Gravelly Point

[Kevin B]

Is there any action at Gravelly Point this time of year?  If so, would I be woefully underpowered with my 6 wt rod?

Thanks

[MikeV]

A 6 wt would do fine for anything you can hook... If I only had one fly rod...it would be a 6wt..  I'm sure you could hook fish now just about everywhere...

Mike

[John Hammill]

Thanks Mike. Another question. Is there any low tech cheap way to make the line sink other than buying $100 300-380 sink line? I’m on a very strict budget. If presentation doesn’t really matter, can I just crimp a big weight in the end or beginning of the leader?

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[HeaveToo]

Just buy an airflo sinking leader.  I use the all the time.  A full sinking line at Gravelly would probably be too much.

Airflo super fast sink in 10' would work great

[Bobby Davis]

SA makes wetcel line that usually runs less than 50 dollars.  

On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10:29:08 PM UTC-4, John Hammill wrote:

Thanks Mike. Another question. Is there any low tech cheap way to make the line sink other than buying $100 300-380 sink line? I’m on a very strict budget. If presentation doesn’t really matter, can I just crimp a big weight in the end or beginning of the leader?

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On May 12, 2018, at 1:33 PM, 'MikeV' via Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

A 6 wt would do fine for anything you can hook... If I only had one fly rod...it would be a 6wt..  I'm sure you could hook fish now just about everywhere...

Mike

On Friday, May 11, 2018 at 7:39:02 PM UTC-4, Kevin B wrote:

Is there any action at Gravelly Point this time of year?  If so, would I be woefully underpowered with my 6 wt rod?

Thanks

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[John Hammill]

Thanks Bobby!

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[Lane Thurgood]

You have made me rewind my life about 35 years.  Low tech cheap way?  When I was a teenager and trout were deep in a lake and we were fishing from float tubes, I wrapped part of a wire clothes hanger around the tip of my fly line.  Awful.  Atrocious.  Terrible.  Presentation was explosive and casting was downright dangerous.  But it sank and I caught fish.

That is low tech and cheap.  I would also NOT recommend it.

I would miss a few coffees and buy a decent line for the shad run and the Bay.  But if you are asking for Gravelly and really for most of the river outside of the shad season, I think you can get away with a floater.

On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10:29:08 PM UTC-4, John Hammill wrote:

[John Hammill]

Thanks! I’ve got wf floater and a 6 and 2 4 wgt’s, one of which is a tight quarters shorty for brookies. Fun stuff, but tangly and tiring.😀

It’s just been a bad year for me with some family illnesses and a separation so I’m really running on a shoestring. Next year I’ll just buy a full sink 

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[chad tokowicz]

All of this talk of sinking lines has me nervous, I am moving down with an intermediate sink line as well as ONE full sink line. Other than that  I have various shooting head systems (floating head with sink tip) with full sink capabilities. Is this going to be adequate? (i.e. what should I bring the first day ?) I know this will vary by spot by for general searching will the intermediate be okay? are the fish deep or is the current strong or a mixture of both? Just wondering why there is such an emphasis on gettin it down. 

Tight Lines,

chad 

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 4:13 PM, John Hammill <john.b....@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks! I’ve got wf floater and a 6 and 2 4 wgt’s, one of which is a tight quarters shorty for brookies. Fun stuff, but tangly and tiring.😀

It’s just been a bad year for me with some family illnesses and a separation so I’m really running on a shoestring. Next year I’ll just buy a full sink 

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On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, 'Lane Thurgood' via Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> wrote:

You have made me rewind my life about 35 years.  Low tech cheap way?  When I was a teenager and trout were deep in a lake and we were fishing from float tubes, I wrapped part of a wire clothes hanger around the tip of my fly line.  Awful.  Atrocious.  Terrible.  Presentation was explosive and casting was downright dangerous.  But it sank and I caught fish.

That is low tech and cheap.  I would also NOT recommend it.

I would miss a few coffees and buy a decent line for the shad run and the Bay.  But if you are asking for Gravelly and really for most of the river outside of the shad season, I think you can get away with a floater.

On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10:29:08 PM UTC-4, John Hammill wrote:

Thanks Mike. Another question. Is there any low tech cheap way to make the line sink other than buying $100 300-380 sink line? I’m on a very strict budget. If presentation doesn’t really matter, can I just crimp a big weight in the end or beginning of the leader?

