The river is falling from 152 Cfs and will be in excellent shape for the weekend, water temps are still cool at 51 F. No word on Caddis yet but they’re close to popping, so we might not need to wait till mothers day as long as things continue to warm up a bit.This afternoon a young man stopped in the shop to report that there were, “lots of rising fish at Masemore”. It’s very likely that he was seeing fish taking spinners this afternoon, (picture by Jason du Pont below) Riffles can be very productive during this hatch. We also had a number of …

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The water is still on the cool side, and water temps in mid 40’s have slowed the fishing down a bit. The river is clear and flowing at 110 Cfs. We’re just starting to hear about a few Hendricksons about…but this week fish have been more apt to take emergers and larger than usual nymphs, (#10-14) than dries.This just in… the Fentons, a father and son team that drove down from Monmouth County, NJ, (along the shore) stopped in to report a half dozen fish on a #14 Adams parachute.. The fish were taking Hendricksons…thanks Eben and Bruce for making the drive down to fish …

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The Gunpowder river is flowing at 106 Cfs and is 43 F throughout the catch and release area. Fish are holding in shallow riffles and taking stoneflies nymphs and dries in the #14-16 range along the banks between Bunkerhill Rd and Bluemount Rd access. Black flies have been coming off well above Falls Rd and may be found as far downstream as Masemore. Imitating these flies challenges even the most experienced anglers. Lots of 7x Tippet and patterns in the #20-24 range have been the norm. We had several guide trips this past weekend. Guides reported consistent catches of fish in the 10″ to 14″ …

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