Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Gunpowder

[Joshua Delmonico]

Scott,

I would call the Backwater Angler up there. Great shop and great bunch of guys. They can give you the up to date fishing conditions and recommendations.

16928 York Road  Monkton, MD 21111
(410) 357-9557

 

Good luck.

Josh

From: Scott Jones <scjo...@gmail.com>
To: tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 6:43 AM
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Gunpowder

Hi my name is Scott and I am new to this forum. That said, I have an itch to catch some trout this weekend and was thinking of heading up to Gunpowder early Saturday morning. I was wondering if anyone had recently been up there in the last week or so to see if it was even worth the drive up from Arlington? Also, is there any other local streams within a 1.5 to 2 hr drives from Arlington that holding trout in this heat. (Owens Stream in Maryland, Passage in Va?) 

 

-Scott

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[Matt Geiman]

Scott, 

The grew up fishing the Gunpowder, and this time of year is one of my favorite times to fish it. Trico hatches in AM, sporadic caddis and terrestrials in afternoon keep fish looking up all day. Like Josh I highly recommend Backwater Angler. They also have a website http://www.backwaterangler.com with up to date reports. One word of advise: Fish the shallow riffles, as opposed to the deep runs/pools. The active fish will be there looking for food. 

Good Luck!

[paul spica]

Scott,

 

In reference to passage creek, its pretty much fished out.  I fished there in mid July.  I spotted a couple of trout in the mile or so that I waded, they looked really stressed and the water water was pretty low and warm so I am guessing you will encounter similar conditions now.  What i am trying to say is dont waste your time trying to catch trout there, there are a ton of rock bass, smallies and bluegill, but if you're searching for trout I would spend my time elsewhere.  You might want to try some of the mountain streams in the SNP area for brookies.          

[Scott Jones]

Hey guys thanks for the information. I am going to head there tomorrow morning for a bit. I will stop by Backwater; however do any of you know the best acess points for wading? Thanks again

 

-Scott 

[John Bilotta]

 There is parking access off York, Masemore, and off Evna. 

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[Mollie Simpkins]

Scott,

Regardless of where you go, weekends during the summer are generally a nightmare, especially at York and Masemore. The numbers of tubers and kayakers make for a difficult day. If you have the opportunity, weekdays are best.

Mollie

[Scott Jones]

Hey guys thanks again for all the helpful information. I did make it up to gundpowder yesterday morning and had a decent day. I landed half a dozen brownies nymphing with a San Juan worm. I tied some drys but I wasn't having any luck so I turned to the nymphs. They really seemed to love the worm, every other nymph I tried wasn't working and when I switched to the worm I quickly started getting some interest. Anyways thanks again.

Scott