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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Gunpowder or Mossy?

I managed not to make it to either this past weekend, but will make a go of mossy this weekend. Thanks for the tips Rob and Danny.

On Friday, July 26, 2013 12:16:46 PM UTC-7, Matthew Longley wrote:

Are you fishing below the pretty boy reservoir? I've gone hiking well south of that (south of Rt 1, below Loch Raven) and the water looked great, but I don't know if anyone fishes that.

On Friday, July 26, 2013 2:28:06 PM UTC-4, Chuq Yang wrote:
I've never been to Mossy, but I was on the Gunpowder yesterday at Masemore. I caught an 8" brookie and a brown (I'm still pretty new) and one fallfish. The water felt really nice and cool through my waders. The folks at Backwater Angler in Monkton told me that small green hoppers and foam beetles worked the best, I lost both beetles to trout because I stupidly was using a pretty tattered 6x tippet.

I switched that out and then hooked into a beautiful 14" brown with the hopper and it did a couple of beautiful jumps before I brought her to net. Another guy I talked to said he caught a half dozen on a 16 caddis, all on the surface.

Super easy wading, although the trails are becoming a little harder to keep track of. The raspberries on both sides make the hike a little better though.

Chuq

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 7:53:09 AM UTC-4, FlyFishinRealtor wrote:
I'm with Rob on Mossy. Great fishing and the shop folks are awesome. It is a hike though.

On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:00:54 PM UTC-4, Bryce Comstock wrote:
I was planning in going to one this weekend. I have gone to the gun powder a few times and have had success, but I have never tried Mossy Creek. Which would dc folks here prefer? Thanks for the help.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: The Confluence

Be sure to make it a Stella Artois or similar, Aden. ;-)

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Saturday Fishing - Potomac River

Fairfax's Riverbend Regional Park is nice and wadeable, I was there for the first time this past Saturday acquainting a friend with spin fishing for bass - we only caught one smallie, but that's okay since we were mostly into shooting the breeze until noon time. That day, Little Falls gage was about 3.6 and dropping, water temp mid 80s and Point of Rocks was 2.5 and dropping too. As of right now the gage height at both locations continues to drop and the water's cooler, so conditions ought to be decent come Saturday. I may escape on Friday to the other side of the river at Violette's Lock if I can get a visit to the dentist and lawn mowing done expeditiously. ;-)

Riverbend also rents boats, canoes and kayaks, but I didn't look too closely at the rates. You can check with the park authority, http://1.usa.gov/13mtif1 I'm sure you 'll get plenty of other comments on Riverbend from TPFRodders

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Tuesday, 30 July 2013

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Saturday Fishing - Potomac River

Hi! I'm planning to take my girlfriend out for fly fishing on Saturday. I don't have a float, so we'll be fishing from the shoreline. Can someone please provide advice on locations and flies that would help make this more memorable than my last trip? I'm still learning, and for now, she would like to as well!

Thank you!

Philip

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: PM on CNN

Glad to see this get more coverage. The more people who see this the better.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: The Confluence

Not sure how that map ended up linking to my post. I better have a beer and think about that one :-)

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Massanutten Guide Recommendations

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll provide a report if the trip happens.

On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12:58:12 AM UTC-4, John Burke wrote:

I've followed you all for awhile and know you are a group of knowledgeable local fisherman, so I come to you with the following inquiry:

My girlfriend and her family will be staying at a Massanutten Resort timeshare from October 28-30th. They're from Michigan and I'd love to treat them to some guided, Virginia smallmouth fishing while they're in town. My girlfriend and I would prefer to fly fish with our own flies. Her parents have limited fishing experience and would most likely be satisfied with spinning reels. Is there a guide or guide company that could provide a fun experience for this group? None of us are worried about trophy-sized bronze-backs. We just want to have fun as a family. Experience leads me to believe, her parents would simply have fun in a boat with cigars in hand.

