{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Memorial Day Morning on C&O Canal

I was on the canal for a spell yesterday afternoon, between Chain Bridge and Fletchers.  I was using poppers (yellow worked best -- nobody was interested in orange) and an Orvis floating beetle.  I landed numerous sunfish and almost landed a small largemouth who managed to get away.  Just as I was wrapping up around 7:30, I had a visit from a beaver who was meandering through the canal.  When he spotted me, he hung around for a while, and then decided I was neither threatening or interesting, and swam on.

A great day, and I managed not to hook anyone on the tow path during my back casts.    

On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:08:56 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

Out on the canal at Anglers/Widewater yesterday. Arrivedbefore 9am and hiked up the towpath. Looked dewatered above Lock 16 so I fished back to the parking area from there.  Lots of sunfish, a couple of LMBs came to hand. Magic fly was a black and white Yuk Bug. There were also a number of shad or herring to be seen swimming in the shallows - no idea how they made it up that far. Yesterday was by far the busiest I've ever seen the towpath in that sector - it was like a volksmarch with a few bike riding MAMILs (middle aged men in Lycra) thrown in for good measure. I must have spoken to close to 10 people who seemed amazed to one degree or another that there are, OMG, there are fish in the Canal! ;-) One couple walked by with a stroller. The husband was heard to say the wife, "I'd like to take up fly fishing sometime..." Yours truly was prompted to ask, "So what's stopping you?" 

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Mark

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