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.