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Wednesday, 2 September 2015

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Fatty Rainbows on the North Branch of the Potomac River

Oh, well maybe that'll make me feel better then. We absolutely worked that stream over the other day (actually 2 days) and had not an easy time getting browns to come to the surface. Our effort-to-fish ratio was fairly poor, but we had enough come up to somehow keep going. Beth had a really nice one take (and come unbuttoned), so that was enough for her ;).

I like those rainbows Trent -- the last time I was in the NBP I had to jam my 5-weight butt into the bottom to use as a wading staff. That's rough water! I love the fish though. I only caught a pencil-sized brown in there, nothing else.

Gene

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 11:00:59 AM UTC-4, Trent Jones wrote:

Gene,

From what I gather it sounds like that other stream has been fishing pretty sluggish as of late. I certainly have had some Savage days fishing that water myself. But I still think it one of the best trout streams around.

Danny and Joe,

We floated the section below Westernport. We hit a few pieces of rough water but it was not anything I would classify as white water.

-T

On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 3:48:06 PM UTC-4, Trent Jones wrote:

Fellow Orvis fishing manager Art Noglak and I made the drive out to western Maryland to float a section of the North Branch of the Potomac with Guide PJ Daley on Wednesday and the trip was awesome. The weather could not have been nicer for August and the fish were hungry.

We put quite a few fat rainbows in the boat as well as a couple of gorgeous Browns. Some of the rainbows looked like they actually had a tennis ball lodged in their belly. Needless to say the rainbows pulled really hard especially in the heavier current. Although we floated the river we took plenty of time to get out and wade productive sections. Double nymph rigs were the ticket all day, although PJ stuck one nice rainbow on a dry.

I wont say the trip wasn't without incident. The landing net broke quite early in the trip making fish landing very interesting, we had a random encounter with some sort of rogue stinging caterpillar, and I spilled almost an entire beer on myself by trying to store it in my chest pocket while I was hooked up to a fish. In regards to the broken net, I am not going to name, names...but it wasn't me...or PJ. I am almost certain Wednesday was the hardest I have ever laughed while on the water!

It is a blessing to have a floatable trout river within driving distance, especially one this beautiful.

Big Thank You to PJ Daley for getting Art and I on some great fish and rowing us down the river!

-Trent

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Maryland browns

So, Natural light then? ;)

Gene

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 11:59:37 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

Hardly a grave terminological inexactitude, Gene. Merely a species mis-identification. ;-)

An error easy enough to commit while attaching photos.

Mark

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 8:49:38 AM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:
Calling out my lie -- that's worth an IPA for sure. Maybe a stout..

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Maryland browns

Hardly a grave terminological inexactitude, Gene. Merely a species mis-identification. ;-)

An error easy enough to commit while attaching photos.

Mark

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 8:49:38 AM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

Calling out my lie -- that's worth an IPA for sure. Maybe a stout..

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: New to the area/ready to slay

I was throwing an orange and black cup-faced size 2. 7:15 to 8:00 pm right now seems to be the sweet spot.

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 10:12:33 AM UTC-4, Clever Nickname wrote:

Did you have more success with larger or smaller topwater flies? I tried #4 Boogle Poppers in the same Chartreuse and had no action. I went down to a #8 slider version in shallower water and started getting attacked by smallmouth then of course lost the fly. Had some action with the same in #6, but not as good as #8.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Fatty Rainbows on the North Branch of the Potomac River

Gene,

From what I gather it sounds like that other stream has been fishing pretty sluggish as of late. I certainly have had some Savage days fishing that water myself. But I still think it one of the best trout streams around.

Danny and Joe,

We floated the section below Westernport. We hit a few pieces of rough water but it was not anything I would classify as white water.

-T

On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 3:48:06 PM UTC-4, Trent Jones wrote:

Fellow Orvis fishing manager Art Noglak and I made the drive out to western Maryland to float a section of the North Branch of the Potomac with Guide PJ Daley on Wednesday and the trip was awesome. The weather could not have been nicer for August and the fish were hungry.

