The Gunpowder

[Andy Thomas]

I made the trek from DC up to the Gunpowder on Saturday.  It was well worth it.  I had a banner day catching 42 brown trout.  Before you ask, yes, I actually removed the hook by hand from 42, and missed a few more.  They all weren't large, but they still had a mouth!  I did catch some nice ones though.

[Misha Gill]

Wow, what a day! Were you nymphing or did they take dries? The brownies in the Gunpowder sure are pretty. 

[TurbineBlade]

Well done!  

Gene

[Andy Thomas]

I was actually fishing a wet fly.  I only saw one rise all day and I promptly switched to a dry and caught him.  Then I went back to the swinging the wet fly and proceeded to catch fish until dark.  I will add, always be aware of the weather.  The fish feed differently depending on whether its sunny, overcast, rainy, etc. 

On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 1:10:43 PM UTC-4, Misha Gill wrote:

[Marek Rich]

That’s not a good day, that’s a great day on the Gunpowder! Well done….

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[Joe Mathews]

That's a great day on the Gunpowder, well done!  What type of wet fly you were fishing?  A soft hackle of some sort?

[TurbineBlade]

No!  Soft hackles are for old dudes and they don't work.  Nothing to see here folks -- he was probably using some kind of parachute or jig-style, tungsten nymph on a Czech rig.  

Gene

[Andy Thomas]

Ole' Gene, the eternal pessimist. I was using a casting net...illegal but very effective.

Actually, it was a soft hackle march brown, much like this one. 

[Andy Thomas]

On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 10:08:27 AM UTC-4, Andy Thomas wrote:

[namfos]

At least he's not practicing the redneck way of fishing

Mark (old dude who likes soft hackles and wingless wets)

;-)

[Andy Thomas]

Namfos,

Are you referring to "mass kill'en and good eat'en", the South Sauty Heave, or both?  I was once a practitioner of those methods but I have since seen the light. :)

[Bob Smith]

That's a traditional March Brown wet fly, not a Soft Hackle style fly, at least to this old fart, who remembers when traditional wet flys were a go to pattern.

[namfos]

The Redneck Way of Fishing as described by former NYT editor Howell Raines in his book Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis involves the use of Alfred Nobel's invention. Seeing the light I think was one of Raines' main themes. ;-)

Mark

[Carl Z.]

On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 9:54 AM, namfos <mark....@gmail.com> wrote:

 involves the use of Alfred Nobel's invention

Reminds me of the punchline of a joke,  "So do you want to talk, or fish?" 

[Andy Thomas]

Indeed it was.  I love that book, particularly so since I'm a Mississippi native turned fly fishing enthusiast. 

[namfos]

I thought Raines's book was okay.  I read it not long after publication (93? 95?) At the time I just found his jabs and pokes at Ronald Reagan to be superfluous, unnecessary and beneath the dignity of no less a Timesman than the editorial page editor at the time. I suppose he got his comeuppance with the Jayson Blair brouhaha.

Mark

[Bob Smith]

Raines being a "Timesman" pretty much made it mandatory for him to take shots at Reagan (or whichever Repubican who was holding office at the time he was writing).

[Joe Mathews]

Very interesting, Andy.  Way to think outside the box.  I've been skunked on the Gunpowder on many occasions, but it looks like you figured it out this time!

[namfos]

Yah, fer sure, Bob. ;-)

Mark