{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: New to Gravelly Point

Fished GP from 0645 to nearly 0830 Saturday morning. Nothing. Didn't see any indication of fish.

Practiced roll casting. With five feet of fast sink poly leader (affixed to WF9F) and a big closer that proved challenging. I need to get into the back yard during the week and work on that. 

Anyway, the day was not a total loss (from a fly fishing stand point - it was a total loss from a college football stand point!) as afterwards I drove to Lake Fairfax and caught/released recently stocked rainbows on a San Juan worm (dropped from an attractor dry) using my 3 wt. Loads of fun. 

 
I may wait until the spring striper run to try GP again.

Thank you for the many advice/guidance comments. All were helpful.

Cheers,

Jim


On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 10:13:43 AM UTC-4, Jim White wrote:

Good morning,

 

Over the past several months I've read through every post that mentions Gravelly Point and have been itching to fish there. The write-ups indicate best to be at the outflow from Roaches Run about two hours after the Alexandria high tide in dark/low light conditions. 7-8-9wt rods - two-handed best - clousers on sinking lines (or at least sink tips), cast quartering downstream and be ready for strikes on the swing.

 

Tomorrow morning (Saturday, Oct 24) look to be excellent conditions. Moon set at 0351, high tide in Alexandria at 0545, sun rise at 0727. Lines in the water at 0715 or so should be good.

 

A few weeks ago I did a recon run there and walked the area to learn where to fish. I was there at the high tide turn (middle of a bright sunny day) and was amazed at the water height and flow rate through the outflow from Roaches Run. It was clear to me that despite YouTube videos/online pics of that location I've seen I would not be wading at that location in that flow (also, I believe it is against the rules?). It was also clear to me that my single handed 9 ft 8 & 9 wt rods were going to be challenging to use against the overpass since it was backed by trees/brush. There is a partially clear area near the picnic benches where I think I can cast from but it seems a bit far from the water and landing fish will be an issue. There is also the pier which looked to be a good location to get started. However, signs prohibit fishing from the pier (the day I was there the pier was occupied with folks fishing bottom rigs for cat fish - so it may be that enforcement in this area is lax).

 

Roll cast at the outflow and hope for the best (my roll casts suck...)?

 

Fish from the pier?

 

How do I fish Gravelly Point?

 

-Jim

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