The river is low and clear and 42 F .All of the trails are in great shape, if a little muddy so spikes are a great idea if fishing above Falls Rd. Everyone must have had the week off. Lots of anglers have been reporting little black stonefly adults, early brown stone nymphs and grey midges sized #22-24. A few Olives in the #18-20 range in tailouts have been spotted and initated successfully. Leader length and tippet size is still paramount -try starting with a 9ft 5x and add some 6X and/or 7x as fly size dictates, and the warmer days have been welcome. Get …

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We’re not referring to days in December this time.These are numbers happy anglers keep giving us when we ask, ” how big was the fish you caught today?” Fishing in the Winter can be solitary, and as lucky anglers are telling us, very productive. Small nymphs are still a good bet and by the weekend we should seee more fish midging in the quiet pools above Falls Rd.Start with a Griffith’s in a sixteen, also a nice way to trick’em if you see a few stoneflies buzzing aroundIf nymphing, try #18 Prince Nymphs or Copper Johns behind a large streamer.

We’re still trying to reduce the pictures of the fish Jason caught so that it will fit on your screen. This brown would’ve been considered a fine fish if it had been caught in any river in the lower 48, the fact that it came out of the Gunpowder points to how productive this Wild trout fishery 35 minutes from Baltimore has become. On our first snow day of the year, Jason headed up above Falls Rd. in search of a trout he had mistaken for a beaver several weeks ago. The fish took a fly pattern Jason had tied up for a special customer …

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A 15″ wild brown is thankful that he was caught and then quickly released Wednesday afternoon. The only car in the lot was mine, how’s that for pressure? The lucky angler was new to fishing moving water and his longest cast, including a 10 ft 7x leader was about 20 feet. The fish was in a fast shallow riffle about shin deep and made a bold move downstream after picking up a #14 caddis larvae pattern. I’ll have a nice pic up as soon as I figure out this camera… The water is cool at 49 F and slightly off color- just a hint of …

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The river is a little cooler at 50 F and is still low and clear. Fish are taking midges and midge emergers in corners and back-eddies from mid-day on. Nymphing in the AM is a great way to start the day and #12-14 prince nymphs have been working fine. Smaller nymphs, such as #16-18 pheasant tails are worth a try. Streamers have accounted for a few fish over 16″ in the past week. A slow to no strip retrieve is the best way to move big fish around undercuts and logs. Note: Want to catch a Rainbow? Give Falls RD upstream a look and fish …

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