Pont describes fly fishing in Maryland for the week of May 6, 2007. In this episode, Caddis flies and Sulphur mayflies on the Gunpowder river in the catch and release section and tips on fly fishing the lower river are discussed. Click To Play A close up look at a freshly hatched Sulphur mayfly and a recap on this past week of fishing on the Gunpowder.
If this video by Jason du Pont is any indication, caddis are about to pop on the Gunpowder River. Sampling the riffles using a collection net yields many nymphs and caddis larvae. Areas where good numbers of nymphs are present can be expected to produce;winged adults in coming weeks.
Why wait to go fly fishing in Maryland? The Gunpowder river is full of wild fish and as this video short from Jason du Pont shows, has prolific Hendrickson hatches early in the season. Click To Play A close up look at a complete hendrickson hatch from emergence to spinner fall.
This video short by Jason du Pont should inspire everone to get out and fly fish for shad while they’re runnin’. Click To Play Shad are now migrating up many river systems in the Mid-Atlantic region. Thousands of fifteen to twenty inch plus shad will be moving upriver in greater numbers as warmer weather arrives. The Potomac, James and Susquehanna Rivers are regional hotspots, along with Deer Creek.
Three Maryland fly fishing guides on a busman’s holiday found challenging fishing in March on the Gunpowder river, Maryland.This video short filmed by Jeff Lewatowski and Stacey Smith was edited by Jason du Pont. Enjoy!