We're open to any and all suggestions. Thank you for being such a fun and robust community.

- John B.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Massanutten Guide Recommendations

I'd second the endorsement of Mossy Creek - they have several great guides and a great attitude toward the customer. We did a full day float on the Shenandoah with Colby, and it was very worthwhile.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Wounded Warrior fishing event.....volunteers wanted

sorry, got the link wrong - www.fishingcommunity.org Thanks for the correction.

This is a separate non-profit organization than Project Healing Waters (which is a great organization, I've volunteered for them as well). The focus of this group is on all types of fishing versus fly fishing specifically, and includes families and active duty personnel.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Wounded Warrior fishing event.....volunteers wanted

Just curious, is this a totally different program from PHW, which runs out of the USO at Ft. Belvoir?

On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:45:29 AM UTC-4, Brian wrote:

www.fishingcommunity.org ?

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Wounded Warrior fishing event.....volunteers wanted

www.fishingcommunity.org ?

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Massanutten Guide Recommendations

Not familiar with Massanutten, but if you are trying to tie up a bunch of flies beforehand, check out the website for Harry Murrays Fly Shop. He does regular stream reports, and lets you know what is fishing well. He's also developed a lot of flies specific for VA smallies.

On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12:58:12 AM UTC-4, John Burke wrote:

I've followed you all for awhile and know you are a group of knowledgeable local fisherman, so I come to you with the following inquiry:

My girlfriend and her family will be staying at a Massanutten Resort timeshare from October 28-30th. They're from Michigan and I'd love to treat them to some guided, Virginia smallmouth fishing while they're in town. My girlfriend and I would prefer to fly fish with our own flies. Her parents have limited fishing experience and would most likely be satisfied with spinning reels. Is there a guide or guide company that could provide a fun experience for this group? None of us are worried about trophy-sized bronze-backs. We just want to have fun as a family. Experience leads me to believe, her parents would simply have fun in a boat with cigars in hand.

We're open to any and all suggestions. Thank you for being such a fun and robust community.

- John B.

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Massanutten Guide Recommendations

I would recommend an outfitter rather than an individual guide. If you're floating the river, you'll have to be on two separate rafts. It'll be easiest to coordinate the group through one of those places rather than two individual guides. I'd personally recommend Albemarle Angler (read my review here). Mossy Creek Fly Shop and Murray's Fly shop both also operate in the region. I haven't used Mossy Creek, but I have used Murray's. I think they contract a lot of their work out to local individual guides (at least they did the one time I used them, and the guide gave me that impression), so it may be a little more challenging to work with them.

I will caution you though - the end of October is pretty late in the season for smallmouths. You can get them year round, but it starts getting a lot more challenging that point in the season. Most of the outfitters will have switched to trout by then, and I'm not sure if they'll even still offer smallmouth floats that late.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:39 AM, JC Boaty <jcurtisboatman@gmail.com> wrote:

Call Mossy Creek Gly Shop in Harrisonburg. Colby and Brian Trow know that area very well. I've personally seen them work on several occasions. They will get you on fish and you will have a great time. Both are very knowledgeable and great guys.

Curt B

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} PM on CNN

An article usually reserved for the pages of moldychum found it's way onto CNN.com yesterday. It is one of the biggest issues of our sport that could not only catastrophically affect a fragile ecosystem, it could also set a precarious precedent for similar actions in the future. It's good to see this published on the front page, even if buried in an Opinion section. Press is press.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/29/opinion/begala-salmon-pebble-mine/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Massanutten Guide Recommendations

Call Mossy Creek Gly Shop in Harrisonburg. Colby and Brian Trow know that area very well. I've personally seen them work on several occasions. They will get you on fish and you will have a great time. Both are very knowledgeable and great guys.

