The Water
The Potomac river is our favorite fishing hole. Notwithstanding the fact that many other options are available (see trip options), the Potomac's headwaters present an incredible array of biodiversity and topographical features.
Excepting parts of the south branch, which are lightly populated in several areas, the Potomac offers peace and solitude amongst tree lined banks high and low, expansive flatlands and farms, rolling hills, gentle slopes, and high mountain ridges.
The water is often glass clear, particularly from late Spring through mid Autumn. Through this windows' surface you'll observe weedbeds, channels, rocks large and small, deeper holes and pools, rock shelves and dropoffs, fallen and sunken trees, and occasionally erratic, flood deposited debris. All excellent places for fish to forage and live.
On this river, you often actually see the action, witnessing the strike either below the surface or topwater. Narrow chutes and gentle falls provide swift currents, eddys and backwaters, pools and rapids, and often lead into wide stretches of slower, deeper water. This is where we fish, and the water is excellent.