Gunpowder River Fly Fishing Report

May has sprung the Sulfur mayfly hatch on the Gunpowder River to the delight of  fly fisherman who fish this hatch each year.  The hatch brings great dry fly fishing throughout the river on Spring evenings and continues typically through June.  Sulfurs are a favorite to fish being that they are large(relatively speaking) , visible bugs, and trout can be easily seen sipping them from the surface.

  The bugs start to apppear in early afternoon and can usually be seen hatching through evening.  Many fly fisherman on the Gunpowder River will stay until dark anticipating a spinner fall, when the bugs that hatched earlier die and fall to the stream as an easy meal.

 We use fly patterns that imitate all stages of the mayfly hatch.  Pheasant tail and other small dark nymphs in size 16 or 18 imitate the sulfur nymph and are good choices for morning fishing.   The emerging bugs are well imitated with a soft hackled wet fly like a partridge and yellow.  They work best when fished on the swing.  My favorite dry flies are cdc winged comparaduns in size 14 or 16, or a sulfur parachute.  The parachute doubles as agreat imitation of the sulfur spinner.  The photos above are from the past week's fishing.  We had good action on trips above Falls Rd, and had good reports from anglers fishing throughout the catch and release area. 

Susquehanna Flats 2012 Photo Update

The 2012 Susquehanna Flats C&R season ended May 3.  The fishing remained great throughout the season, and we had some of our best fishing of the year the last few days.  Unfortunately, the state will not allow us to target stripers in the area again until May 16, when a one fish slot limit season comes into effect.  I have the boat on the trailer and am headed south on the bay to take advantage of some more great fishing in the Middle Chesapeake.

Through May we will be leaving to fish out of Kent Island and targeting rockfish in surrounding waters.  I expect more good fishing in the middle bay as we have experienced in recent years.  We will still have a shot at some great fish on both flies and light tackle.  Last year we had fish on the fly to 40+ inches.  

Thanks again to all of you who came out fishing on the flats this Spring. Hope to see you out fishing again soon. I tried to get everyone's picture up.  If you have any photos form your trips you would like to send, please do so I can include them. Jeff

Susquehanna Flats Fishing Report

Four days left to fish the catch and release season on the flats.  Fishing has continued to be great on the flats this year.  Every day is a new adventure, as we try and hunt down big fish.  We have caught fish regularly the last week, sometimes several dozen a day .  Big fish are around in good numbers, and though sometimes tough to come by we have caught our share. 

We have had some fun with topwater fishing early and late in the day.  Fish have been eager to take a variety of flies and lures on periods of moving tide throughout the day.

Susquehanna Flats Fishing Report

The fishing continues to be good on the flats the last week.  We have caught decent numbers of fish on both flies and lures.   There have been a ton of schoolies size fish to keep you busy when tides are right, and we have had shots just about every day at some big fish too.


The last few days have seen a decent topwater bite develop, again a mixture of schoolies chasing the poppers and the occasional 40 plus incher.  Nothing more exciting then watching a big one coming for your topwater popper.  Weather has continued to be bearable, and water conditions are consisitent.  This has been one of the best seasons in years.

The season is set to end on May 3.  I may have one or two more spots free if you are looking to get out and fish.  Weather forecasts for the rest of this week look good, so I expect more good fishing.   

Susquehanna Flats Photo Update

Here are some more pics from the ongoing season, I will keep you all updated on the fishing.
 

Susquehanna Flats Photo Update

Here are some pictures from our recent adventures on the flats. Thanks again everyone for coming out fishing. Lots of good fish and good smiles.

Susquehanna Flats Update

The start to this year's season on the Susquehanna Flats has been a pleasant change from the last couple of years. Though we have had to contend with windy days for much of this month, water conditons have been decent due to the lack of rain and snowmelt.

We have been catching fish on the fly and light tackle since late March. Much of our fishing has been along the channel edges and deeper water. Heavy wind has made alot of the shallow water too turbid too fish. Good weather forecast for the next few days should help change this trend, and hopefully we will get some good topwater and shallow water fishing soon.

This week we have had some good fishing on the fly. We have caught a bunch of fish on hallf and half patterns along the edges of grass beds, and still along the channel edges. Topwater action is still a little slow, but we are having more bites on top each trip as the water temps warm.