I went out on the Gunpowder today... and it is absolutely on fire right now. The morning started off relatively slow, mainly due to my sloppiness. I got to the river around 8:45 to a nice Trico hatch - or what I thought was one. Fish after fish ignored my trico - and I only had one take I missed. I started tying on all kinds of other flies (midges, gnats, hoppers, etc.) and couldn't get a take. I saw a couple caddis flying around, so I threw one on, and still only one missed take. I captured a flying bug and confirmed it was a trico hatch. I also saw a few fallen spinners on the water, so I even tried those. Finally, I noticed my leader was a bit crinkled and was making the fly sit in a little pile of line, so I re-tied it, tied back on a normal trico, and got nailed by a brown trout on my second cast. I picked off one more before the hatch ended around 11.
-- With no hatch, I started fishing terrestrials. I missed a hit on an ant, then when it went quiet, I started shifting between other terrestrials... beetles, crickets, hoppers, etc. with no luck. I tied an ant back on and missed another strike, so I decided to stick with it. It was magic from the next stretch onward. I ended up getting well into the double digits on the ant for the rest of the day. All told, I probably landed 20 brown trout and 2 fallfish. Most were around 10 inches with a few (including my last) that were about 13-14 inches. It was by far my best day of trout fishing ever. I'm also about 70% certain that I had a brookie pop off just out of net range. The only reason I'm not more certain is because of how rare they are in the Gunpowder. But who knows, my eyes could've been playing tricks on me.
If you're furloughed, the Gunpowder may be a pretty good way to pass your time right now. Just be prepared for a weird combo of your legs freezing in the cold water while your face feels like it is on a frying pan...
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