Fishing Trip: Gunpowder River-Take 3 + Updates

After being washed out last weekend due to the opening of all four gates on the Pretty Boy Dam, which we wont speak of, just seems to upset us since we only saw one fish all day and it didn't even make its way onto our hooks, we decided to try and redeem ourselves. The wives went away for the weekend, perfect opportunity for some great fishing. So Zach and I departed Annapolis for the Gunpowder at our usual time this past Saturday and were able to dip our feet in the water at around 8am. We packed our lunches and I put my gear (including my new Simms Freestone wading boots) into the Jeep the night before just to make sure we get up there on time and can crunch as many fish into the time we had. We jumped in about a mile downstream from the Pretty Boy Dam off Falls Rd. We waded down what we have both decided is the most beautiful section of the river. We fished through a lot of pressure, at least 2 fishermen every 200 yards or so and had one Brown under our belts which I caught on a Black Wooly Bugger right behind a nice rock sitting in the middle of the stream. Heres a pic:

We got back to the car and headed over to another stretch off Monkton Rd. We fished about a half mile of the river and only had one fish to claim from that stretch, a nice sized White Sucker Zach actually false hooked. We decided to grab lunch and make a move to another spot we really like off of Blue Mount Rd. (which we found with the help of the awesome guys at Backwater Angler Fly Shop) to try out a feeder creek that runs into the Gunpowder. We ended up wading about a mile or more upstream since we got into some good sized River Chub, Fallfish, and a Pumpkinseed on all different colors of Wooly Buggers, Zonkers, and Clouser Minnows. We had over a dozen fish each when Zach hooked into an awesome Brown. Check out the pics:

We fished the feeder run for most of the day since we got into some great fish. After walking back to the Gunpowder, we decided to fish downstream a bit from the feeder creek and ended up getting into/fishing the day with some wild brook trout, two of which we took on a double header. All around great day, the next trip is planned for 2 weeks from now but who knows what we'll get into between now and then...Check out the pics of the final fish and the scenes of the day:

Backwoods Update: My little bro Ryan headed down to Colin's pond (Bucks Pond) to fish with Colin and the Backwoods guys this past weekend and sent me some pics...check it out:

Tight Lines...Morgan