Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Tiger Muskie

check out the copy of bluewater fly fishing in the background. Now that is a good book.  nice fly too.  

On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 12:50:09 PM UTC-4, John Smith wrote:

Cant speak specifically about Tiger Musky or the lakes around here, but i think the two best close by spots for Musky in general (True and Tigers) are the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. The Potomac has a lot of them in western Maryland but still some down into the Montgomery County area. I started fishing for them at the end of last winter into early spring (upper Potomac and Shenandoah areas) and had plenty of action as long as you count follows, near misses, and lost fish. My setup was a teeny 450 attached to about 4 feet of 60 pound mono leader looped to two feet of 80 pound fluorocarbon and then attached to the fly with a loop. I also used small crimps (.027 I think) for the loops in the fluorocarbon which gets them nice and small. All but one of my follows/hookups came on a Blane Chocklett-style articulated fly in fire tiger color. I have since added a treble hook to see if that helps. That might be a mistake, but I'd like to get at least one fish to the boat. Fished out of my canoe with some pretty silly looking homemade pontoons for stability,so Musky DIY is definitely possible nearby. Here is a pick of the fly I have been using for those interested. I dont have any of the real nice long hackle that is usually used for these flies so I made the tail out of SF Flash instead but it seemed to get their interest. Once striper season winds down, I plan on getting back after them.  John

On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 11:26:36 AM UTC-4, Scott S wrote:

I'd love to hear if others have had any success. I've just began to fish for them out of my canoe (logged about 6 hours so far this week) in that Gaithersburg location, but haven't seen one yet. That's no real surprise, though - it's musky fishing!

I plan to keep at it...

--Scott

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:14 AM, MattySt <mstein...@gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone gone after tiger muskie around the area on the fly? I hear there are some resident populations, one in particular around Gaithersburg area. 

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