We put quite a few fat rainbows in the boat as well as a couple of gorgeous Browns. Some of the rainbows looked like they actually had a tennis ball lodged in their belly. Needless to say the rainbows pulled really hard especially in the heavier current. Although we floated the river we took plenty of time to get out and wade productive sections. Double nymph rigs were the ticket all day, although PJ stuck one nice rainbow on a dry.

I wont say the trip wasn't without incident. The landing net broke quite early in the trip making fish landing very interesting, we had a random encounter with some sort of rogue stinging caterpillar, and I spilled almost an entire beer on myself by trying to store it in my chest pocket while I was hooked up to a fish. In regards to the broken net, I am not going to name, names...but it wasn't me...or PJ. I am almost certain Wednesday was the hardest I have ever laughed while on the water!

It is a blessing to have a floatable trout river within driving distance, especially one this beautiful.

Big Thank You to PJ Daley for getting Art and I on some great fish and rowing us down the river!

-Trent

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: New to the area/ready to slay

I don't fish smaller poppers often because I get harassed by small sunfish far too often. Sunfish will still go after a bigger popper, but the only ones that can hook themselves are the big boys that are fun to catch.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Clever Nickname <WatchCollectorA@gmail.com> wrote:

Did you have more success with larger or smaller topwater flies? I tried #4 Boogle Poppers in the same Chartreuse and had no action. I went down to a #8 slider version in shallower water and started getting attacked by smallmouth then of course lost the fly. Had some action with the same in #6, but not as good as #8.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Jeffrey Silvan <jeffreysilvan@gmail.com> wrote:
Big thing to remember this time of year: if you hear cicadas, fish WILL be looking up and waiting for them to fall. And definitely don't take the presence of surface activity as an indicator of whether fish will hit something on top. The fish you see blasting out of the surface are the small smallies (or if it's a big fish, it's usually a carp). Big smallmouth usually hit topwater very similar to a trout rising - they sip it.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 9:52 AM, 'Lane Thurgood' via Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I fished a few spots downriver this week. Similar to Clever, I had no success (on smallies) subsurface. I bumped klawdads through likely holes and riffles and picked up some big redbreasts, but when I switched to an orange popper, I finally got into smallies, including my best to date. The water was discolored, so that's why I went with orange. I have been fishing from 6:30 to dark and will be out again tonight, probably closer to Riverbend.

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 8:05:34 AM UTC-4, Clever Knickname wrote:
Last weekend I got a ton of action on chartreuse Boogle Bug sliders, but couldn't get them to touch anything subsurface.
Combo of dead drifting down and stripping across faster water. Action was hottest between 6 and 10 but they were active through 1pm when I put out.

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: New to the area/ready to slay

Did you have more success with larger or smaller topwater flies? I tried #4 Boogle Poppers in the same Chartreuse and had no action. I went down to a #8 slider version in shallower water and started getting attacked by smallmouth then of course lost the fly. Had some action with the same in #6, but not as good as #8.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Jeffrey Silvan <jeffreysilvan@gmail.com> wrote:

Big thing to remember this time of year: if you hear cicadas, fish WILL be looking up and waiting for them to fall. And definitely don't take the presence of surface activity as an indicator of whether fish will hit something on top. The fish you see blasting out of the surface are the small smallies (or if it's a big fish, it's usually a carp). Big smallmouth usually hit topwater very similar to a trout rising - they sip it.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 9:52 AM, 'Lane Thurgood' via Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I fished a few spots downriver this week. Similar to Clever, I had no success (on smallies) subsurface. I bumped klawdads through likely holes and riffles and picked up some big redbreasts, but when I switched to an orange popper, I finally got into smallies, including my best to date. The water was discolored, so that's why I went with orange. I have been fishing from 6:30 to dark and will be out again tonight, probably closer to Riverbend.

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 8:05:34 AM UTC-4, Clever Knickname wrote:
Last weekend I got a ton of action on chartreuse Boogle Bug sliders, but couldn't get them to touch anything subsurface.
Combo of dead drifting down and stripping across faster water. Action was hottest between 6 and 10 but they were active through 1pm when I put out.

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