{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Four Mile Run

Stopped by 4MR today on the incoming tide. Wanted to see what damage if any was caused by last week's flood. Water was extremely clear from Mt. Vernon down toward Eads st. Maybe saw a dozen bass and redbreast sunfish. I lost one very large largie at the outflow. Thought the subtle tug was just the force of the water in the outflow. The fish never showed itself again.  

I walked around to fish the other side by the soccer field by the short canal. There were only two fish along the grates. Another very large bass showed up but showed no interest in either flies I was using. 

Looks like some of the sand moved out of the outflow last weekend. Shoreline plants were all broken and facing downstream. Not a lot of litter on shore or in water. 

I stopped off at Holmes Run to collect some invertebrates for my aquarium. No sign of fish. Water was half a foot higher than two weeks ago. Some sort of heavy machinery was brought in to clear the first crossing from debris from last week's flood. I passed one spin angler that had no luck. I managed to collect a few water pennies, scuds, cress bugs, aquatic worms, and two damsel nymphs. 

On Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 5:27:47 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:

In case you hadn't been to the warm water outflow lately, the attached picture shows the rather dramatic change in the creek structure from summer high water events.  In the picture the left hand side is upstream from opposite the outflow and the right side is looking downstream.   The moon said I should have been catching fish around noon today but only saw some bait fish. The area just down from the outflow is quite shallow now. The deep hole that used to be at the outflow is gone and maybe 40% of the flow moves towards the Alexandria side.  As usual the tidal drop in the creek there is about 2 hours ahead of the river. I'm thinking about going back about noon tomorrow with the intent of exploring a little further downstream. Looks like what used to be a quick trip to the outflow to catch a few bluegills might be a thing of the past. 

Bruce Mathews
703.772.6167

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