Cicadas on the Gunpowder

The brown trout on the Gunpowder are responding well to cicadas. I fished
from about 5:30-7:00 pm yesterday, not hatch to speak of but large fish were
rising tight to the banks. Months ago I tied several Madam-X patterns in
black deer hair with orange thread, so I decided to try it out. It worked
well; I only landed 2 fish, but they were bruisers; one 16 and one 18
inches. I had to drop the rod on the bank and unhook the larger using 2
hands! Lost or missed about 6 more fish, and they all seemed larger than
average Gunpowder fish. I talked to several other anglers, who reported
basically the same thing. It seems that the smaller fish were just not
feeding, perhaps already full of cicadas. Not much time left to fish the
cicadas; if you are in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area, get to the
Gunpowder soon!

Sam