{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: SNP is in good shape

BTW -- it feels kind of sissy to admit it, but my hips were a bit sore Monday!  I must be out of trout-shape early in the season ;).  We do move a lot though and hike far into places.  Anyone else notice that with the early trip?

Gene

On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 5:32:53 AM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

We had a decent day last Sunday out there -- tried a new stream and got fish on dries (and nymphs).  I still was not getting the hits/numbers in areas where there are usually fish, and had a lot of fish "slap" at the fly (foul hooked one).  Trent noted the slow-motion rise, and we had some of that too.  Still, it's enough to make Beth happy -- which makes me happy.  it's awesome to be in the park and probably within a matter of days we'll all be seeing the usually numbers of fish in the pockets.  

Temps weren't too warm and water was still chilly.  

We not only saw the little stoneflies, but I almost ate one that fell off my shirt and onto a Sheets sandwich I was eating in the truck an hour later ;).  Beth saw it and warned me though.  

We usually only use foam beetles or CDC and Elk in #14.  I carry a spinner, small streamer, some parachutes and some "sloppy" CDC soft hackle comparadunish emerger things (that have soft hackle fibers and so little CDC for a wind that they go "sunken" and hug the film easily).  I seldom fish anything other than a #14 for whatever reason.  

I'm kind of paying more attention to leaders this year -- I used to use the same 9' leader I'd use for bigger streams, but it really is totally unnecessary unless you're over a random big pool or calm spot maybe.  I'm working on a really short one (a little over 6') that ends with a long 5x tippet.  They're really easy and accurate to cast and I'm betting will work even better.  I'm basically going 12 > 8 > 4 > 5x not too unlike the Harvey system, only I'm probably using a thinner butt section.  

Gene

On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 1:34:21 AM UTC-4, Jason Hanerfeld wrote:

On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 2:48:31 PM UTC-7, Terry C wrote:

Had a great day in the park today. Brookies looking up.  🎏

I fished the rose river last tuesday and had great weather.  Was about 70 degrees mid day.  I fished for about 5 hours and caught at least 40 brookies all on prince nymphs.  At one point I think I went 5 straight casts in the same pool with hook ups.  I tossed some small streamers in some of the larger pools, but the indicator nymph set up was the way to go.  I hadn't fished the SNP wince December, and I noticed that I was catching much larger fish this time around.  Many of the fish I was pulling out were in the 8-11 inch range, which is fairly large for SNP.  All in all, it was a great day and I was amped that I got to try out new 3 wt.  '

tight lines.     

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