FLY FISHING IN THE GREATER DC AREA
Scroll down for useful resources for fly fishing in DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia. Lots of information on local fishing locations, licenses, fly shops, guides and fishing reports. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
TIDAL POTOMAC FLY RODDERS
Our friends at the Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders (“TPFR”) host one of the most indispensable resources for anglers who call the Tidal Potomac River and the surrounding area home: the TPFR Online Message here. Have a question, or want to connect with local anglers, this is your spot. You can also search the archives, which offer a wealth of information on just about every angling-related topic you can think of.
TPFR also has a whole host of useful links on their website, with useful information about fishing in the great D.C area. This includes the details of TPFR's Casting Churches, which take place the second sunday of the month at Fletchers Cove. Work on your single and two-handed casting with FFI Certified Casting Instructors.
TPFR also has a whole host of useful links on their website, with useful information about fishing in the great D.C area. This includes the details of TPFR's Casting Churches, which take place the second sunday of the month at Fletchers Cove. Work on your single and two-handed casting with FFI Certified Casting Instructors.
SHAD FISHING ON THE POTOMAC
NCC-TU's Mark Binsted produces the authoritative newsletter - the Shad Report - on the annual shad run in the Potomac River. Fletchers Cove fishing report? Fly fishing for shad in the Potomac river? Mark has you covered. You can also review old issues from years past as you dream about the 2021 shad run.
Please also download John Kuriawa's two-page starter kit on shad fishing, using the link below. The link to John's presentation on shad fishing can be viewed here.
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FISHING NEAR WASHINGTON DC - TPFR FISHNG MAP
Looking for fishing near Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland? TPFR has created a great introductory map of fly fishing hot spots for the Tidal Potomac River and tributaries in the Washington DC metro area. Blue dots mark fishing locations, yellow dots mark parking locations. In order to get directions to a location, with the map *not* in edit mode, click on a parking dot.
TROUT FISHING NEAR DC - NORTHERN VIRGINIA TROUT UNLIMITED'S TROUT GUIDE
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Looking for good trout fishing near Washington, D.C.? Our friends at Northern Virginia Trout Unlimited (NVATU) have put together a popular guide to trout fishing day trips from the Washington, D.C. area. The guide contains directions, regulations, and stream access, but also expands stream descriptions to provide anglers with a deeper understanding of what they will experience on the more than thirty streams in this guide. The guide cost $25 dollars and can be purchased at NVATU monthly meetings. You can also purchase online through District Angling.
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LOCAL FLY SHOPS IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA
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LOCAL FLY FISHING GUIDES IN WASHINGTON, DC AREA
Rob Snowhite offers guided trips by the hour in Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. for novice and experienced anglers. Plus, he’s an active member of Northern Virginia TU and TPFR!
District Angling can also make some excellent referrals for guides in the area.
District Angling can also make some excellent referrals for guides in the area.
FISHING REPORTS FOR POTOMAC RIVER, RAPIDAN RIVER, SHENANDOAH, GUNPOWDER RIVER, SAVAGE RIVER AND OTHERS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND
Friends of Fletchers Cove
Our buddies at Friends of Fletchers Cove offer real time river and weather data for Fletchers. Check it out, and while you’re there, take a minute to learn about all the great work they’re doing and how you can support.
Our buddies at Friends of Fletchers Cove offer real time river and weather data for Fletchers. Check it out, and while you’re there, take a minute to learn about all the great work they’re doing and how you can support.
District Angling
District Angling offers fishing reports on the Tidal Potomac River and its tributaries, the Upper Potomac and its tributaries, the Anacostia, the Chesapeake Bay, and other local hot spots.
District Angling offers fishing reports on the Tidal Potomac River and its tributaries, the Upper Potomac and its tributaries, the Anacostia, the Chesapeake Bay, and other local hot spots.
Backwater Anglers
Great fishing reports for the Gunpowder and also useful stream gauges so you can check flows before heading to this famous tailwater.
Great fishing reports for the Gunpowder and also useful stream gauges so you can check flows before heading to this famous tailwater.
Hunting Creek Outfitters
Reports for Big Hunting, Gunpowder, Monocacy, North Branch of the Potomac, and the Savage.
Reports for Big Hunting, Gunpowder, Monocacy, North Branch of the Potomac, and the Savage.
Beaver Creek Fly Shop
Call the shop for conditions on Beaver Creek and in the Catoctin area more generally.
Call the shop for conditions on Beaver Creek and in the Catoctin area more generally.
Murrays Fly Shop
Murrays splits its reports between stocked trout streams, mountain trout streams and smallmouth bass streams in the Shenandoah Valley.
Murrays splits its reports between stocked trout streams, mountain trout streams and smallmouth bass streams in the Shenandoah Valley.