Hi everyone

[Dave Warner]

Hey everyone, I just moved to the area and got my license all set and ready. Next weekend I have a free Saturday and I was trying to get out on the water for my first time. Sadly, as I am new to the area I am not sure I am using the right equipment, but it's all I've got. 

I have a few homemade Clouser Minnows some mosquitos and the ever popular woolly bugger. My rod is a 5wt TFO, and I have no idea what I am doing here since the only fishing I have done is up in Mass, Maine and New Hampshire. 

I was wondering if there was anyone who could either give me some suggestions, of not only places to approach, but also if anyone would like to accompany me a I am just more interested at becoming more involved in the sport and the culture in the area. My father brought me up on fly fishing and taught me the basic skills and I am just trying to become more immersed in everything down here. 

Thanks so much and feel free to shoot a response back. Have a great one everyone and I look forward to hearing from you all. 

Thanks.

Dave W. 

[HeaveToo]

Currently there are a lot of different places to fish around here.  One nice place to try is Riverbend Park.  There is good smallmouth fishing on the Potomac there.  Clowsers and wooley buggers should work okay there.  For some reason yellow poppers work well there also (Could be that there are a lot of small little frogs in the area and their bellies look yellow). 

Eventually you may consider a bigger rod.  A lot of us fish 8 weight rods in the area.  The snakehead can be a handful in some of the areas and there are a good number of large largemouth bass and striped bass.  There are a lot of opportunities.  Another tactic is to look at a map and then come on here and search the name of that fishing spot in the archives and see what you find.

[Scott Stankus]

To go along with the "look at a map" part, here are two Google maps that I've found very helpful:

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215985205281593198240.0004b9b1bc00cfd986f02&msa=0&dg=feature

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FcZ9TgIdWjln-w&split=0&msa=0&msid=112784008184145837904.0004702ce9013fac413bb&t=h&z=11&dg=feature

The first one is from the Fletcher's Cove site:

http://www.fletcherscove.com/links.htm

The second one is linked on the TPFR site:

http://tpfr.org/links.htm

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:28 AM, HeaveToo <cpd...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Currently there are a lot of different places to fish around here.  One nice place to try is Riverbend Park.  There is good smallmouth fishing on the Potomac there.  Clowsers and wooley buggers should work okay there.  For some reason yellow poppers work well there also (Could be that there are a lot of small little frogs in the area and their bellies look yellow). 

Eventually you may consider a bigger rod.  A lot of us fish 8 weight rods in the area.  The snakehead can be a handful in some of the areas and there are a good number of large largemouth bass and striped bass.  There are a lot of opportunities.  Another tactic is to look at a map and then come on here and search the name of that fishing spot in the archives and see what you find.

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Isn't there a Beer Tie tonight?  That's a great way to meet a lot of the TPFRs.

 

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From: Scott Stankus <ssta...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Hi everyone

To go along with the "look at a map" part, here are two Google maps that I've found very helpful:

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215985205281593198240.0004b9b1bc00cfd986f02&msa=0&dg=feature

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FcZ9TgIdWjln-w&split=0&msa=0&msid=112784008184145837904.0004702ce9013fac413bb&t=h&z=11&dg=feature

The first one is from the Fletcher's Cove site:

http://www.fletcherscove.com/links.htm

The second one is linked on the TPFR site:

http://tpfr.org/links.htm

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:28 AM, HeaveToo <cpd...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Currently there are a lot of different places to fish around here.  One nice place to try is Riverbend Park.  There is good smallmouth fishing on the Potomac there.  Clowsers and wooley buggers should work okay there.  For some reason yellow poppers work well there also (Could be that there are a lot of small little frogs in the area and their bellies look yellow). 

Eventually you may consider a bigger rod.  A lot of us fish 8 weight rods in the area.  The snakehead can be a handful in some of the areas and there are a good number of large largemouth bass and striped bass.  There are a lot of opportunities.  Another tactic is to look at a map and then come on here and search the name of that fishing spot in the archives and see what you find.

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[Daniel Davala]

Yes, there is Greg.  BEER TIE tonight at Whitlow's from 7PM-9PM - additional details forthcoming.

Dan Davala

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[Dave Warner]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I was actually looking at getting an 8 weight rod sometime in the near future, as I've heard that its a popular rod in the area. Also HeaveToo thanks for the suggestions about flies, I actually haven't fished a popper since I was in Maine. And thanks for the suggestion on how to find a place. I'm still new to the group so it will be good to search through more of the posts. 

Sadly I missed the Beer Tie, but I will be sure to make it to August's, I think that should be a great way to get out and meet everyone. Thanks again everyone.