{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Kayak fly rod?

Steve -- I assume you mean 2 separate anchors:  the neoprene dumbell and the chain (or double chain).  

Not that you'd combine these two right?  

That makes sense -- in most places I fish the chain alone would probably suffice.  Like I said earlier, I don't like fishing in current and I have no interest in tipping over due to some bizarre anchor and rope mishap.  I don't even want an elevated heart rate while I'm out there, unless it's a fish ;).  I'm too lazy and....probably too dumb to know what to do if  that happened, so I'll just avoid it and leave the huge blue catfish and stripers on the upper Potomac to the spey guys and the crazy people.  Or the crazy, spey people.  

Kayak fly fishing  the upper Potomac looks like a young man's game to me, and I had a receding hairline in high school ;).  

Gene

On Saturday, August 17, 2013 4:43:01 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

Hello -- I just picked up a couple of inflatable kayaks (advanced elements) to use for fishing.  After spending most of the morning in the maiden voyage, I quickly realized that a 9' rod is pretty difficult to managed from the seated position. 

For you guys who fly fish from a kayak frequently:  Do you tend to use a 7-8' rod versus the standard 9'?  

Oh, and we had a blast out there.  Caught some crappie, bluegill, bass and a catfish I was able to sight fish and hook -- very fun.  Beth hooked into a MONSTER gar, but he shook his head and threw the hook ;).  

Gene

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