Any suggestions or experiences of what works well on the Potomac?

Well, normally I use a heavily weighted, 5" long, Murrays Hellgrammite on a
sink tip line that I've cut all but 5 foot of the sink tip off. With a
three foot straight leader of 8 pound mono as the terminal tackle. Go out
with a couple extra flies in my pocket, extra mono and some forceps. That
works all day. Until this year.
I fished a little downstream of where you were this evening with Allen Epps
and his buddy Todd. It was brutal. Code Red air quality and 100 degree
temp. Found myself setting the vest on a rock, standing in the water, cast,
dip down to my chin, and retrieve from that position. Allen mentioned the
line from Blazing Saddles "you all act like its 126 degrees out here, but it
can't be any more than 114."
Your buddy must have put some special stuff on his lure to get the fish.
Nothing was moving. I've heard others say the same. The Shenandoah and the
Susquehanna have both suffered fishkills of the adult bass population. I'm
hoping that the same hasn't happened on the Pot-O-Mac.
I also noticed that the weed beds are gone. Didn't get to fish the river
last year as the rain kept the level up above safe wading levels. I'm
wondering if Hurricane Izabel may have scoured the river more than I
thought.
Good luck.

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Frank Reid
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