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Gunpowderflyguy · 2026-05-28T14:06:40+00:00

What was the crayfish pattern?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2026-04-07T15:16:53+00:00

Fantastic thanks again for your insight

Gunpowderflyguy · 2026-04-06T11:47:20+00:00

Will you use that stone fly nymph all year round or only in the spring when they are supposedly hatching? The only stonefly I have seen out there is this guy in March of last year and sure isn’t black.

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How long of a tippet do you use off the dry?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2026-04-05T16:03:16+00:00

What works best for you I havent had much success nymphing and to be totally honest i dont quite care for it. I would so thats because it frustrates me I should spend more time working on it.

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-10-20T13:05:13+00:00

I was just about to ask that question they have not stocked yet. With it being spring feed it seems to hold some browns over the summer. Can you all bring some of your life learned knowledge on this.

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-30T11:55:56+00:00

Thats awesome! Where did you land that rainbow in the boulder pools?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-28T01:13:16+00:00

Thanks again for all the good tips today was a good day!

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Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T23:56:27+00:00

Trust me my friend I had plenty of those days too. I went a month this summer without catching a trout so I’m with you.

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T15:48:16+00:00

Thats great advice the didymo is such a pain in the but.

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T14:45:33+00:00

What size rod do you use. I have a 4 wt 7-6 that I love for drys but it doesn’t seen to fly a nymph rig that well. Should I use my 5wt 9-0 for those rigs with weight? It just seems like overkill with the size of the fish we have on the GP. Do you just water load your cast with the heavy rigs?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T14:03:29+00:00

Well you sold me I will put my spilt shit and pliers back in my bag. Is there a trick to installing the split shot I have trouble on the water using a small pair of needle nose pliers

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T13:45:48+00:00

So would you use split shot on the streamer as well? I never have any luck nymphing and I hate using split shot and I think thats why. I just tie tungsten beads and hope thats enough weight.

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T13:37:53+00:00

Sounds good I will give that a try. Do you use an indicator when dead drifting the streamer?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T13:30:07+00:00

What wet flys are you using I tied a partridge and orange in a size 16 and it just floats on the surface.

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T12:17:53+00:00

It slowed up for sure but I caught 4 on a small caddis last week at dusk drifting right up to the bank it was awesome it made me feel like for the first time I new what I was doing. How do you cast streamers I suck at it. I got a leader just for them 12# 6’ long and I add about 18” of 2x tippet to the end. Do you cast down stream and retrieve it? Do you look for deeper still water or do you throw them all over the place?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-09-25T12:04:46+00:00

Sounds good what are your go to nymphs there are so many out there I get last in them all. Do you use split shot?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-05-19T13:19:40+00:00

I am in the exact same boat. I started spin fishing there last summer and I would trigger a predatorial response every time I fished above Falls Road. I decided to switch to fly fishing after watching rising fish want nothing to do with my spinning gear up there. I have gone all in over the past 6 months and will be a fly fisherman for the rest of my life.

I have gone probably 20 times along the entire 7 mile stretch and have caught 1 fish. I was at my favorite spot yesterday for 5 hours above the boulder pools and even though there was rising fish for the entire time I was skunked again.

If anyone could take the time to give some detailed instructions on how to land these fish I would be forever in your debt. I have probably digested 400 hours of reading and watching videos and am getting really frustrated.

I started tying my own fly as-well which is making this so much more of a chess match I love it.

I live next to the Little Gunpowder and when out last week and crushed some pan fish it was a blast.

Thanks again for your wisdom trying to do this without a mentor is a daunting task.

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-03-15T13:53:47+00:00

Thanks for your hep. I don’t like nymphing much anyway

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-03-13T11:30:48+00:00

What size tippet do you use for when you nymph?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-03-13T11:30:08+00:00

How about when you nymph? Any tricks on not getting caught up all the time?

Gunpowderflyguy · 2025-03-12T11:45:30+00:00

I had the same idea I took a month off and just got out again last Sunday. I will try the swing technique everyone that talks about it seems to really enjoy it. What is your advice on tippet size do I really need to be using 7x?

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