I am very fortunate to have the day off today, so this morning VA and I decided to set out on foot and measure just how close we live to the nearest fly rod fishery! We have actually fished this little stretch of Little Rocky Run many times before on family walks, but it had never occurred to us to count the steps until Trent told his story. So we strung up our little three weight, grabbed 5 dry flies, some tippet, and my little scissors/forceps and crested the threshold - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9..........
It took us 1030 steps to get to the bridge overlooking the water where we could see the occasional fish darting around. VA took a moment on the bridge to do, well, what all fly fishers do and survey the situation. Another 60 steps and we were off the bridge and had rounded the corner to start our descent - 1091,1092,1093.......
At 1118, we got to a good place for VA to sit, and 4 more steps put me on a solid, level, dry patch that gave me a good angle up the stream. About four casts in my Parachute Adams disappeared in a swirl and I had the first fish on!
Front door to fish on - 1122 STEPS!!!!!!!!!!!
Fascinated as always, VA helped me land the fish and we both looked at its colors for a bit before letting it swim away. The next little guy she actually wanted to hold and did so until he wriggled loose and went lippity, lippity, not very fast back to the water (Peter Rabbit reference for those who haven't read it in a while!). At this point, my beautiful girl requested that I catch one with purple and pink spots, and I told her I would try. Instead, I managed a very cool little Rock Bass with brilliant blue accents. We decided he was pretty enough, and after he swam off we climbed back up the bank and started our walk home.
While there was no need to count the steps home, I did observe that VA takes approx. 1.87 steps for every one of mine, so if she had undertaken this endeavor on her own the total step count would have been around 2098. That's still very good!
So come on folks, let's hear a few more stories - take a walk! Take a kid, or a spouse, or a friend, or significant other, or just go solo! Smile as people stare at you for looking pretty out of place, walking down the sidewalk or roadside with a fly rod strung up. If they ask, let them know what you are doing and tell them about the club and our unique perspective. Most important, HAVE FUN WITH IT!!!!! I look forward to more reports!
Dan (and Virginia) Davala
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Eric Y. <theericyoung@gmail.com> wrote:
Pretty good idea going on here... I just tried it this morning. 48 steps for a sunny and 53 steps for a small LMB. I'm cheating though - I'm at my folk's farm visiting for fathers' day yesterday and my mother's birthday tomorrow.--To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/-/RQcnz_td-mcJ.
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