Severn Perch Report

[steventhehistorian]

Fished the piers in Little Round Bay. The perch were holding in the deepest parts of docks, compared to the mid sections, like in the summer. I was fly fishing and had a pretty high degree of success using a size 6 olive and black wooly bugger. Casting to just underneath the dock and letting sink naturally with some twitching got the best response.

I know that I would have done way better if I had used a bright color, so I ordered a bunch of bright pink wooly buggers for next week.

How'd you Severn fishermen fare?

[scott taylor]

Thanks for the report of Little Round Bay perchin...can you share what wt flyrod you are fishing? WF or sinking line? Also are you swinging the flyrod from a Kayak? I assume you can stand in your Yak?

thanks
ST

[Mark]

Steven,

Congrats on your perch catches.

Last week I caught some nice sized perch in Weems on a black crank bait and then a black Mr. Twister.

It's the first time I had used dark colors to catch them so I am not surprised your olive and black wooly buggers worked. I will give them a try the next time I am fly fishing for perch.

Normally I use white and chartreuse Clousers and Crystal Buggers of various colors when I fly fish for perch.

I've caught them in Weems and the Severn on each of these Crystal Buggers. You should give colors like these a try.

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Here's a perch I got in the tournament on Saturday with a Clouser.

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But I will indeed carry some wooly buggers with me on my next time out. Thanks for sharing.

[Cowpokey]

Normally I use white and chartreuse Clousers and Crystal Buggers of various colors when I fly fish for perch.

I've caught them in Weems and the Severn on each of these Crystal Buggers. You should give colors like these a try.

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Those look good, to you put any weight around the hook when you tie them?

[Mark]

Cowpokey,

The eyes are lead -- the same eyes are used to tie Clouser Minnows.

I do not wrap the hook itself with lead. The lead eyes are enough to get it down.

[steventhehistorian]

Thanks for the report of Little Round Bay perchin...can you share what wt flyrod you are fishing? WF or sinking line? Also are you swinging the flyrod from a Kayak? I assume you can stand in your Yak?

thanks
ST

Hey Scott, I was on a 6 wt 9 ft Cortland with Scientific Anglers WF floating line. I was using about 6’ of mono leader and 3x tippet. I use that setup for pretty much everything…Patapsco moving water, still water bass ponds, and the bay. I’d prob beef up my tippet size if stripers became a possibility.

Also, Scott, I have a confession. I was in a canoe, not a kayak. Casting while sitting is actually surprisingly efficient. I find that it is much easier to get the fly under piers from that low angle. I believe the principles would hold in a kayak, as well.

Cowpokey,

The eyes are lead -- the same eyes are used to tie Clouser Minnows.

I do not wrap the hook itself with lead. The lead eyes are enough to get it down.

I concur, Mark, I think that you really only need to get the fly about 2-3 feet down before the perch come up and slam it. I generally use bead or cone head wooly buggers. To get a good decent and still keep that nice action on the sink .

[groundhog]

Thanks for the report..

[Mark]

Steven,

You make a good point about casting flies from a seated position.

It's not hard if you let the rod load properly and keep the tip high so that the fly does not slap the water on the back cast.
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Also, in a kayak or canoe you do not need to make lengthy casts because you can get close to your target.

I rarely throw more than 50 feet of line.

[J.A. Veil]

For those of you interested in fly fishing from a kayak, take a look at the new section on flyfishing recently added to "Kayak Fishing 101" on the CBKA website. http://chesapeakebaykayakanglers.com...y-fishing.html. Mark wrote this highly informative section.

Several Snaggedline.com members have prepared material to support this education effort. Kayak Fishing 101 is an ongoing project -- new material will be added from time to time.

[steventhehistorian]

Awesome. Thanks for the lead, John!

[Cowpokey]

Cowpokey,

The eyes are lead -- the same eyes are used to tie Clouser Minnows.

I do not wrap the hook itself with lead. The lead eyes are enough to get it down.

Should have figured that, I couldn't tell if they were barbell eyes...because I didn't look close enough.