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Monday, 29 July 2013

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Massanutten Guide Recommendations

I've followed you all for awhile and know you are a group of knowledgeable local fisherman, so I come to you with the following inquiry:

My girlfriend and her family will be staying at a Massanutten Resort timeshare from October 28-30th. They're from Michigan and I'd love to treat them to some guided, Virginia smallmouth fishing while they're in town. My girlfriend and I would prefer to fly fish with our own flies. Her parents have limited fishing experience and would most likely be satisfied with spinning reels. Is there a guide or guide company that could provide a fun experience for this group? None of us are worried about trophy-sized bronze-backs. We just want to have fun as a family. Experience leads me to believe, her parents would simply have fun in a boat with cigars in hand.

We're open to any and all suggestions. Thank you for being such a fun and robust community.

- John B.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Dirt Bike Fly Fishing

I usually fish the Yampa River near Steamboat Springs in Colorado, I would usually hike into my spot and hike all the way out, two years ago I saw some kids riding their ATV through the trail and fishing, they had all their gear and food on the ATV racks and their travel time was 1/10 th my time. So I pulled my 94' KTM 300 dirt bike out of the garage and made her trail ready again- the first test was the N.C. Fly Fishing trail, I was able to cover Ravens Fork and Scott Creek with no problem , I would like to use my bike on waters a little closer does any one know of any off road trails close to fishing waters on the Potomac.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: SNP stream report

It was funny, my girlfriend was walking just ahead of me, and all of a sudden jumped off the trail and yelped. There was a rather large garter snake, which I let strike my boot as I explained it wasn't dangerous. Literally 20ft down the trail, she goes "oh there's another one", and I just about soiled myself when I saw that Timber. He was really lethargic, and didn't really react until I moved him off the trail with a (long) stick. I got a good tail rattle shake out of that...

On Monday, July 29, 2013 4:16:01 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

Whoa! Nice find! --and no correction. I have never, ever found a Timber Rattler out in the field. Just the little pygmy in one isolated area in Missouri. That's a heck of a snake find! You need to be closer for a picture ;).

Nice fish too -- I've also come the conclusion that pattern isn't important. I was at the Rapidan 2 weeks ago and used nothing but bright yellow, flashy, ugly foam beetles and caught several.

Gene

On Monday, July 29, 2013 11:04:51 AM UTC-4, Matthew Longley wrote:
Went hiking in Shenandoah this past weekend with my girlfriend, and brought the rod along. Was planning on fishing mostly terrestrials, but ran into another angler who said he was having great luck on dry adams, so tied on a 14 parachute adams and never looked back. The key to these small water trout is presentation and approach, so I don't think the fly selection matters that much anyway. Caught a few on the adams, but the biggest was holding low under a small falls (maybe 2 feet deep) and kept taking something under the water, so I tied on a zebra midge and he took it on the first pass. Nothing beats the colors on these little guys.
Also came across this rattlesnake on the trail, so if you head out there be careful bushwacking. I think its a Timber Rattler, but looking forward to a correction from Gene.

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: SNP stream report

Brookies in my opinion are so hungry they eat anything. as long as you dont spook them first. its taken me many years to finally catch the 9-11 inch brookies consistently. they are very easy to spook with bad casts, large leaders and just being clumsy in the water.

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On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 4:16 PM, TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com> wrote:

Whoa! Nice find! --and no correction. I have never, ever found a Timber Rattler out in the field. Just the little pygmy in one isolated area in Missouri. That's a heck of a snake find! You need to be closer for a picture ;).

Nice fish too -- I've also come the conclusion that pattern isn't important. I was at the Rapidan 2 weeks ago and used nothing but bright yellow, flashy, ugly foam beetles and caught several.

Gene

On Monday, July 29, 2013 11:04:51 AM UTC-4, Matthew Longley wrote:
Went hiking in Shenandoah this past weekend with my girlfriend, and brought the rod along. Was planning on fishing mostly terrestrials, but ran into another angler who said he was having great luck on dry adams, so tied on a 14 parachute adams and never looked back. The key to these small water trout is presentation and approach, so I don't think the fly selection matters that much anyway. Caught a few on the adams, but the biggest was holding low under a small falls (maybe 2 feet deep) and kept taking something under the water, so I tied on a zebra midge and he took it on the first pass. Nothing beats the colors on these little guys.

