{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Zip/ZNada: 4-Mile Run Sunday evening

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

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