Headed up to Chain Bridge today late afternoon to fish the shad run under the bridge. When I showed up the entire spot was washed out as the Potomac was running high and fast. Turns out all the shad were in Pimmit run (see photo). So many that 5,10 of them were breaking the surface at any one time. Using some unorthodox casting, managed to get a great two hours in. Couldn't hear the traffic over the rush of the water and there wasn't another person there. Looked like a beautiful hole up in the Shenandoah. There were so many fish and such a small area that almost every cast had at least a nibble. I foul hooked about a dozen fish because I'm not very good (and the fish were so thick). But caught one 13 inch shad in the mouth. Used a 4 wt sink line on a Clearwater rod with beer-tie shad flies. I tried 3 different flies and all of them had nibbles and foul hooks. Not sure if the fish will head out of the creek once the water drops, but if you can make it out tomorrow morning, I highly recommend it.
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