Also came across this rattlesnake on the trail, so if you head out there be careful bushwacking. I think its a Timber Rattler, but looking forward to a correction from Gene.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: SNP stream report

Whoa! Nice find! --and no correction. I have never, ever found a Timber Rattler out in the field. Just the little pygmy in one isolated area in Missouri. That's a heck of a snake find! You need to be closer for a picture ;).

Nice fish too -- I've also come the conclusion that pattern isn't important. I was at the Rapidan 2 weeks ago and used nothing but bright yellow, flashy, ugly foam beetles and caught several.

Gene

On Monday, July 29, 2013 11:04:51 AM UTC-4, Matthew Longley wrote:

Went hiking in Shenandoah this past weekend with my girlfriend, and brought the rod along. Was planning on fishing mostly terrestrials, but ran into another angler who said he was having great luck on dry adams, so tied on a 14 parachute adams and never looked back. The key to these small water trout is presentation and approach, so I don't think the fly selection matters that much anyway. Caught a few on the adams, but the biggest was holding low under a small falls (maybe 2 feet deep) and kept taking something under the water, so I tied on a zebra midge and he took it on the first pass. Nothing beats the colors on these little guys.
Also came across this rattlesnake on the trail, so if you head out there be careful bushwacking. I think its a Timber Rattler, but looking forward to a correction from Gene.

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

Yeah -- mostly shrimp and crab patterns -- but apparently most anything similar works just fine too.

Gene

On Monday, July 29, 2013 3:25:50 PM UTC-4, Richard Farino wrote:

Gene – who'd you fish with?

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Wilmington, NC -- definitely will be going back! Hopefully after my casting gets a little better....it kind of held me back a bit.

Gene

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 8:43:58 PM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:
Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.
On Jul 28, 2013 8:03 PM, "TurbineBlade" <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life. I'll never forget him. We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate. Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them. Most of our problems were 1. Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough. 2. Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc. 3. Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast. Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck". Lesson: Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies. I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight.

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day. This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day.

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo.

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;).

Gene

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RE: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

Gene – who’d you fish with?

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Wilmington, NC -- definitely will be going back! Hopefully after my casting gets a little better....it kind of held me back a bit.

Gene

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 8:43:58 PM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:

Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.

On Jul 28, 2013 8:03 PM, "TurbineBlade" <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life. I'll never forget him. We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate. Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them. Most of our problems were 1. Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough. 2. Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc. 3. Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast. Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck". Lesson: Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies. I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight.

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day. This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day.

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo.

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;).

Gene

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Redfish -- puppy picture

Great report, Gene. I've got a redfish trip lined up for a few days in Beaufort and a week in Wilmington at the end of September. You're just gettin' me all excited now. Were you mostly throwing crab patterns?

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} SNP stream report

Went hiking in Shenandoah this past weekend with my girlfriend, and brought the rod along. Was planning on fishing mostly terrestrials, but ran into another angler who said he was having great luck on dry adams, so tied on a 14 parachute adams and never looked back. The key to these small water trout is presentation and approach, so I don't think the fly selection matters that much anyway. Caught a few on the adams, but the biggest was holding low under a small falls (maybe 2 feet deep) and kept taking something under the water, so I tied on a zebra midge and he took it on the first pass. Nothing beats the colors on these little guys.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Wounded Warrior fishing event.....volunteers wanted

August 18th at Fort Belvoir. Spinning and fly fishing, shore and boat. check out www.communityfishing.org for details. Good organization and a worthy cause - other opportunities to teach classes and help with a tournament later in the year. You can contact me (peterlodell@gmail.com) or Paul Ketrick (boater@fishingcommunity.org). Any help appreciated. Sponsorship opportunites also available for events for those in the industry.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Redfish -- puppy picture

They are exciting fish. Charleston SC can have some great Red fishing, especially in the fall when they school up. We had a day where the wind was reasonable, the water clear, and the fish cooperative, and it was a blast - all in site of downtown Charleston. Fish usually run bigger in the fall - 7-11 pounds.

