Morning on the Severn

[J. Rentch]

Wanted to see if any Rockfish have moved into the Severn, so this morning I decided to hit the walls along Greenbury Point. Was throwing a Bendback fly on my new 9wt- no takers. Saw birds diving on water and later small Rockfish breaking. I moved over and was able to land a couple small schoolies. As I was heading back to Jonas Green, I ducked into a local cove to see if I could find some Pickerel. Was able to land a nice 20" on the Bendback fly.
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Continuing back trek back to Jonas Green, I saw some Navy yardboats practicing laying protective booms for oil spills. Nice to see our Navy in action.
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Just wondering and hoping that the Rockfish will begin to show up in my local waters.

[Mark]

Very nice catch on the fly, John.

Bendbacks are great pickerel catchers. My supply is pretty well chewed up. I need to tie some to feed to hungry picks this fall and winter.

[ronaultmtd]

Nice catch John...the "fairy wand" is an elegant fishing tool many wished they could master...hopefully the Severn rockfish start cooperating on a more predictable pattern soon.

[J. Rentch]

Yea Ron have really taken to the “Fairy Wand”, really challenging. Hope the Rockfish show soon, been pretty scarce so far in the rivers.

[bignose]

I warned you that fly fishing was addictive.
Nice pickerel on the fly!