Fly & Light Tackle Fishing Trips Year Around
ORVIS Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide
Departure Sites Conveniently Located for Baltimore, Annapolis, Washington DC, & Virginia
Half & Full Day Trips Now Available on the Upper & Middle Chesapeake Bay
Staying on Active Stripers and Bluefish
I was joined by Tom Holtmann yesterday who wanted to fly fish for striped bass and bluefish on the
___ Chesapeake Bay
. We launched out of
___ , and after checking out
___ Point, we ran
___east to
___ Point. We came across a large school of striped bass where the water depth changed from
___ to
___. These 3 fish finding pictures will show you how we stayed on
this school of nice stripers for over a 2 hour period before moving on.
One of Many Stripers Caught by Tom 'on the fly' Yesterday
Upon first arrival the stripers were stacked up in __ feet of water. We followed them as they moved__.
Equipment Used (Orvis)Rod - 9 weight Helios
Reel - Battenkill Large Arbor, V
Fly Line - Generation 3, Density Compensated, Sinking, Class V Sink Rate and Striper, Wonderline, Generation 3 Floating
Leader - Mirage 20# Fluorocarbon (sinking line) Mirage, All Purpose Big Game, 9', 20# (floating line)
Fishing Tip
Keep the leader 48" long with using sinking fly line. This way the fly will hit the bottom swiftly and will not float up upon retrieve.
PowerPoint Slide Seminar
Topic - Catching Striped Bass on the Upper & Middle Chesapeake BayDay/Date - Monday / August 17, 2009
Host - MSSA, Broadneck/Magothy Chapter 10
Location - American Legion Post 175, 832 Manhattan Beach Rd., Servena Park, MD