Five FSFFers, Mike Mattia, Don Vance, Bob Ruck, John Veil and yours truly launched into Weems Creek this morning in search of white perch. The perch did not disappoint, giving us plenty of action on flies and spinners. Conservatively, I believe about 100 perch have sore lips today due to our combined efforts.
We intended to launch directly into the Severn from Jonas Green. However, high winds with corresponding waves in the Severn this morning made Weems a better choice.
Here are Bob, Don and Mike at the Tucker Street launch:
We headed toward the Weems Creek Bridge and eventually to the back portion of the creek:
Note that John Veil had already launched by the time we arrived. Aside from the stiff breeze, it was a beautiful day.
Bob found a good spot by the bridge:
I hooked up soon with this little guy:
The fly is the creation of Joe DeMeo. It’s almost too lifelike to be considered a fly. It has fooled crappie and now white perch for me. Thank you, Joe.
I also got some interest on a yellow Clouser:
Eventually, I lost that Clouser to something I couldn’t raise to the surface with my 5 wt. I don’t know what it was. No head shake like a striper and no long run like ray. It just burrowed down. Whatever it was, it’s wearing my yellow Clouser tonight.
Of course a wooly bugger never disappoints. I got a few to hit this dark one
Meanwhile, Don seemed to have a fish on every time I saw him:
The perch weren’t especially picky today so I gave them a chance to taste a pink crystal bugger. It worked:
Although the perch weren’t big, they gave us a lot of action. I did catch one that was 11 inches but it did not hit a fly. It took one of my hand-tied jig spinners:
It has hair on it. It’s almost a fly!
After about 3.5 hours on the water, the crew straggled in. Here’s Mike telling us about the one that got away:
Next came Bob. He had a very good day:
Then John and Don arrived. I think they caught the most.
It was indeed a great day on the water albeit a bit breezier than we would have liked for a fly fishing outing. Nevertheless we had fun and of course we finished the day at nearby Canton Inn with great service and excellent food.
Thanks for joining today’s outing, guys. Anytime you want to try again, just let me know. 
Mark