Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Trash and Other"Unstreamside-Like Behavior" on Virginia Bank of Potomac Downstream from Chain Bridge

I've used egg patterns. They're softer on the poor fishie's lips.

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 2:26 PM, TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com> wrote:

It's a real problem.  You can call and report these things, but it is 100% certain that nothing will happen. 

Since poachers and litterers don't show up on this forum to argue the merits of littering and poaching, we generally just deal a game of "the other fly fisherman is a jerk" for having dry hands, "tossing" fish, and using egg patterns.  The latter is completely unimportant compared to the former, but you get more participation.   

Gene

On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 1:54:45 PM UTC-4, chasthos wrote:

Last week in search of shad I hiked down the Gulf Branch Trail off Military Road to the Potomac Heritage Trail on the Virginia side upstream from Fletcher's Cove.  It was very disappointing to see piles of trash, bait containers, beer cans, etc...along the bank at every accessible point.  There was also the stink of rotting fish and chicken bait.  I thought shad were protected, and yet I saw one fisherman throwing a large net at them and others killing their catches.  In view of their streamside behavior many of these fishermen are also probably lacking licenses too.  Is there any enforcement of laws against littering and of fishing regulations?  

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