How's the water at Fletchers?

[Ashkon Eslami]

Hi friends,

Hope everyone is well! Did anyone make it out to Fletchers today? I'm going to hit water somewhere tomorrow morning for a few hours and am trying to gauge if the water at Fletchers is muddy after the last two days or rain. If so, I'll probably head to a smaller trout stream that recovers quickly. Any guidance is appreciated!

Ash

[Lane Thurgood]

Ash,

According to the USGS gauge, turbidity levels are currently fine and the river is rising only modestly and well within fishable range.  I'd give it a go.  Here's the link.  You'll learn to love it.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/md/nwis/uv?site_no=01646500

Here's one to predict levels.  I have both linked on my home screen, that's how important they are to me:

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=brkm2&wfo=lwx

[Yambag Nelson]

Water was fine.  Fishing was hit or miss from shore.  Guys with boats seemed to be doing better.  Sun seemed to have them deeper than they have been.

On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 3:37:09 PM UTC-4, Ashkon Eslami wrote:

[velazquez]

Nice, I may go Sunday (or this afternoon, although frankly I have too much work to do).

[Rob]

To monitor the  on water in Richmond You can watch shad cam

https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/shadcam/

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[Alexander Vu]

I caught 8 hickory Shad in 2 hours today from shore... water vis was fine. 

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[Kevin Brugman]

As a relatively new fly fisherman starting my third year, for the last two years I have been beating the waters on the Rappahannock to a froth looking for the elusive shad.  I have caught numerous stripers and even a catfish, but never a shad.  For some reason, on the days I fished, no one wold catch a shad, but they would report banner days on the days before and after.  Well today I broke the spell, I caught my first shad today.  I also had several hits that I was not able to follow through on as well.   Gotta admit that I was so excited that I did nor even care if it was a hickory shad or not.  It is all catch and release for me.  Now that the drought is over, I hope to be putting a few more on the end of my fly line.  Ironically, there were several other fly fishers down there and I was the only one that I saw catch a shad, although I did see a spincaster catch a couple but it was not hot yet.

Kevin

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[Yambag Nelson]

Water was fine if you could get to it.  Place was an absolute zoo in the afternoon.

On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 10:03:08 PM UTC-4, Kevin Brugman wrote:

As a relatively new fly fisherman starting my third year, for the last two years I have been beating the waters on the Rappahannock to a froth looking for the elusive shad.  I have caught numerous stripers and even a catfish, but never a shad.  For some reason, on the days I fished, no one wold catch a shad, but they would report banner days on the days before and after.  Well today I broke the spell, I caught my first shad today.  I also had several hits that I was not able to follow through on as well.   Gotta admit that I was so excited that I did nor even care if it was a hickory shad or not.  It is all catch and release for me.  Now that the drought is over, I hope to be putting a few more on the end of my fly line.  Ironically, there were several other fly fishers down there and I was the only one that I saw catch a shad, although I did see a spincaster catch a couple but it was not hot yet.

Kevin

On 3/27/2020 9:34 PM, Alexander Vu wrote:

I caught 8 hickory Shad in 2 hours today from shore... water vis was fine. 

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Nice, I may go Sunday (or this afternoon, although frankly I have too much work to do).
On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 12:02:20 AM UTC-4, Yambag Nelson wrote:

Water was fine.  Fishing was hit or miss from shore.  Guys with boats seemed to be doing better.  Sun seemed to have them deeper than they have been.

On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 3:37:09 PM UTC-4, Ashkon Eslami wrote:

Hi friends,

Hope everyone is well! Did anyone make it out to Fletchers today? I'm going to hit water somewhere tomorrow morning for a few hours and am trying to gauge if the water at Fletchers is muddy after the last two days or rain. If so, I'll probably head to a smaller trout stream that recovers quickly. Any guidance is appreciated!

Ash

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[Yambag Nelson]

Water came up a good bit today.  Definitely some color which improved the fishing.  Fish took the fly much more aggressively than they have been. By far my best day of the year.  

Not sure what it will go up to but it could be shot tomorrow.  I'd check the gauge before heading out. 

[Misha Gill]

Looks like the weekend rain didn't impact the water level too badly. Little falls at 4.5 and only going up to 4.6, turbidity at about 10 right now, temp at 55... should be game on.

[Misha Gill]

Current scene at Fletcher's. Eerie with no boats. Look at all those birds!

