Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders

Friday, 31 August 2018

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

I went out yesterday after work, managed to catch quite a few browns on elk hair caddis and a foam hopper. water level is down about two feet from saturday, 155cfsOn Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:10:39 AM UTC-4, robert mills wrote:sorry I couldn't make it out, work took over and it was the last summer WNR here in annapolis and I had a boat begging me to come out. I'm thinking about heading out this afternoon or saturday.On Wednesday,...

Thursday, 30 August 2018

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Smallmouth on the Rapidan? (and other locations)

Phew I almost stopped at the confluence on my way back from Richmond on Sunday... I looked at the water as we were going south on 95 on Saturday and pretty much made up my mind then. Plus it was so dang hot it would have been a really sweaty hike. Sounds like I made the right call. -- http://www.tpfr.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders"...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

sorry I couldn't make it out, work took over and it was the last summer WNR here in annapolis and I had a boat begging me to come out. I'm thinking about heading out this afternoon or saturday.On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 10:00:18 AM UTC-4, Worapong Soodsamai wrote:Hi Rob,It looks like Backwater is closed Wednesdays. I think we will stop into Great Feathers to get a license etc. Yes, I heard of the Masemore section as well...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

these guys were ~4inch fish, I didn't catch them my wife and my dad did. I lost two fish that were definitely small browns. My dad is used to west coast fish (he lives within a stones throw of the sandy and heads to the descutes/white almost every week, to him anything smaller than 12 inches automatically becomes a brookie, otherwise its not worth saying he caught it.On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 10:18:05 AM UTC-4, Andrew Sarcinello...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Smallmouth on the Rapidan? (and other locations)

This thread actually convinced me to go try wading on the Rapidan this past sunday. Bad choice. water was high - still at least 850 CFS at Culpeper - and visibility was still somewhat limited. Ended up messing around right at the Ely's access for about 90 mins, then called it a day. . I wouldn't try that river unless flows were below 400 CFS. Worried that if the weather gets crappy again this coming week, we're just...

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: International Fly Fishing Film Festival presented by NCC-TU (Sept 25)

Hey there fellow TPFRers,Don't forget to purchase your tickets to IF4™: International Fly Fishing Film Festival at the Avalon Theater in Washington DC on September 25 @ 8:00 PM. Tickets are $20 and include an automatic entry to win a brand new Echo DRY 5wt 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...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: 3rd Annual Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders Bluegill Tourment September 7-8 2018

I have had a few people ask about this the last couple days, so I am giving it a bump.-TrentOn Friday, August 10, 2018 at 3:50:59 PM UTC-4, Trent Jones wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen,TPFR's and Panfish enthusiast's! TPFR will be holding its 3rd annual Bluegill Tournament on September 7-8th. The goal as usual is to.....have fun!...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

I was wondering the same thing. When MDNR biologists do electroshocking surveys, they usually only find one or two...betting they were actually small browns. However with all the floods lately I guess it's possible that a bunch washed out of a tributary somewhere, though the ones I know that have brookies are so small it is hard to imagine flooding so bad that they couldn't stay put...On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 6:48:41 AM...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

Hi Rob,It looks like Backwater is closed Wednesdays. I think we will stop into Great Feathers to get a license etc. Yes, I heard of the Masemore section as well as Bunker hill spot as well. We are leaving DC around noon so should be in the area around 1pm today. This will be my 3rd outing with the Tenkara rod. As I am new to the sport altogether and after researching for my needs for travel I chose Tenkara and it so happens at...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

You managed 3-4 brookies?! I know guys that go there anywhere from two to four times a week and never catch a brookie the entire year. That's quite impressive. -- http://www.tpfr.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com....

Tuesday, 28 August 2018

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Smallmouth on the Rapidan? (and other locations)

years ago I use to do a ton of fishing in the Town of Rapidan with access by the Route 615 bridge. The fishing was amazing during the month of May and I caught a lot of bruisers there. I haven't fished that area in 15 years though. I use to fish right by the dam at Rapidan. The area was extremely wadeable.On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 10:04:08 AM UTC-4, Andrew Chaney wrote:I've seen a fair amount of discussion...

Monday, 27 August 2018

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: DC PFD Laws - Info from Class

To piggy back on this, there are a lot of end-of-summer sales going on right now for anyone looking to purchase a PFD. REI, Backcountry, Outdoorplay, etc. are having 25%-off sales on most PFDs, including inflatable PFDs.On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 11:07:47 AM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:I always wear mine when kayaking in the early spring, late fall, and winter. Depending on water conditions, I'll wear it in the...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Anybody fished the C&O canal recently?

