Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Rock Creek near Tilden

I was inspired by this thread and rode my bike down to rock creek tonight, a bit south of Tilden off Beach Drive. Sighted a school of good-looking smallmouths, but couldn't get them to react to my streamers and they didn't seem interested in anything on the surface. By "couldn't get them to react" I mean I basically popped one on the nose and it didn't flinch. Had the same issue as Lane though, casting where the fish were was rough business. If anyone wants to hit the creek after work one of these days let me know.

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: New Mexico Fly Fishing

Thank you everyone for the advice! New Mexico was amazing! Also hilarious that everyone there complains about the heat, but with no humidity at all it could have been 150 degrees and I'd still be in heaven.

I ended up not having as much time as I would have liked due to wedding events, but I managed to get some good time in at the Pecos River near Cowles (about an hour north of Santa Fe). The first morning I had some early luck with some pond-stocked rainbows, but my luck ran out when I hit the river. I spent the first morning casting size 8/10 salmon egg and grasshopper patterns into the river (was a bit more of a stream, blee you were right about the challenging casting conditions). Turns out these were way too big, and when I returned a few days later I moved to size 18/20 nymphs, and even tested out a two-fly midge and nymph rig (which I've never done before). Luck still was dry, but I did catch a 3inch brown trout which I was actually quite happy about, as its the only native (non-stocked) fish in the river so it was good to see, and its actually my first brown trout ever.

All in all, was an amazing weekend. There's a saying that fishing without fish is still great fishing, and it was completely true for this weekend. Standing knee deep in a cool river is a blast even if all you are catching is trees. And I caught a lot of trees... The best thing about the weekend, though, is that it was a great reintroduction to flyfishing for someone who hasn't done it since they were about 15. I'm re-addicted, and looking forward to meeting more of you in some of the group outings. Hopefully I can pick up one or two things...

Thanks again for all the advice! -Matt

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Montana Paradise Valley / Billings Guide Recs?

TPFRs,

I have an unexpected work trip coming up very soon (2 weeks!) and I'll be taking a personal day to try and hit the water. I'll be working in Billings, but really want to visit Paradise Valley if possible. The spring creeks in that area look awesome - and the scenery is, well, tremendous.

I could secure a spot on some of the Spring Creeks (where they have a rod fee), but not sure my fly-fishing acumen is sufficient to try it by myself. So I was hoping to secure a guide - although it might be more difficult at this point in time.

So, anyone with a recommendation? advice?

Many thanks,

Kevin

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: club casting this Saturday

Wish I could make this. My casting could use some work. Unfortunately, the next few weekends are just going to be crazy.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: club casting this Saturday

Hi John -- I didn't think I'd be able to make this one, but I believe I can actually....so hope to see you guys there!

I may wade a bit to work on my roll cast -- I definitely need it.

Thanks,

Gene

On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 9:05:13 AM UTC-4, John wrote:

Club casting will be this Saturday morning at Fletcher's from 8-10 a.m.

We will have several instructors around to help out. I will bring several extra two handed rods and skagit lines.

I would bring some kind of eye protection, and waders are a good idea if you want to get in the river.

Chrs

John

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Homemade Fly Tying Station

Very nice. When you do have the room and when your flytying jones is in full bloom, you can ogle these, http://bit.ly/RkXfkL, from Hatches magazine's "Show Us Your Bench" feature. ;-)

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:25:32 AM UTC-4, Todd Kuethe wrote:

Like most folks in DC, I don't have a lot of extra space at home for hobbies. I wanted to find a small fly tying station that could be stored in a closet.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Shenandoa River Near Bentonville

Hey everybody -

I got out on to the Shenandoah this past Saturday and the river was PERFECT. My buddy and I had a great morning bite followed by a great evening bite. There was little if any algae, just the usual grasses and tons of fish. I honestly lost count of my panfish (mostly red breasted sunfish) and also got 5 smallmouth.

Get out there while you still can!

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