{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: A few questions

On second thought, this should probably be less bizarre since you have sincere questions and don't know who is nuts in the club yet. 

Hang with Rob.  Observe.  Learn.  That reminds me, I need to return some really nice "spey" (cough) flies he generously gave us when we went up to NY last fall. 

All fly rods, from 1-weights to 14' spey rods are toys.  That's why the hobby is great. 

If you want to get into DH rods, there are a lot of folks on here who are very proficient 'repositioners'  and can teach you everything you need to know and then some.  All rods do the same thing, so the principles are the same regardless of what you're doing. 

Fly suggestions?  Most everything works, depending upon what you like and what you want to catch.  I tend to prefer various leech/bugger patterns using material that has a lot of movement (rabbit, marabou, etc.) versus bucktails.  The two most common flies for "bassing" around here are probably blue poppers and chartreuse/white clouser minnows. 

Check out one of the local beer ties and you'll learn even more -- (like how to fight bears, use rotenone, etc.)

Gene

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 9:10:06 AM UTC-4, Yambag Nelson wrote:

The last post is primarily nonsense, but it is somewhat correct in the sense that a Spey rod isn't necessary and would probably be more of a burden for most of the fishing you do in this area.  Exceptions are Fletcher's if you are fishing from shore or maybe gravelly if you are right handed, maybe a couple other places.  That said, most of us fish all over including places where a Spey rod is an extremely useful tool.  To answer the question, if I had to pick one I would go with a 13'7 wt.

By the way, Spey rods were being used way before they caught on out west.

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