Welcome to Solstice Fly Fishing’s Cape Cod Fly Fishing Guide and Report. Its already May! This means everyday that passes us by more Striped Bass are arriving on Cape Cod. The water temperature for Cape Cod Bay is about 48 degrees and 49 degrees for Nantucket Sound. We have had a some colder air temperatures and strong winds from the east which kept the water cool. The ideal temperature we want to reach is above 50 degrees for Striped Bass to really start filling in.
Solstice has been out fishing and we have seen striped bass on Cape Cod. They are not in great numbers but enough for you to start getting your gear together. The weather outlook for the coming week doesn’t look that great till about a week from now. We have high winds and lots of rain coming.
The herring are running in fantastic numbers. The herring run counter in Brewster said in the last 7 days there were about 50,000 herring counted. Quite impressive, so if you have a chance to see a herring run in the coming days go check it out!
At the moment, with the herring around and the showing of small bait balls of sand eels, those are going to be your best bet for flies to use on Cape Cod at the moment. A larger herring pattern with a white bottom and dark top will work if presented properly. As for sand eels a small, light colored and flashy pattern seems to be working for the newly arrived striped bass.
REMEMBER: If you haven’t learned about 2015 year class of Striped Bass and how they need to be protected in this months upcoming ASMFC 2023 Spring Meeting, go check out the this link. Proper catch and release methods are going to be key. If you are not familiar with proper fish handling check out Keep Fish Wet.
As far as gear, we have options and they will be increasing as time goes on. Our Saltwater flies will have a new wave of stock coming in soon, so stay posted. If you are looking for a super fun glass fly rod for striped bass of all size check out Solstice Salt Glass fly rod. The Solstice Mid-Flat fly rod will provide be more of a work horse fly rod on the flats if that’s what you are looking for. Here’s an awesome video of our long time client James having a blast on the Salt Glass fly rod with a great early season striped bass on Cape Cod.
Also to mention, there is some exciting news from our Partners at The Fly Connection. They will be releasing the first copy of their scientific magazine with entries from all over the world. A link will be shared once it is published.
Lastly, there are a few dates open this spring and summer for Cape Cod Fly Fishing Guide Trips with Solstice Fly Fishing. Our trips will get you on fish and teach you how to read water and better yet, well teach you how to fly cast like never before! Book your fly fishing guide on Cape Cod soon!