Monday, May 5, 2014

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} tidal basin

If you were fishing flies (darts) near the bottom of the Tidal Basin, chances are you may have raked it over a catfish or carp.  The shad flies gape is fairly large and are easily lodged in fish scales.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a gar in the Basin.


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From: Patrick Kearns <p.a.kearns13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 4:42 PM
To: <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} tidal basin

Shad are indeed stacked up in the tidal basin.  Hundreds and hundreds right at the wall.   No interest in my darts though.  

Caught one very small rockfish (?) and saw a bait fisherman land an enormous carp.  

I had one bite that left me puzzled.  Something nailed my dart on the retrieve, bent my rod considerably (small-med spinning gear), stripped line at lightning speed for about 2-3 seconds, then spit the lure.  I was so stunned/the rod was bent so strongly that I didn't think to set the hook.  It really reminded me of the way steelhead hit, or the few experiences I've had with sharks in saltwater, just on a smaller scale.  Any idea what hits like that might be lurking in the tidal basin?

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