Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: 2016 shad run is one to remember for us

That's great!  We had a random German shepherd get into our canoe one day on the SF Shenandoah. He was as friendly as can be, luckily.   

Today had a few brief lulls in action, but not many and not for too long.  Friday was the same for us, but we left earlier to escape DC traffic.  Today we left because we were tired and Beth wanted to eat something besides donuts.  When we left, fish were still active both times.  

That damsel really is a great fly.  I only used the damsel today and aside from the shad, ended up with a few small stripers and one 'medium' striper......which doesn't even begin to compare with some of the fish Alex and others have pics of down at the boathouse, but it's the biggest I've caught on the fly anyway.  

It makes sense that the shad go out of their way to attack damsel nymphs.  All biologists will tell you will that "murders" (the technical term) of damsel nymphs repeatedly dive to 15-20' to gorge themselves on shad eggs this time of year, which directly affects recruitment.  That's 100% fact -- .  

Gene

On Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 7:34:27 PM UTC-4, Rob Snowhite wrote:

Heard Rebecca landed a dog today. Some dog swam up to her paddleboard and climbed on. Our morning started great and slowed to boring by late afternoon. Yesterday we couldn't keep the schoolies and white perch off the damsel.

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On Apr 24, 2016, at 7:25 PM, TurbineBlade <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Absolutely!  Man, what a fun day!  I'd say you and Ron were hooked up as often as not based upon what I saw -- our seam or not.  ;)  About 1/2 way through, I swapped my 8' fenwick for a 7' fenwick (ff706) just to be easier on my fighting arm.  I love that little rod -- 

A quick tip from Scott the other day after we had a slower day really helped!  Fishing this weekend was just absurd, and we otherwise may not have gone out again.  It's good to get more mileage out of those DC licenses.  

God I'm exhausted.  

Great talking to you Jim!  

Gene

On Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 6:38:00 PM UTC-4, Jim White wrote:

Oh, and thank you for sharing your seam with us!

On Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 3:28:00 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

This picture sums it up nicely:

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