Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Another Carp Story

You should be fine with a 6. I've used it before there. I was using a 7 in that video. As far as spots, it's hard to "hot spot" the canal even if one wanted to because fish could literally be anywhere. I believe I was between lock 7 and 8, but may have been between 6 and 7 as well. At least a few weeks ago, the green surface "mat" thinned out and disappeared if you walked about a half mile below lock 7. As you're fishing, just keep in mind the little access points down to the canal level. You'll see them - they're cut outs into the side. Just fight the fish towards one of them and you can get to the water. Sometimes there's a pretty long ways between those cut downs. I try to avoid casting to fish in those situations because landing them would be so difficult or I'd have to drag them (in the water) a really long ways, and I just don't feel good about that.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Chuq Yang <chuqyang@gmail.com> wrote:

Jeff, 

Great video.  That's much better editing than I would have done.  I was at Lock 7 today tossing some buggy looking flies, and had a carp inhale my fly, and then spit it right out.  I then proceeded to spook the three others there when I got so excited.  Anyway, do you think a 6wt (my biggest rod) is too small for landing a carp there?  It looks like your setup was bigger, but it could be the fish eye lens on the GoPro.  Also, it seems that right around lock 7, there is the pool above the lock that doesn't have all the green stuff on top like below the lock.  I also didn't see anywhere that I would even be able to get close enough to the water to net a carp.  I'm not trying to hotspot your fishing hole, but where abouts was the video filmed?  It looked like a pretty decent place to get close to the water there, but I didn't see anywhere like that immediately around lock 7.

Thanks.

Chuq

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 9:01:03 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

Amen on the rarely getting a second chance part. But that's what kept me at it on Sunday instead of wading the river. ;-)

As for flies, I got some good looks and missed (all) strikes (klutz) with Carp Carrots and Bristle Leeches. You can find tying instructions via a Google search. Same flies should work well for panfish on vacation in 4 weeks.

Mark

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