Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Slow fishing

I haven't been out a whole lot lately but I second Carl's reply. I usually have pretty poor results until early October. September may be decent this year though since we have more rain than usual and some more flow and oxygen in the streams and rivers. October is one of my favorite months for warmwater species and September is usually one of my least favorite.

On Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 11:08:50 PM UTC-4 Doug Graebner wrote:

yeaaa that sounds about right. Also I had a short leader tonight so that doesn't help. I guess I'm just Rather More Used to trout where "pick a spring creek/tailwater" is always an option etc. 

On Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 10:06:04 PM UTC-4 Carl wrote:

August is always slow for me.  As the water temperature rises, the Disolved Oxygen (DO) goes down and the fish get stressed and less active.  As the days get shorter and the water cools down, the fish will start getting active again and bulking up for winter.

If you want to fly fish in this weather, look for areas where cool water enters warm, or where there are a lot of riffles to aerate the water.  

When wet wading feels like you are in a hot tub, it's time to do something other than fish.

Carl

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On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 10:01 PM Doug Graebner <dgrae...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is the warmwater bite slow for everyone lately or am I just fishing worse than usual?

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