The national parks service drained it a while back to do lock repairs. The NPS website says it was drained from Fletchers Cove down to Georgetown, but I reckon they went upstream a bit further 'cos I was at fletchers yesterday and the canal seemed drained a good way further north. I don't know what lock they stopped the drainage at. -- http://www.tpfr.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

yeah we went to the masemore water trail (where there is a parking lot), and went up river from there. You may want to stop into backwater, Theo was great, and the shop has all the flies you'll need. I'd offer to meet you there, but I think I have something planned but I may blow it off, will let you know if that changes.https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masemore+Water+Trail/@39.6113473,-76.6850242,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c86dd20a102059:0xe148ea6acc8c31e9!8m2!3d39.6113473!4d-76.6828302 I've...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

Going to go this Wednesday afternoon instead. I rode the bike out to pond of giants area on the C&O yesterday. I am new to fly fishing in general and have opted to start with Tenkara and yesterday was my 2nd time using it. Caught a handful of bluegill. Could you tell me what access area you used at Big Gunpowder? I chose Tenkara for my travels which are mainly by motorcycle as well as bicycle and for car trips like this Wednesday...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

sorry didn't see this, we went saturday, something like 1000-1730. stopped by backwater and got the scoop, good shop. We had fun but caught very little, seemed like nobody was really catching anything except I ran across a guy as I was leaving and saw him have two takes on a caddis in less than five minutes. I think we had one 12in brown and three or four small brookies landed. The water was at something like 250cfs, so it...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} NC Backpacking

Dan how was your trip? I'm thinking of heading down the same area next few weeks. Thanks Nate -- http://www.tpfr.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com. To...

Saturday, 25 August 2018

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Pond of Giants

I am new to this group and fly fishing generally. Fished that pool last week - definitely some bigger guys in there, although they eluded me. On Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 8:45:10 PM UTC-4, Worapong Soodsamai wrote:Hi guys I know this is an old post but wonder if the maps is still relevant? From what I can gather, are the yellow pins the parking/access and blue pins the general fishing spot? I've taken up Tenkara and am...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Anybody fished the C&O canal recently?

Ran along the canal for about five miles from Fletcher's up. It looked horrible. Super muddy around chain bridge and then overgrown with weeds most the the way up. There were a spot of two maybe 50 yards long that had open water among the weeds and I didn't see a couple carp. This was a little over three miles above Fletcher's. I have no idea where lock 7 is. -- http://www.tpfr.org --- You received this message because...

Friday, 24 August 2018

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: gunpowder access where to go?

what time are you going? I was thinking of going this weekend as well. I'm from DCOn Friday, August 24, 2018 at 1:14:53 PM UTC-4, robert mills wrote:Hi Guys, Looking at hitting gunpowder tomorrow, but where do I go? Never been up there and am not familiar with the area, any suggestions? -- http://www.tpfr.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders"...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Anybody fished the C&O canal recently?

We checked out the canal north from Chain Bridge a little ways yesterday evening. It was fairly murky. Saw one guy with a spin rod who didn't seem to be having any luck. -- http://www.tpfr.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To...

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Anybody fished the C&O canal recently?

I was up there a few weeks ago, clarity was alright in spots, but parts of the canal are super weedy right now. Managed one carp. My favorite spots have been muddy since early spring. On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 3:41:59 PM UTC-4, Brian Cohen wrote:I got a quick glimpse of the area around Lock 7 as I drove by today, and it looked significantly more muddier than usual.On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Ashley Frohwein <ashleyf...@gmail.com>...

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Anybody fished the C&O canal recently?

I got a quick glimpse of the area around Lock 7 as I drove by today, and it looked significantly more muddier than usual.On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Ashley Frohwein <ashleyfrohwein@gmail.com> wrote:I'm planning to go chase some carp tomorrow, around lock 7. I haven't been at all this year. Have any of you been recently, especially after all the rain? I'm just trying to gauge how high and clear the water is likely to...

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Congratulations - New FFI Casting Instructor

Sorry I am late to the party but Congratulations!!!!!LeeOn Monday, July 16, 2018 at 10:13:03 AM UTC-4, Mike Banaszewski wrote:Please join me in congratulating Regan Burmeister for having successfully passed his FFI Certified Casting Instructor Exam this weekend. This is a tremendous accomplishment for Regan and a welcome addition to the local fly fishing community. Great job Regan!Best,Mike -- http://www.tpfr.org...