Chesapeake Bay Fly Fishing
FLYDILL
PASADENA, MD
We’re here to show how good Maryland waterways and tributaries can really be with fly game. Casting flies will very much elevate your experience on the water as well as your capabilities as a fisherman. Let’s get after it.
Chesapeake Bay Conditions
Good morning, angler
Today’s Pick
Chartreuse Clouser Minnow
$8
Stained water on an incoming tide — fish are keyed on vibration and flash. The Chartreuse Clouser gets down fast and stands out where visibility drops off.
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The Beginning
With over a decade of fishing experience and just under 8 years with a fly rod we’ve turned to create our own fish food. All flies, bucktails and spinners are 100% hand tied, poured, and painted here in Maryland. I take much pride in my work. Most flies and spinners are made in small batches to ensure a good product. So when you get your hands on any of my “fish food”, just know they are tied with some of the best tying materials, durable, and bad to the bone.
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From the Vise
Handcrafted in Pasadena, Maryland
Chartreuse Clouser Minnow
“Started tying these after watching stripers blow up on silversides under the Route 50 bridge one October evening. The fish were keyed in on that chartreuse-over-white flash right at the surface. Went home and sat at the vise until I had a dozen that swam right.”
Materials
- Mustad 34007 1/0
- Medium lead dumbbell eyes
- White bucktail — select grade
- Chartreuse bucktail
- Pearl Krystal Flash
- UTC 140 thread, white
Tying Time
~8 minutes per fly
Best Conditions
Outgoing tide, stained water, overcast. Deadly around bridge pilings and rip rap.
Pro Tip
Let it sink to the bottom and strip it back in short pulls. The dumbbell eyes make it ride hook-point up so you can tick the rocks without snagging.
Lost count after 50 fish on this pattern — it just produces
Tied at the vise — Ethan, Pasadena MD
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Services
Get Your Hands on Some “Fish Food”
How can you get your hands on some “fish food”? The best way to reach me is 443-934-6627. It’s hard to have inventory on multiple different patterns so I’ll pick your brain on what you’ve used in the past. Whether it’s colorways, fly style, or even specific materials you’ve had luck with. We’ll be able to get you what you need. You can find some of my work at Fishbones bait and tackle in Pasadena Maryland or Henlopen bait and tackle in Lewes, Delaware. Pushing to get into a shop near you!
Looking to improve your fly game? I also offer a one hour, one on one casting lesson at $50. With this lesson you’ll have a big boost of knowledge and experience into the fly fishing world.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Tight lines, Ethan
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Recent catches on FlyDill flies.
Sarah K.
Choptank River, MD
Speckled Trout 19"
Caught on Chartreuse Clouser Minnow
“Grass flats, knee deep. Slow strips with long pauses. First speck on the fly rod.”
Drew P.
Patuxent River, MD
Striped Bass 22"
Caught on White Bucktail Jig 1/4oz
“Jigging a drop-off on the falling tide. Bounced it off the bottom twice and he hammered it.”
Chris M.
Kent Narrows, MD
Striped Bass 32"
Caught on Olive Baitfish
“Bridge pilings on the outgoing. Let it sink and stripped fast. Solid fish, fought like hell.”