Note from Ryan
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On June 20th 2023 I did my yearly trip to the Monomoy Rips and had a great day fishing with Patrick Cassidy of Cape Cod on the Fly, who not only put us on the fish but also took some great photos which I have included below.
One of the highlights was that we saw a great white that vertically breached the surface. The entire body was above the water and I estimated it was 12-13’. Quite surreal!
I brought my buddy Nate with me who is an avid freshwater guy but who had never caught a bass on fly.
We both had a great day with about 20 bass each of us in the old slot range and we probably lost about the same number. There were numerous smaller fish down to 22” were caught as well.
We doubled up several times. A 6 inch white/pink squid fly did most of the work.
Photo credit: Patrick Cassidy of Cape Cod on the Fly
We fished Bearses, Pollock and Stonehorse rips, and followed the birds in between.
Besides the great white, the highlight was that Nate broke his PB four times. It started with a 28”, quickly followed by a 31” and 34” at Bearse’s.
A few hours later he landed a fish around 36”.
It was a heck of an introduction to fly fishing for striped bass.
On our way home we ran into more birds west of Monomoy and l landed a couple of lower slots. We didn’t hook any bluefish but we did see them.
Photo credit: Patrick Cassidy of Cape Cod on the Fly
Note from Ryan
This report from Johan originally appeared inside the Fly Fishing section of our private forum. The fly fishing section of our forum is the place to go for friendly Cape Cod fishing advice, reports and camaraderie. You can click the button below to visit the forum.
Johan, you are to the fly guys on here as Calvin is to the spin surf guys. Keep up the good work. 🙂
One of those trips you’ll never forget ! That’s awesome
Wow – what a good day!
There is no where to go but down now for your buddy! Sounds like a great day!
Awesome fish guys!! Keep up the good work
Sounds like a killer outing Johan, glad your buddy Nate was able to experience the thrill of stripers on the fly (good size ones to boot).