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One of the things I have always wanted to do is to take a raft trip down the Potomac.
This was accomplished with John Nguyen and our guide, PJ Daley.
And upper Potomac is an understatement. We put in at Westernport MD....a mere 120 miles from Ashburn taking the snakie route. It's 145 miles if you use the big highways. Our take out was in McGoole MD.
What a beautiful stretch of the river!
It did not take long to catch the 1st trout. PJ was showing me the mending technique and hooked up right there before we headed downstream!
John and I both caught one too so all skunks were off.
Then we had a scare in the water....literally!
We were glad there wasn't a body.....
So we floated and caught fish here and there.
I then hooked into a decent fish and it turned out to be a trophy fallfish!
PJ was not as exited as I was but the 15 incher was a beauty to me! I also caught 4-5 more of the little ones.
At 1p, we stopped at the shore for a quick and relaxing lunch. The place is beautiful.
Then we floated and caught some more.....we were looking for some brownies but could not locate one all day.
I spent 5 hours on the road but while the sun was out, it was a nice ride through some gorgeous scenery. Up and down the windy mountain roads kept me alert at the wheel.
This is a must do trip....PJ is a great guide to fish with.....will be back next spring!
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nice!! i was just reading up on trout on the upper upper potomac! sounds like a beautiful day to be on the water or just outside in general.
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AndrewDo124 wrote:
nice!! i was just reading up on trout on the upper upper potomac! sounds like a beautiful day to be on the water or just outside in general.
It was absolutely perfect. Fishing was a little slow (for PJ) but this was a top 10 trip for me. What a rush!
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Nice trip.
I've gone from Pinto to Cumberland - nice streach, not for a raft though with all the rebarb from the old dams.
We targeted rat-pack smallies and got the occational trout on smallie baits.
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Great report, what beautiful area. Love the pic of the flopping trout.
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Great trip and report. Congrats! I was stuck inside all day being stressed. You got me beat!
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Great trip! I've fished the Barnum stretch and the upper and lower savage .... Beautiful surroundings and and top notch fishing.
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That...looks...amazing...
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