Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: I must be the worst fisher of the Todal Basin

Collin,

As an angler who has never caught a fish on a wooley bugger, I feel your pain. For some of us, the planets just don't align; some of us hold our mouths funny; sometimes our genetic makeup gets in the way....fishing has so many variables, and so much has to go right, that it's possible to fall through the cracks in the universe (and have no one believe that it's possible!)

From: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> on behalf of TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 11:11 AM
To: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: I must be the worst fisher of the Todal Basin

 

Without seeing what you are doing it's hard to know.  Are you fishing in areas that hold fish?  Leader?  Keeping a tight line during retrieve?  You don't always need actually "cast" either -- I've never fished the basin, but can envision you plucking a few fish here and there simply by using your fly rod as a cane pole (e.g., "dapping") in the vicinity of some hungry fish. 

I agree with Ashley. 

Gene

On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 10:12:13 AM UTC-4, tatu...@gmail.com wrote:

I see post after post of folks catching stuff in the basin....I typically come away not catching a thing. 

I've been down there many many many many times over the past years and get a nibble here or there....or a small fish or two. What am I doing wrong?

Where are the hot spots?

What are the hot flies?

What are the best times to throw my fly?

Collin...the frustrated fly guy normally standing by the Jefferson Memorial.

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