In a lot of cases you don't need weighted flies - and it can help minimize the spook factor - similar with bonefish - if you only have to sink it a foot or 2, it still drops reasonably quickly (guide in the Bahamas used this method)

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: The Confluence

NICE! I'll be in Brugge in September and might have to swing on over for some smallies!

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Sunday, 28 July 2013

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} SUP Fly Fishing Lake Audubon

The weather forecasters were wrong today - no rain and the sun did peek out several times. I didn't have time to make it to the bigger lakes, but instead went to Lake Audubon. I went out on my SUP and brought two smaller Large Mouth Bass to hand and several bluegill. Better than nothing and certainly better than doing errands.

I posted more info on http://lifeamphibious.blogspot.com/2013/07/hooked-sup-fishing-at-lake-audubon.html

Chris, Preston, Howard and the Kayak Gang - we need to do another outing again soon.

Vic

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

Wilmington, NC -- definitely will be going back! Hopefully after my casting gets a little better....it kind of held me back a bit.

Gene

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 8:43:58 PM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:

Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.

On Jul 28, 2013 8:03 PM, "TurbineBlade" <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life. I'll never forget him. We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate. Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them. Most of our problems were 1. Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough. 2. Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc. 3. Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast. Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck". Lesson: Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies. I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight.

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day. This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day.

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo.

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;).

Gene

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

Great work! Where were you? I'm doing a trip in Louisiana bayou in September and this just got me extra excited.

On Jul 28, 2013 8:03 PM, "TurbineBlade" <doublebclan@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life. I'll never forget him. We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate. Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them. Most of our problems were 1. Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough. 2. Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc. 3. Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast. Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck". Lesson: Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies. I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight.

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day. This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day.

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo.

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;).

Gene

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

Gene,

Nice report.

John

On Jul 28, 2013, at 8:03 PM, TurbineBlade wrote:

Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life. I'll never forget him. We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate. Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them. Most of our problems were 1. Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough. 2. Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc. 3. Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast. Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck". Lesson: Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies. I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight.

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day. This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day.

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo.

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;).

Gene

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Redfish -- puppy picture

That looks awesome - I definitely want to do that sometime!

Well done, that's a beautiful looking Red.

--Scott

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Hello -- here's a few pics from our weekend trip. This is the hardest-fought fish I've ever caught in my life. I'll never forget him. We had a great time -- I wish we could have landed more fish, but to be perfect honest my skill level was pretty inadequate. Sight casting to tailing fish is a blast -- we had a lot of shots and we both spooked many of them. Most of our problems were 1. Not being able to get a fly to a fish quickly enough. 2. Not placing the fly in the right spot -- either too far to be seen by the fish, or lining a few, etc. 3. Shocking the rod by failing to get the fly to leave the water surface prior to hauling on the backcast. Likely I've been able to get away with it up to this point using lighter flies, but a 10' leader and large, lead-eye flies revealed our "suck". Lesson: Learn the quick cast a la Bruce Chard, and practice on the water with a 10' leader and heavy flies. I'm going to drop every other rod and just work with my 8-weight.

Our guide was excellent -- and had a great interest in birding, so we got to do some of this waiting for the tide to change mid-day. This is very unique and we marked several new birds during the day.

Oh, and Beth had one -- fly in the mouth -- but she set the hook "rod up" style (bass fishing) and *poof* -- lots of bad language, and fish was off like a torpedo.

Bonefish might be my next ambition -- need to get down to the Keys and find a good spot ;).

Gene

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