{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Where Rock Creeks meets the Potomac

Thanks for the feedback! Interesting. I'll probably steer clear of this area unless I''m desperate to cast and I don't have a lot of time to get out of the city. I have tried it numerous times but haven't found it very enjoyable. Not a real relaxing setting.

On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 3:51:16 PM UTC-4, Lane Smith wrote:

Some more info about fishing the rock creek inlet:

The bottom is a combination of silt and something I'd describe as 'pluff mud' if we were further south. You can't wade it but you don't need to either because the banks are rarely open and amenable to roll casting. It's Farley deep in spots, maybe seven or eight feet between tides (which is deep for rock creek). That increases though the closer you get to the boat houses. There's a lot of structure (primarily tree roots and debris) you're probably going to lose some flies on if you're subsurface. I've never seen it clear enough to sight cast, but there are big fish in there - you can see them cruising through and/or attacking each other. I've seen 30"+ cats and carp, the occasional snakehead, smallmouths, and one time when they were electro shocking, I two strange looking fish that I think might have been baby sturgeon.

I've had success using nymphs under indicators but streamers/clousers/etc are hard because of all the structure.

Lane

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