Gunpowder Stream Report and Great Feathers Fly Shop Blog

Sure feels like it. The river is running steady and clear @113 cfs at the Falls Rd. station. Nymphs like black stones, P.T's, Zug Bugs and my favorite a blck hare's ear VERY fuzzy for lots of movement will be the go to flies. Soft Hackles (spiders) and flymphs are especially deadly always . Dry fly action to the little blacks has never been great over the past 20 some odd years regardless of what you hear but a few fish can be taken skittering a good pattern across slower pools and shallow riffles. Always fun... stop in to see the "right" bugs to do this technique.

Remember, a soft delicate cast and a light tippet protected by a soft rod is always an advantage when the water is cold and the fish are in the shallows.