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Father's day I got the free pass for the morning to hit the water. I was planning on launching down at PLO and than quickly realized that it was a 1.5hr drive and the wind gusts were supposed to be 10-15kts, so I decided to hit up Mattawoman Creek instead. I launched at the bridge at Rt. 225 around 0600 and proceeded to head down stream. The ebb was just enough I didn't have to portage but I did scrape on the fallen trees a few times. I was primarily using my fly rod with a deer hair popper and had pretty good luck with the LMB, I was really hoping for a SH on the fly, unfortunately that didn't happen. Here are some pics of the LMB I was able to bring in...
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Somehow I got some condensation on the lens so the last two pictures didn't show up as clearly as I had hoped. The water was like glass up until about 10am, it was really serene.
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Once the topwater bite slowed down I headed over to the retaining wall by the rail trail and anchored up just outside the 8-10ft channel. I managed to pull three cats out in about an hour ranging from 15-24" and than headed back upstream. Unfortunately, my GoPro had died by this time so I wasn't able to take any pics. Overall, it was a productive day, definitely looking forward to going out again!
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Somehow I got some condensation on the lens so the last two pictures didn't show up as clearly as I had hoped. The water was like glass up until about 10am, it was really serene.
GoPro 004.jpgGoPro 006.jpgGoPro 007.jpgGoPro 008.jpg
Once the topwater bite slowed down I headed over to the retaining wall by the rail trail and anchored up just outside the 8-10ft channel. I managed to pull three cats out in about an hour ranging from 15-24" and than headed back upstream. Unfortunately, my GoPro had died by this time so I wasn't able to take any pics. Overall, it was a productive day, definitely looking forward to going out again!
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