No Yak -Flyrod Fun

[Runnin]

I went by the C & O canal last night. I took the flyrod and some little panfish poppers. Had a blast! The sunfish were stacked up in the canal and they loved the popper. They seemed to care about the color. They wouldn't hit a black popper, but I tied on a little mustard yellow one and they loved it.

I caught one small LMB, but quit counting after about 30 sunfish. A few were nice sized, but none were large by any stretch of the imagination. Just a lot of fun.

[DanMarino]

Cool Gary. Were you in the Pennfield/Swains area?
How was the river looking? I'm getting an itch to hit the Potomac soon.

[Runnin]

Swans. I have been to Swans twice now. Two weeks ago, and last Saturday. Both trips it was high . I caught one nice 17" Sallie and a smaller one. Last Saturday the best I could get was a 14" . I wasn't surprised it was high two weeks ago because I spent week watching gauge come down after the slug of rain we had. I was surprised last Saturday as we hand;t had any rain but level was still high. I guess there must have been some good storms upstream. You can see the big spike on the gauge graph. It has settled down pretty good and looks good right now.

[DanMarino]

Yes, I was surprised how high it was last weekend too, so I stayed away.

[sega]

Have you seen any decent amounts of carp in the CO down that way?

[Mark]

I went by the C & O canal last night. I took the flyrod and some little panfish poppers. Had a blast!

A sunfish in a pond was my first ever catch on a fly rod. I still get a kick out of catching them. I fully understand your joy.

[bunnielab]

I love fishing the canal, however, I hate the traffic between Annapolis and Potomac! I still try and get out there every few weeks. I mostly park at Swain's and walk either north or south. I seem to catch more bass south, but bigger bass north. I defiantly see many more carp to the south.

I am out of town for a month or so but as soon as I get back I want to take a little overnight hiking trip along the canal. Just take it easy and amble along slowly fishing for a day or three. I would love to do a combined river/canal kayak trip but I want to get some more experience under my belt before I try the Potomac.