Brenden,
Tides are weird. They look and act differently at different places and not
only that, they act differently from day to day in the same place. It
sounds like you were looking at a rip being formed by two opposing or
converging currents. If you went back tomorrow at the same time, the same
rip would form a bit later and it may not be as extreme. What's important
is that it formed in a spot. Go look at that area at the minus low slack
and see what made it. All our beaches are full of structure that form
eddies and rips. I fish a point that has moving water flowing from right to
left. At a certain time in the tide, the back eddy formed behind the point
begins to flow up into the main current and forms a rip with flotsam and
dead water all around it. Sometimes I find fish in it. Casting into it and
maintaining contact with a stripped fly is the problem here. I have also
walked at a very fast clip down the beach just trying to keep up with
moving rips. I fished the Narrows today during the middle of the ebb and it
was trucking. I had to keep mending my popper to keep it on top. The belly
was so deep it was drowning my fly. As it got later into the tide, the
water slowed down where I was and moved north past the next point and was
able to fish fast water again.
All this means is that sitting here, I can't tell you when to fish there.
Beside, there are no hard and fast rules other than, "know your water." If
Picnic Point is going to be your home water, get to know it. Know it as
well as you know your favorite lake or river. Just because it's saltwater
doesn't make it any different.
Leland.
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>Should I be aiming more for the middle of the incoming or outgoing tides?
>Looks like Im going to have to get my boss in Fly-Fishing so He'll
>understand.
>
>Brenden
