Come to Fletcher’s Sunday, 8:30am, for two-hand casting work.
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The Potomac River below Great Falls is a diverse and challenging fishery for anglers using fly rods. Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders is a Charter Club of the Federation of Fly Fishers representing the interests of local FFF members and the Potomac River.
Come to Fletcher’s Sunday, 8:30am, for two-hand casting work.
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Don't forget to purchase your tickets to IF4™: International Fly Fishing Film Festival at the Avalon Theater in Washington DC on September 26 @ 8:30 PM. Tickets are $20 and include an automatic entry to win a brand new Echo ECHO3 8wt rod, a Patagonia sling pack as well as other fly fishing apparel and gear. Tickets can be purchased online here.All profits will go towards the chapter's conservation work and our new Project Healing Waters chapter at the DC V.A. hospital, so be sure to come out and support a great cause.We will have also rods, reels and new NCC-TU swag from top fly fishing brands available for sale. More news to come on beer and food sales.Check out the preview for Jungle's Edge, one of the entries in this year's film festival: https://vimeo.com/192875339Tight Lines,Andrew R
On Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:26:45 AM UTC-4, Andrew R wrote:Hey there fellow TPFRers,I am proud to announce that the National Capital Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be presenting IF4™: International Fly Fishing Film Festival at the Avalon Theater in Washington DC on September 26 @ 8:30 PM. Tickets are $20 and include an automatic entry to win a brand new Echo ECHO3 8wt rod. Tickets can be purchased online here.All profits will go towards the chapter's conservation work and our new Project Healing Waters chapter at the DC V.A. hospital, so be sure to come out and support a great cause.We will have also rods, reels and new NCC-TU swag from top fly fishing brands available for sale. More news to come on beer and food sales.To see the preview for this year's IF4: https://vimeo.com/195998088Tight Lines,Andrew R
My dad and I have fished from the beach in the mornings and never had a problem.On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Tim Donaldson <timdonaldson@gmail.com> wrote:Against my protests the wife has decided we are going to LBI for the 4th. I'm going to bring my surf setup and fish super early mornings. Anyone done this? Do you get hassled by lifeguards of anyone else at 3:30 am?
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Against my protests the wife has decided we are going to LBI for the 4th. I'm going to bring my surf setup and fish super early mornings. Anyone done this? Do you get hassled by lifeguards of anyone else at 3:30 am?
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I have found 4MR down by the bridges to be a little too mucky and hard to navigate in waders. And from the shore, it's hard to get a good cast out far enough.In the past I enjoyed casting under the trees and shrubs on the edge back further near the treatment plant. Haven't been back since they ripped everything out... mostly because when the weather is nice, I try to go to more visually pleasing places. Do we know if they are planning to replant any of that?Bobby, definitely agree with you on casting. I'm certainly no master but I would say 40-50 feet is the furthest I can cast in ideal weather, even with a double haul (ok, I'm still learning this technique). That said, my biggest bass was caught last summer on a pond in a boat with a popper at about 20 feet away. The fly hit the water, I waited a sec and then gave it a pop and fish was on. Last summer I caught a good smallmouth across from Fletcher's in one of the rowboats and that was probably in the 15-20 foot range, too.--
On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10:28:14 AM UTC-4, Bobby Davis wrote:Gary,I would kindly like to suggest that you should reset your mindset on fly fishing. Most fish regardless or water body, aren't caught at 80+ feet away, and I think most of us would testify to that. One example of this I can cite with concrete data is the Flycarping page. A couple years ago McTage did a formal survey about carp fishing and found that most peoples takes are less than 30 feet away, and that was for the super spooky carp. I also got to sit in on a lecture by Kelly Galloup and his motto is "stalk more cast less". We see these hero shots of guys bombing a fly for ridiculous distances in festival films, but the reality is that is not really how real fishing is done for most of us. Bottom line, don't be intimidated just because you can't cast like Tim Rajeff.
