You are kind of in a catch 22 situation. The potomac is generally much more suited to fishing with some sort of sinking line (especially fletchers/chain bridge). However, you should really focus on becoming a good caster with a floating line before really getting into sinking lines IMO. They are not easy to cast and I would think would be extremely difficult to learn on. I could very easily see someone developing bad habits if they did so. The other thing is that the vast majority of flyfishing is done with floating lines. Before moving to DC I never had any use for sinking lines. I did have an intermediate line that I never used, but other than that, my fishing was entirely with floating lines.
Ultimately, I would recommend becoming a good flycaster first and then worry about catching fish. Or try to find some places that allow you to do both. But ultimately, your success rate ate the places you mentioned will go up with a sinking line (I don't really fish the C&O, so my comment may not be valid there).
The flies you are using are fine. Other than shad fishing, those are pretty much the only 2 flies I use on the potomac.
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