The Gunpowder river is flowing at 95 Cfs, is 62 F and clear. We’ve had reports of blue winged olives sized #18-20, tiny cream midges in the #22 and smaller range and caddis sized #16,in the mornings. Sulphurs have been coming off sporadically through the mid-morning to late afternoon with more flies massing towards dark. Spinner falls are not to be missed this time of year. Plan on dodging afternoon thundershowers and wait out the rains accompanying them the fish still have to eat. The first fireflies of the season are making themselves known and providing the sulphurs with a little light during their late meals. Oh, and be sure to bring a headlamp along if you’re fishing till dark, unless you’re handy with a Mason jar.
Thanks to Michael for the following photos and stream report.
Hey Guys,
It has been an eventful month for me, fraught with late evenings and hungry browns eagerly taking dries and nymphs on the upper stretches of the gunpowder. After taking a few fish on a rainy Tuesday evening on a decent sulfur hatch I figured a change of scenery was in order. I decided Wednesday to put away the 4wt and get out the streamer rod and head south of Big Falls for the first time this year. After a long and monotonous day throwing all variety of streamer with little excitement other than a few chubs, I tied on a copper colored zonker that Jason gave me at the shop and headed further south. I was eventually rewarded with the beautiful fish seen here, my biggest gunpowder trout to date, possibly in the 15-16” range. Thank you all so much for all the help you have given me over the past year. Cheers!– Mike Colegrove