On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10:05:29 AM UTC-4, Gary Fleeger wrote:I only fly fish in small streams, because I'm still learning and just don't have the skill to really get my fly around a larger body of water (distance). So in May for several days in a row I took my spinning rod down to the bridges at 4 mile run and killed it at the tail end of low tide before dead low. I didn't have any luck on anything top water, but when I used a zoom pumpkin worm with chartreuse end it made all the difference. Slow along the bottom produced the LMB and half a worm worked fast through mid depth water produced striper. My point is that I think the low tide where the fish have less places to hide is key on 4 mile and others have told me the same. Out going low that is. Lastly, I really think those fish key on that chartreuse for some reason in that area. I'm not saying other things don't work but that was my experience. It's ironic that someone above had luck with a chartreuse clouser.Good luck, and I'll keep working on my fly rod. There is no comparison to catching a fish on my fly rod! What a thrill.
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Gary,I would kindly like to suggest that you should reset your mindset on fly fishing. Most fish regardless or water body, aren't caught at 80+ feet away, and I think most of us would testify to that. One example of this I can cite with concrete data is the Flycarping page. A couple years ago McTage did a formal survey about carp fishing and found that most peoples takes are less than 30 feet away, and that was for the super spooky carp. I also got to sit in on a lecture by Kelly Galloup and his motto is "stalk more cast less". We see these hero shots of guys bombing a fly for ridiculous distances in festival films, but the reality is that is not really how real fishing is done for most of us. Bottom line, don't be intimidated just because you can't cast like Tim Rajeff.
On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10:05:29 AM UTC-4, Gary Fleeger wrote:I only fly fish in small streams, because I'm still learning and just don't have the skill to really get my fly around a larger body of water (distance). So in May for several days in a row I took my spinning rod down to the bridges at 4 mile run and killed it at the tail end of low tide before dead low. I didn't have any luck on anything top water, but when I used a zoom pumpkin worm with chartreuse end it made all the difference. Slow along the bottom produced the LMB and half a worm worked fast through mid depth water produced striper. My point is that I think the low tide where the fish have less places to hide is key on 4 mile and others have told me the same. Out going low that is. Lastly, I really think those fish key on that chartreuse for some reason in that area. I'm not saying other things don't work but that was my experience. It's ironic that someone above had luck with a chartreuse clouser.Good luck, and I'll keep working on my fly rod. There is no comparison to catching a fish on my fly rod! What a thrill.
Gary
I only fly fish in small streams, because I'm still learning and just don't have the skill to really get my fly around a larger body of water (distance). So in May for several days in a row I took my spinning rod down to the bridges at 4 mile run and killed it at the tail end of low tide before dead low. I didn't have any luck on anything top water, but when I used a zoom pumpkin worm with chartreuse end it made all the difference. Slow along the bottom produced the LMB and half a worm worked fast through mid depth water produced striper. My point is that I think the low tide where the fish have less places to hide is key on 4 mile and others have told me the same. Out going low that is. Lastly, I really think those fish key on that chartreuse for some reason in that area. I'm not saying other things don't work but that was my experience. It's ironic that someone above had luck with a chartreuse clouser.Good luck, and I'll keep working on my fly rod. There is no comparison to catching a fish on my fly rod! What a thrill.
Gary
You had me excited about Jersey Shore, PA. There's good fishing up there.--Carl--Carl ZmolaOn Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Evan D <edintaman@gmail.com> wrote:Bobby (and Rob),
I don't know any reliable fly fishing shops; however, Finactics in OCNJ is a good all around fishing shop and can give you plenty of tips. The thing with saltwater is finding fish - once you find them your chance of hooking up, regardless of fishing method, skyrockets. I've been carrying both a spin rod and a fly rod. The spin rod is great for prospecting and covering water. Once you find the fish, break out the fly rod.
Rob, enjoy the food. And I hope you catch a huge shark in the surf!
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Bobby (and Rob),
I don't know any reliable fly fishing shops; however, Finactics in OCNJ is a good all around fishing shop and can give you plenty of tips. The thing with saltwater is finding fish - once you find them your chance of hooking up, regardless of fishing method, skyrockets. I've been carrying both a spin rod and a fly rod. The spin rod is great for prospecting and covering water. Once you find the fish, break out the fly rod.
Rob, enjoy the food. And I hope you catch a huge shark in the surf!
Good luck!
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On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 2:46:06 PM UTC-4, Evan D wrote:I've put in some time at Corsons Inlet in Ocean City. There is a large community of fly fisherman there and you can usually find someone willing to share some tips. Ive caught fluke and bluefish there pretty consistently by throwing heavy streamers, as Andrew says. Lots of fly fisherman love fishing there at 4:30am for striper and apparently do well. I haven't yet won the battle with my pillow to make it out that early.Good luck!
