Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Fwd: Fall Trout Stocking: October 6, 2025

A pond and a lake; I assume that makes sense during a draught?

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM Owen Williams <eowilliams11@gmail.com> wrote:

I think this is the first Maryland stocking notice I've seen this year…

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800 trout stocked today

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Maryland Department of Natural Resources crews stocked 800 trout.

Howard County

Warfield Park Pond: golden and rainbow trout

Washington County

Blairs Valley Lake: golden and rainbow trout

Trout Stocking Resources:

Specific trout stocking details and locations can be found on our trout stocking webpage.

Fishing licenses and trout stamps are available for purchase online.

Read our FAQ page to have your trout questions answered.

Consult the Maryland Guide to Fishing and Crabbing for rules and special management area restrictions.

Learn about the coldwater hatcheries where trout are produced.

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Monday, 6 October 2025

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Fwd: Fall Trout Stocking: October 6, 2025

I think this is the first Maryland stocking notice I've seen this year…

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From: Maryland Natural Resources <MDDNR@public.govdelivery.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Subject: Fall Trout Stocking: October 6, 2025
To: <eowilliams11@gmail.com>

800 trout stocked today

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Maryland Department of Natural Resources crews stocked 800 trout.

Howard County

Warfield Park Pond: golden and rainbow trout

Washington County

Blairs Valley Lake: golden and rainbow trout

Trout Stocking Resources:

Specific trout stocking details and locations can be found on our trout stocking webpage.
Fishing licenses and trout stamps are available for purchase online.
Read our FAQ page to have your trout questions answered.
Consult the Maryland Guide to Fishing and Crabbing for rules and special management area restrictions.
Learn about the coldwater hatcheries where trout are produced.

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Thursday, 2 October 2025

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Don’t forget to preregister for the 3rd Annual NoVa Fly Casting Skills Development Workshop

See everyone next Saturday!

2025 3rd Annual Northern Virginia…

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Wednesday, 1 October 2025

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} fall striper charter.....?

I'm looking for a guided midweek day for 2 or 3 people on the Chesapeake in late october/november......any recommendations? I got one quote for $1500, which is way above florida tarpon high season rates.

Any info appreciated....

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Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Fly Lines for Lower Potomac

Thanks for the reply Tom! I will look into the Rio Outbound Short lines! I've heard good things about them but haven't fished any of them yet. I definitely anticipate bank fishing the Potomac for the spring shad run, so I appreciate your recommendation and hope to be on the water with a good line by then!

Ben

On Monday, September 29, 2025 at 2:22:07 PM UTC-4 Tom Steeley wrote:

Welcome to the group.

I'm not sure you've received any responses to your questions.

For the fishing you are doing, you cannot go wrong with the Rio Outbound Short series of lines. A good thing and a bad thing there are a bunch of options.

For the surf, given that you need to go deeper, you can do the full sinking line. For deeper holes, this would work great. For the more shallow areas, you will be dragging along the bottom a lot. That might be ok, but the full intermediate might be better.

Both of those lines would work great from any watercraft.

Where you run into problems with the full intermediate or full sinking fly lines is fishing from the bank. I do most of my fishing on the potomac from Great Falls down to Fletchers. Between the bank/rocks and the deeper channels there are huge outcroppings of rocks/boulders that are sometimes visible, sometimes submerged. I have had a ton of success with the Rio Outbound Short multi-density lines. They float or sink very slowly out over the outcroppings, but then sink fast out further in the deeper channels.

The one I've highlighted might be the best compromise for bank fishing the Potomac, but the full sinking and full intermediate IMO are best for the other applications. And, Scientific Angler, BTW, has something similar. Personally, not sure why but I prefer the Rio lines slightly more.

Tom

On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM Ben Coffman <ben.g....@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm new to the group and excited to see a source of information and support as I grow from freshwater fly fishing to saltwater! I've primarily fly fished for trout and panfish, occasionally fly fishing smallmouth rivers. In those environments I've fished with floating lines or an intermediate tip sinking line. This year, I've begun to fish on the Coan River near Lewisetta Marina just upriver from the Potomac's juncture with the Chesapeake Bay. I primarily fish by kayak there. I also occasionally fish the Atlantic surf from the beach at Assateague or in Ocean City, Maryland.

I have an Orvis 9-foot 8-weight Clearwater with an Orvis Hydros 4 and I'm currently using Cortland Striper floating line. I've been fishing the area since early spring, and other than a few fish here and there, I'm not doing as well as I would expect if I was fishing freshwater. I feel that I may not be getting down deep enough or staying deep enough during retrieves so I'm planning to purchase a sinking line. There's a ton of information online about the best lines for saltwater, but very little agreement, so I thought I'd come to the members of this group for help! After all, the name of the group is tidal Potomac and that's what I need help with!

Considering that I primarily fish the tidal lower Potomac and Coan Rivers from a kayak and occasionally the rough Atlantic surf from the beach, what would be a good line choice? I'd prefer one line to handle both situations but I've also learned that it's hard to find a good line across multiple environments! Fast sink or intermediate? Full sinking or intermediate line or just a sinking or intermediate tip/head? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I'm also open to tips for kayak fishing tidal waters as well! I'm currently fishing an 11' 8" Emotion Stealth Pro paddle propulsion with an anchor trolley system.

Thanks for guiding a new saltwater angler in the right direction!

Ben

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Monday, 29 September 2025

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Ooops--Wrong Poster!!

They really shouldn't let me out of the house on my own any more!!

Here is the poster for this year's event:

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} "Iron Vise" at the October Beer Tie

Hope you've heard about this from various sources! Here's another:

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