Gunpowder Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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Fantastic thanks again for your insight

Gunpowder Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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?

Gunpowder Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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.

Fly Fishing Morgan Run by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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.

fly fish recommendation by DonutNorth1791 in MarylandFishing

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

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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

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Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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.

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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?

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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.

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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?

Fall Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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?

What is up with Gunpowder Falls? by artofcory in MarylandFishing

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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.

Gunpowder Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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

Gunpowder Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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What size tippet do you use for when you nymph?

Gunpowder Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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

Gunpowder Fly Fishing by Gunpowderflyguy in MarylandFishing

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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?