{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Schoolie stripers?

Andy -- tongue-in-cheek, tongue-in-cheek.  I hate the gunpowder precisely because the fish are not easy to catch in my opinion/experience ;).  If there's anything else to hate it may be the large number of other anglers or possibly the driving on 2 beltways for some people (like me), but that's all.  Nothing to do with small fish -- I spend entire days catching chubs and sunfish and apologize to no one for it.  

The best fish I ever caught on the GP was on my 2nd cast ever in the stream on a soft hackle in December 2013.  It gave me false confidence -- 

Gene

On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 9:54:49 AM UTC-4, Andy Thomas wrote:

That's a first.  I've never seen anyone complain about a river having to many wild fish, but I guess Gene can find something to complain about no matter what the subject.  On a more serious note, I hear a lot of hate from folks at in TPFR regarding the Gunpowder and I'm not sure why.  Is it just the lack of catching 15" - 20" trout or is it something else?  Maybe I'm a bit nostalgic given that I learned to fly fish there and caught my first trout there, but it seems to me to be the best trout fishery for wild browns nearest to DC. I get there are other rivers that may fish just as well and have the opportunity for a bigger fish, but they are farther away.

And just so you know, the fish on the Gunpowder can be just as finicky as anywhere else.  I'm beginning to think that those who complain about the fish being to small or that they are too easy to catch use that as an excuse for not fishing the GP so they don't have to make an hour and a half trip to get skunked.

On Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 6:12:36 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

Or....you could drop a canoe into the SF shenandoah and catch the 70+ smallmouth bass we just caught with the Missouri family in town ;).  It's ever-so-slightly-murky, but fishing great.  

The real secret about the gunpowder is that there are "500 fish per square foot" or whatever, meaning your life is pointless and you should probably do something else if you cannot catch at least 40 trout every trip out there.  They are everywhere in there!  If you slip and fall wading there and don't have a belt on, you'll literally have 6-7 trout down your pants when you stand up...and also some did-e-moe and probably at least one other angler to dig out.   

Sorry - I don't know anything about striped bass.  

Gene ("Never be a Pretty Boy") TurbineBlade

On Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 4:21:46 PM UTC-4, Miguel Cuunjieng wrote:

Also, just for those who may be curious, a recent trip to the gunpowder proved quite rewarding for those seeking for technical dry fly fishing. While we didn't catch the 18incher recently posted on the backwaterangler web page, we caught a number of trout in the 5-11 inch range that were beautiful as ever. The reward was simply getting a tight line after successful presentations (mandatory reach casts and downstream presented sulphurs in sizes 16-18). The hatch peaked from about 2:30 to 5:30 but wasn't incredibly thick. Trout were keying on sulphurs and egg laying caddis skittering across the top to their doom in the flat water immediately following decent riffle water (made more stretch and York road access). One the hatch died down, swinging partridge and orange and sulphur soft hackles worked as well with one tiny shot 18" above the first fly. Tight lines everyone!

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