Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Piney Branch - heaven on earth - report for Bruce

Oh no -- that Elk Hair Caddis was probably the one "magic fly" that happened to be working that day!  ;).  

I had the strange experience of passing a friendly guy after we had caught an absurd number of brookies who said he wasn't having luck and wanted to know what fly I was using.  I recall something very similar happening on my first trip to the Rap in 2012, only I was the other guy.  I remember thinking "Man, I just can't find the right fly" after getting no fish on my #12 royal wulff and speaking with a dude who said something like "Man, they're hitting everything.....this is great!".  Now of course I recall the problems:

1.  I was working downstream and probably spooking everything

2.  I had no idea how to read the water and determine where fish were holding

3.  I had no idea what a dry fly was supposed to look like when drifting properly

4.  I had no idea how to create a leader with enough tippet (of the proper dia)  at the fly-end to result in a good drift 

5.  I was probably standing in places I should be casting, and vice versa

I'm glad to hear you guys made it out and had a great time!  

Gene

On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 3:45:25 PM UTC-4, Scott B. wrote:

I forgot to post, but here's a photo dump from last weekend, Piney Branch and Jeremy's Run.

http://imgur.com/a/EnyuK/all

On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 10:53:05 AM UTC-4, Jeremy Dusina wrote:

Yesterday, based on this thread, I played hookie from work and made the trek out to Piney Branch. What a great decision!! This stream is beautiful, weather perfect, the park fall colors were great, and the fish cooperated. I was accompanied by a work colleague who had not previously fly fished. Together we landed over 70 fish - typical SNP size of 4-8 inches, but a few up to 10 inches. We could usually pull 4-5 fish from each pool. Naive is a good word.

For me, the highlight of the day was introducing a new person to fly fishing. My colleague began the day using a spinning setup and did land a few fish. After lunch, he switched to an extra fly rod I packed in and he landed around 15 with a fly rod. I had just as much fun watching/teaching a new fly fisher land his first trout as I do landing them myself! These streams can be good confidence builders for new folks.

The hike from the top was nice and, as Gene mentioned above, surely reduces the amount of traffic on the stream. Did not see a soul all day (nor any bears).

Used elk hair caddis flies the entire day, but I suspect they would have taken anything.

Jeremy

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