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Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Snakehead

What's the proper way to set the hook for snakeheads?

Hook setting has been sort of mysterious to me. I watch bass anglers on TV feel the take, wait literally two seconds, then... yank! I don't understand why that amount of waiting is helpful because I assume the fish will spit it out by then.

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:08 AM Gregg DiSalvo <grdisalvo@gmail.com> wrote:

Story of my life...

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 8:39:06 AM UTC-4, tperkins wrote:

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 7:59:57 AM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:
I had some success last weekend targeting the snakeheads. Of course my hook setting left a lot to be desired as I had a2 good sighted snakehead takes and a couple other takes that could have been snakehead. I let my nerves get the best of me, but I will hopefully be a bit more dialed in next time.

On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 3:42:14 PM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:

3:41 PM (less than a minute ago)
Hi all, I have been fishing in new places lately and one such place is know for snakehead. I have seen the snaggers out in force as of late but have not spotted any snakehead myself. I'd like to try to target them on the fly and have been focusing my attention around mid day, falling tide. The weeds are not in thick yet, so I've been looking around docks and rocks.

Those of you that have had success with these fish. have you noticed any specific times of days, tides, types of days to have consistencies in spotting/catching fish?

Thanks,

-An angler who has yet to be slimed

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

I read it as well, very intriguing and I hadn't really thought abut the shadier side of fly tying that exists. Also makes me feel better about spending $20-30 on some feathers. Outside has an excerpt from the book: https://www.outsideonline.com/2298586/feather-thief-excerpt

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 10:33:29 AM UTC-4, Dalton Terrell wrote:

Anyone else read The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson?

Back in 2010, I first heard of the story of Edwin Rist stealing rare bird skins from a British Museum to sell or use for Atlantic Salmon flies either on this google group or another fishing blog. The story was pretty intriguing or odd, as the primary "expensive" feathers I was aware of were chicken saddle hackles for dry flies and streamers. The story of this heist kind of fell off the map and was reignited in this new best selling book.

I thought the book was a great read and included tons of details on Rist, the heist, and speculation on the current status of his loot. There were a couple maddening ignorant references for fishermen, including a reference to salmon spawning and then dying while the book is actually written about flies for Atlantic Salmon--fish that spawn and return; but otherwise I very much enjoyed the tale.

Dalton

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Anyone else read The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson?

Back in 2010, I first heard of the story of Edwin Rist stealing rare bird skins from a British Museum to sell or use for Atlantic Salmon flies either on this google group or another fishing blog. The story was pretty intriguing or odd, as the primary "expensive" feathers I was aware of were chicken saddle hackles for dry flies and streamers. The story of this heist kind of fell off the map and was reignited in this new best selling book.

I thought the book was a great read and included tons of details on Rist, the heist, and speculation on the current status of his loot. There were a couple maddening ignorant references for fishermen, including a reference to salmon spawning and then dying while the book is actually written about flies for Atlantic Salmon--fish that spawn and return; but otherwise I very much enjoyed the tale.

Dalton

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Snakehead

Story of my life...

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 8:39:06 AM UTC-4, tperkins wrote:

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 7:59:57 AM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:
I had some success last weekend targeting the snakeheads. Of course my hook setting left a lot to be desired as I had a2 good sighted snakehead takes and a couple other takes that could have been snakehead. I let my nerves get the best of me, but I will hopefully be a bit more dialed in next time.

On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 3:42:14 PM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:

3:41 PM (less than a minute ago)
Hi all, I have been fishing in new places lately and one such place is know for snakehead. I have seen the snaggers out in force as of late but have not spotted any snakehead myself. I'd like to try to target them on the fly and have been focusing my attention around mid day, falling tide. The weeds are not in thick yet, so I've been looking around docks and rocks.

Those of you that have had success with these fish. have you noticed any specific times of days, tides, types of days to have consistencies in spotting/catching fish?

Thanks,

-An angler who has yet to be slimed

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Snakehead

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 7:59:57 AM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:

I had some success last weekend targeting the snakeheads. Of course my hook setting left a lot to be desired as I had a2 good sighted snakehead takes and a couple other takes that could have been snakehead. I let my nerves get the best of me, but I will hopefully be a bit more dialed in next time.

On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 3:42:14 PM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:

3:41 PM (less than a minute ago)
Hi all, I have been fishing in new places lately and one such place is know for snakehead. I have seen the snaggers out in force as of late but have not spotted any snakehead myself. I'd like to try to target them on the fly and have been focusing my attention around mid day, falling tide. The weeds are not in thick yet, so I've been looking around docks and rocks.

Those of you that have had success with these fish. have you noticed any specific times of days, tides, types of days to have consistencies in spotting/catching fish?

Thanks,

-An angler who has yet to be slimed

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Snakehead

I had some success last weekend targeting the snakeheads. Of course my hook setting left a lot to be desired as I had a2 good sighted snakehead takes and a couple other takes that could have been snakehead. I let my nerves get the best of me, but I will hopefully be a bit more dialed in next time.

On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 3:42:14 PM UTC-4, Gregg DiSalvo wrote:

3:41 PM (less than a minute ago)
Hi all, I have been fishing in new places lately and one such place is know for snakehead. I have seen the snaggers out in force as of late but have not spotted any snakehead myself. I'd like to try to target them on the fly and have been focusing my attention around mid day, falling tide. The weeds are not in thick yet, so I've been looking around docks and rocks.

Those of you that have had success with these fish. have you noticed any specific times of days, tides, types of days to have consistencies in spotting/catching fish?

Thanks,

-An angler who has yet to be slimed

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Tuesday, 29 May 2018

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Elk Springs Resort, Monterville, WV

Occasionally folks here will post about fishing the Elk River in West Virginia, at the Elk Springs Resort. I went out there again for the Memorial Day weekend with my family, on what has become an annual trip, and had a really great time. Little things change year to year, but the resort's main attraction -- its location right at the spot where the Elk emerges from the ground after running miles under the mountains, stays the same. The river is always cold, never frozen, chock full of insects and ideal trout habitat. It's also carefully managed C&R and stocked with rainbows and browns, and man some of them are HUGE. My biggest this weekend was pushing 20 inches and they have some significantly bigger. Even the smaller ones can be tricky to fool, they put up a hard fight, and if you're not careful will get into fast water and put you into your backing before snapping off.

I wish I had some photos to share, but I am also glad I didn't have my cell on me as I slipped and took an unexpected freezing bath on two occasions. :-) So you'll have to take my word for it -- the fishing was great. This time of year the Elk has big sulphur hatches in the evenings (and smaller ones all day long) and although Fri & Sat were not big, the river was covered with bugs just as the darkness fell on Sunday. Everyone in our party, including my kids, landed nice fish in various scenarios on nymphs and dries, and I was able to cover a lot of water, too. There have been a few times over the years when the weather didn't cooperate, but it definitely did this time -- the forecast had been for rain but there wasn't much and the river was in perfect shape.

Resort-wise, the restaurant had better food and a bigger menu than I remember it having; the staff had had some turnover since last year and I noticed my favorite guides aren't there any more. But we weren't hiring guides anyway this time, everything seemed to be running fairly smoothly, the rooms were comfy, and the fly shop was very well stocked with everything anyone would need or want. If you haven't been out there, and you like trout fishing, it's worth checking out.

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