I lived in DC for 10 years back in the 90's and fished this stream probably a half dozen times. I managed to catch two of those wild browns. I spotted one rising to something too small to see and got it to take a reverse-tied midge on the surface. The other hit a simple foam beetle pattern with a yellow foam shell that I blind cast around some rocks expecting bluegills to hit it. These fish were small and silvery but definitely brown trout. That silvery cast to their coloration was an indication that the water conditions were not ideal even back then.
Most times I fished the place there were bluegills and chubs that were willing to hit nymphs, streamers, and generic dries and terrestrials. Didn't go out there often because there is so much other good fishing in the DC area, but every now and then the idea of catching a wild brown wading into a stream that flowed through a greenway park while hikers and bikers stared in disbelief was too hard to resist.
I live in Columbia, SC now where we have a large river full of stocked trout, introduced smallmouth bass, and a native population of landlocked striped bass flowing through town. I haven't gotten up to DC much in recent years and the times I have I haven't had as much time to fish as I would have liked. Makes me want to get up there this spring and walk the Tidal Basin for a few hours with fly rod in hand casting for crappies and bass.
On Monday, April 4, 2011 at 10:20:52 PM UTC-4, Reno wrote:
-- Most times I fished the place there were bluegills and chubs that were willing to hit nymphs, streamers, and generic dries and terrestrials. Didn't go out there often because there is so much other good fishing in the DC area, but every now and then the idea of catching a wild brown wading into a stream that flowed through a greenway park while hikers and bikers stared in disbelief was too hard to resist.
I live in Columbia, SC now where we have a large river full of stocked trout, introduced smallmouth bass, and a native population of landlocked striped bass flowing through town. I haven't gotten up to DC much in recent years and the times I have I haven't had as much time to fish as I would have liked. Makes me want to get up there this spring and walk the Tidal Basin for a few hours with fly rod in hand casting for crappies and bass.
On Monday, April 4, 2011 at 10:20:52 PM UTC-4, Reno wrote:
Has anybody ever tried their luck with this little stream in Montgomery County? I've got a few hours on Saturday morning, and the idea of a self-sustaining brown trout population so near DC is pretty hard to resist. On top of that, a friend and I got our first tight lines of the year last weekend, and now we both have the fever.
I have tried to find some information on the internet, but there is precious little out there. It seems like the browns are small and hard to find. If we strike out with them, will we still manage to find something that will chase a fly? Anybody who has an experience they're willing. to share is appreciated.
http://www.tpfr.org
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