Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Timing the Tidal Basin

You want to catch the tidal basin on a moving tide.  Just as water starts to come in or starts to go out.  It means that not all mornings or evenings are going to be good.  It requires a bit more planning than the "oh lets go fishing this evening" but it helps a lot.

Carl

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Carl Zmola

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:17 PM William Hea <william.b.hea@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm trying to take advantage of my proximity to the Tidal Basin, but I'm not great at doing bass/warm water fish on the fly. I'm going to be accessing by bike in the mornings (before 9am) or evenings (after 7pm). I use a 9' 6wt.

I've always struggled getting anything going in tidal water, specifically the Tidal Basin, 4MR, or Gravelly Point. I suspect most of it probably has to do with poor timing of tides and weather effects and inexperience fishing streamers and bass flies.

Current strategy for the Tidal Basin is to arrive near FDR memorial, park the bike, hit the wall with poppers and streamers on the way to the Ohio bridge and swing streamers across the current. I've been focusing on going when I'm available and it's cool out (comfortable for me) but ignoring tides, weather, etc. Typically use Clousers (multiple sizes), Snowhite damsels, squirmy wormys, scorpion bugs, poppers, and beadhead nymphs. Vary retrieve speeds from slow to fast.

What indicators are you all watching for the right times to fish tidal water? How does the weather influence your decisions? Is there a good book I can read on how to do this well?

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