Yesterday was cloudy and the seas were smooth. It was one of those day when you would enjoy fly fishing for striped bass. Mitch Neitzey and Ralph Mitchell planned to go out with me for weeks to do just that.
With the current moving slow from the Bridge north we headed south on the western shore looking for working birds. It took less than an hour to find them, but once we did catching was on until we ate lunch at 11:30am. Both Mitch and Ralph were using 9w, 4pc, 9 foot, flex tip fly rods with 350 grain sinking fly line. Half and half flies, 4 inches long were productive in blue and white along with chartreuse and olive. All of the stripers caught were between 19 and 23 inches, with the exception of one that was approximately 14 inches long.
Once the current slowed down we started fishing structures where only one striper was caught on topwater.
The forecast is calling for some strong winds this weekend. Check the surface wind forecast chart form time to time and lets hope it changes by tomorrow.
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