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[Bobby Davis]

The stripers and shad tend to hug the bottom as they move up the Potomac.  

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 4:41 PM, chad tokowicz <ctok...@gmail.com> wrote:

All of this talk of sinking lines has me nervous, I am moving down with an intermediate sink line as well as ONE full sink line. Other than that  I have various shooting head systems (floating head with sink tip) with full sink capabilities. Is this going to be adequate? (i.e. what should I bring the first day ?) I know this will vary by spot by for general searching will the intermediate be okay? are the fish deep or is the current strong or a mixture of both? Just wondering why there is such an emphasis on gettin it down. 

Tight Lines,

chad 

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 4:13 PM, John Hammill <john.b....@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks! I’ve got wf floater and a 6 and 2 4 wgt’s, one of which is a tight quarters shorty for brookies. Fun stuff, but tangly and tiring.😀

It’s just been a bad year for me with some family illnesses and a separation so I’m really running on a shoestring. Next year I’ll just buy a full sink 

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On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, 'Lane Thurgood' via Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> wrote:

You have made me rewind my life about 35 years.  Low tech cheap way?  When I was a teenager and trout were deep in a lake and we were fishing from float tubes, I wrapped part of a wire clothes hanger around the tip of my fly line.  Awful.  Atrocious.  Terrible.  Presentation was explosive and casting was downright dangerous.  But it sank and I caught fish.

That is low tech and cheap.  I would also NOT recommend it.

I would miss a few coffees and buy a decent line for the shad run and the Bay.  But if you are asking for Gravelly and really for most of the river outside of the shad season, I think you can get away with a floater.

On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10:29:08 PM UTC-4, John Hammill wrote:

Thanks Mike. Another question. Is there any low tech cheap way to make the line sink other than buying $100 300-380 sink line? I’m on a very strict budget. If presentation doesn’t really matter, can I just crimp a big weight in the end or beginning of the leader?

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[Yambag Nelson]

You have more than enough.  I use 3 lines for fishing the potomac around dc.  A floating, a 300 grain full sink, and and intermediate.  Never felt the need for anything beyond that.  

On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 4:41:19 PM UTC-4, chad tokowicz wrote:

All of this talk of sinking lines has me nervous, I am moving down with an intermediate sink line as well as ONE full sink line. Other than that  I have various shooting head systems (floating head with sink tip) with full sink capabilities. Is this going to be adequate? (i.e. what should I bring the first day ?) I know this will vary by spot by for general searching will the intermediate be okay? are the fish deep or is the current strong or a mixture of both? Just wondering why there is such an emphasis on gettin it down. 

Tight Lines,

chad 

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 4:13 PM, John Hammill <john.b....@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks! I’ve got wf floater and a 6 and 2 4 wgt’s, one of which is a tight quarters shorty for brookies. Fun stuff, but tangly and tiring.😀

It’s just been a bad year for me with some family illnesses and a separation so I’m really running on a shoestring. Next year I’ll just buy a full sink 

Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, 'Lane Thurgood' via Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

You have made me rewind my life about 35 years.  Low tech cheap way?  When I was a teenager and trout were deep in a lake and we were fishing from float tubes, I wrapped part of a wire clothes hanger around the tip of my fly line.  Awful.  Atrocious.  Terrible.  Presentation was explosive and casting was downright dangerous.  But it sank and I caught fish.

That is low tech and cheap.  I would also NOT recommend it.

I would miss a few coffees and buy a decent line for the shad run and the Bay.  But if you are asking for Gravelly and really for most of the river outside of the shad season, I think you can get away with a floater.

On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10:29:08 PM UTC-4, John Hammill wrote:

Thanks Mike. Another question. Is there any low tech cheap way to make the line sink other than buying $100 300-380 sink line? I’m on a very strict budget. If presentation doesn’t really matter, can I just crimp a big weight in the end or beginning of the leader?

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[chad tokowicz]

I appreciate the input. With that said I’ll start tying my flies to really get down there . Davis thanks for the tip about the location of the bass as the move up river.

Looking to come to the beer tie on the 11th so if any of you are there i would love some info on what flies produce!

Tight Lines,

Chad

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