{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Thinking of fishing Rudee Inlet and Lynhaven Inlet soon

Rising tide for reds at Lynnhaven - especially on the little island/marsh system just south of the VA-60 bridge. 

Bendbacks in tans, browns, olives, and chartreuse (all over white) will work. 

You can also whip out some shrimp patterns pretty easy:

2 - 1/0 hook 

small to medium lead eyes tied on top of the shank just behind the eye

tan bucktail or EP fiber tail 

a few strands of flashabou (root beer color is prime, but anything works)

tip of orange marabou, rear-facing, over the top of the tail

palmer grande chenille in tan up the shank and tie it all off. 

This is basically your standard dumbell-eye wooly bugger patterns in a tan/brown but with grande chenille and 1/2" of bright marabou tip over the tail base. If you don't have grande chenille, use what you have and then palmer a neutral-colored hackle feather over the chenille.  

You can play with this pattern, adding mono eyes, chenille for the egg sack instead of marabou, etc. I typically bring half the tail over the back of the hook like you'd tie a wing casing, tie it in at the eye, and then CCG/epoxy the wing casing.

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