{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Fly fishing from beach

BTW -- you can catch fish (even big fish) literally in the "wash" I think it's called.  It's just the backwash area where waves breaking the beach fall back under, usually "foot-deep" right there.  You don't need to wade way out and try to chuck stuff into the incoming waves -- it's better to wade out a little and make casts parallel to the beach, sort of swinging your fly toward the bank using mends, not unlike fishing wet flies for trout/steelhead.  A floating line would seem to beat everything else for this, at least to me. 

Gene

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 10:38:07 AM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

I have limited experience, but have read a lot about surf fishing with fly tackle.  Personally, I'd bring a floater and stripping basket which allows you to mend and actually control your fly in the water.  Full sink lines had me dragging up sand and were totally ineffective in the shallow beaches I fished. 

The experienced will tell you (that piers/jetties are great, of course) but also to try to go at low tide and observe bowls and sandbars and stuff, and then return to fish later since you'll know where the fish will likely be. 

The fish you want to catch use currents to concentrate bait fish to feed -- if you find rip currents and troughs, you'll find fish. I'm not great at reading the surf, but I can usually spot rip currents just looking for foam moving away from the beach and it's not hard to spot sandbars as waves break over them.  Rips often punch a hole in the sandbar, so you can watch areas where the incoming waves are "uneven" and sometimes find 'em.

Gene

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 10:15:03 AM UTC-4, Bob Richey wrote:

My wife and I are taking a short vacation to Rehobeth Beach in mid-September.  I thought I'd bring along my fly rods and give a shot at fishing the surf.  I've never fished salt water before.  My idea is to wade out to maybe knee high and chuck some streamers at any structure like piers or jetties and strip it back.  Is that doable?  Should I be thinking about a sinking line?  Obviously, I'm clueless, I'd appreciate any advice on technique, flies and equipment.  Thanks.

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