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I've put in some time at Corsons Inlet in Ocean City. There is a large community of fly fisherman there and you can usually find someone willing to share some tips. Ive caught fluke and bluefish there pretty consistently by throwing heavy streamers, as Andrew says. Lots of fly fisherman love fishing there at 4:30am for striper and apparently do well. I haven't yet won the battle with my pillow to make it out that early.Good luck!
Folks - heading for Ithaca for a long wedding weekend, and have a couple days to play around on the water up there. Staying at a house on Cayuga lake with access to canoe/kayak. Have a car, but limited due to the group we're with, so probably not doing any drives longer than an hour or so to fish.From what I can tell, the lake may be an ok option for bass/pickerel/maybe trout?, as long as I have a full-sink line available, and some of the tributary streams have smallmouth below & trout above their falls. Looking for a little more in-depth guidance and recs, though.Anybody spent much time fishing up there?
Anyone here good at hollow fleyes and want to teach me? Beer and Food can be provided in return.Thanks
Folks - heading for Ithaca for a long wedding weekend, and have a couple days to play around on the water up there. Staying at a house on Cayuga lake with access to canoe/kayak. Have a car, but limited due to the group we're with, so probably not doing any drives longer than an hour or so to fish.From what I can tell, the lake may be an ok option for bass/pickerel/maybe trout?, as long as I have a full-sink line available, and some of the tributary streams have smallmouth below & trout above their falls. Looking for a little more in-depth guidance and recs, though.Anybody spent much time fishing up there?
Folks - heading for Ithaca for a long wedding weekend, and have a couple days to play around on the water up there. Staying at a house on Cayuga lake with access to canoe/kayak. Have a car, but limited due to the group we're with, so probably not doing any drives longer than an hour or so to fish.From what I can tell, the lake may be an ok option for bass/pickerel/maybe trout?, as long as I have a full-sink line available, and some of the tributary streams have smallmouth below & trout above their falls. Looking for a little more in-depth guidance and recs, though.Anybody spent much time fishing up there?
I went out this winter and with all the construction and vegetation stripped there were no fish out. Have they made their way back up and it was just a slow day, or did the construction permanently chase them off?That'd be a shame, was one of my favorite quick and easy spots from the city!
On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 8:09:17 AM UTC-4, Clever Knickname wrote:I was there on Saturday on the outbound tide at around noon and got two little schoolie stripers on a chartreuse and white clouser but it was pretty slow. The water was off color from all the rain/ wind so maybe that was it.
Thanks for all the advice! Day after the wedding was a little rough, so didn't get a chance to make it out to fish. But did make it down to the river to check it out. Stand by Morgan's assessment, it was fast and windy.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 10:13:02 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:If Point of Rocks Gage (https://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=01638500) is 2.25 and dropping (or lower) wading should be pretty good. Still with all the ledges up there, you need to watch where you put your feet. Wading staff is a big help. Mark
Same here! I'll be in the Central Jersey near Lavalette if anyone has any suggestions.--
On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 9:11:06 AM UTC-4, Bobby Davis wrote:Hi Guys,Does anyone know if there is any opportunities to fly fish for something in the tidal marshes in South Jersey? Heading to the beach this weekend and would love to have a reason to bring the whippy stick.
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I was there on Saturday on the outbound tide at around noon and got two little schoolie stripers on a chartreuse and white clouser but it was pretty slow. The water was off color from all the rain/ wind so maybe that was it.
Hi Guys,Does anyone know if there is any opportunities to fly fish for something in the tidal marshes in South Jersey? Heading to the beach this weekend and would love to have a reason to bring the whippy stick.
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I fished with Chris Mattson a couple years ago. He was a good guy, knew the area well. He doesn't focus on fly fishing, so you may be better off trying someone else that can help teach the saltwater differences better. Bay Street Outfitters has a bunch of guides that do fly fishing only. It may be super busy, so I'd start calling around now. Luckily, you're pretty central to Hilton Head, Savannah, and Beaufort if you don't mind driving a little bit.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/--On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Danny Barrett <dannytbarrett@gmail.com> wrote:Going to be in Hilton head for a few days the week of the 4th. Anyone have any guides they liked down there. Have never thrown a fly in the ocean. But would like to give it a shot for a day. Thanks for an--y info in advance
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