Wading is basically impossible at Chain Bridge. The rocks are very slick and at awkward angles. If not wearing a life jacket as someone said above, going in past your knees in that current is a good way to get killed. It drops from ankle deep to who-knows-how-deep instantaneously in a number of places.
Also keep in mind that the river is tidal at Chain Bridge - possible to get stranded on the rocks if you aren't careful.
If anyone is ever unsure about how strong that current really is - notice how wide the river is upriver from Great Falls. It's about 1,500 feet wide up there...at chain bridge, that same volume of water is being funneled through a 120 ft wide channel. The turbulence that causes is pretty insane.
--
http://www.tpfr.org
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/5dfe070e-50eb-413c-adbd-a1dab2d63814%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
No comments:
Post a Comment