[Daniel Lazenby]

looks like dinner is served

Daniel

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:21 PM Misha Gill <mish...@gmail.com> wrote:

Current scene at Fletcher's. Eerie with no boats. Look at all those birds!

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[chad tokowicz]

Any luck today, Misha?

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[Misha Gill]

Finished with six total, still pretty slow. Chartreuse was the ticket in the murky water. Lost one big hickory. For some reason every fish I got to hand was exactly 15.5". Four of my fish came after 4 pm, and I got off the water at 5. My last one bit on the swing, then gave me two great leaps, one while it was fifty feet away and with the fly line trailing in the water behind it like a tarpon. The second time it launched itself three full feet out of the water! My first fish (pictured) I got on the very first cast lol. I tend to think that's bad luck. Thankfully it was not the last fish. Also had about four our five other solid bites, one that felt big and came from a traditional American spot.

Also got to try my new casting bar on my fold cat! ... It was more a hindrance than a help though. Plus I had new oar locks that sea eagle forgot to send with the locks that go on the mount. So I had to paddle the ready around like a paddle board lol. Worked out fine.

[Misha Gill]

Forgot to attach a picture of the fold cat

[chad tokowicz]

Great report!!! I had the same luck yesterday picking up a few here and there. Nothing crazy! First time out on my kayak and I lost my whole anchor set up due to a snag - how do you rig yours up?!

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> On Mar 31, 2020, at 6:26 PM, Misha Gill <mish...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Finished with six total, still pretty slow. Chartreuse was the ticket in the murky water. Lost one big hickory. For some reason every fish I got to hand was exactly 15.5". Four of my fish came after 4 pm, and I got off the water at 5. My last one bit on the swing, then gave me two great leaps, one while it was fifty feet away and with the fly line trailing in the water behind it like a tarpon. The second time it launched itself three full feet out of the water! My first fish (pictured) I got on the very first cast lol. I tend to think that's bad luck. Thankfully it was not the last fish. Also had about four our five other solid bites, one that felt big and came from a traditional American spot.
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> Also got to try my new casting bar on my fold cat! ... It was more a hindrance than a help though. Plus I had new oar locks that sea eagle forgot to send with the locks that go on the mount. So I had to paddle the ready around like a paddle board lol. Worked out fine.
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[Misha Gill]

Oh I've lost too many anchor rigs myself lol. So now I do what the boat house does. I fashion an anchor out of rope and a river rock. I actually have a specific rock that I bring with me because I got tired of searching for one each time. The best rocks are hefty enough without being unwieldy. It can be windy at Fletcher's and my raft gets blown around quite easily. So rather than chance it I now have a pet rock.

[N Elgas]

I can still hand launch at fletchers right?

[Robert S.]

Is it safe to use a float tube? 

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I can still hand launch at fletchers right?

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[Lane Thurgood]

Absolutely NOT float tube water.

[Christopher Kent]

I loved my Sea Eagle 285 at Fletchers with a 55lb trolling motor though I did hit a section where I couldn't make it further upstream.

[spst...@gmail.com]

We saw you coming off the water this weekend. Looked like fun!

-Sean

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I loved my Sea Eagle 285 at Fletchers with a 55lb trolling motor though I did hit a section where I couldn't make it further upstream.

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[Christopher Kent]

Oops I forgot the shad.. 

[Christopher Kent]

Thanks. It was a blast. Messed up my attachments above. Got my first ever shad too. 

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We saw you coming off the water this weekend. Looked like fun!

-Sean

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I loved my Sea Eagle 285 at Fletchers with a 55lb trolling motor though I did hit a section where I couldn't make it further upstream.

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[Flyrodva]

I have not been able to get the Shad Cam to show anything. It just keeps refreshing and with no sign of any fish. What am I doing wrong? Does the cam really work?

https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/shadcam/

[Lane Thurgood]

Over the YEARS I've been monitoring that thing, that's how it is most of the time.  Then again, we're probably still a bit early.  Try different times of the day.  Eventually, you'll see something.  But what you've been seeing is what you'll generally see.

[Williard, David]

Right. It’s usually rare to spot anything. But there was a period last April (mid-month) when the action was pretty constant. Lots of quillbacks, shad, catfish, mystery fish…

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[namfos]

might borrow that first pic - you'll get credit!

Mark

[Misha Gill]

Sure no problemo.

[tperkins]

Friends of fletchers just posted to their Instagram story, looks like access to the parking lot is closed currently.

[Yambag Nelson]

Not surprising.  Tons of morons hanging out in groups there over the last week when they should have known better.