Planning Saturday - How is the Confluence lately?

[Matt S.]

Shirking home duties this Sat and weighing the merits of driving down and fishing the Confluence near Fredericksburg. Weather should be hot and monsoon-free for a few days and the gauges look good so I'd anticipate water levels would be ok. But it's hot, and maybe too low? Anyone tried it lately? Action has been so-so for me on local ponds this past month and I think some (ok even one) nice smallmouth would be a step in the right direction.

Mossy was another consideration though fish there are hard earned... Or maybe put my canoe I at Riverbend Park. Yet another thought was to check out the "Tenkara Jam" up in MD, and maybe scout a new spot or something. So thoughts on that are welcome too.
Asking as I'm not mowing the lawn or folding socks it'll be a good day.

[TurbineBlade]

I actually don't fold socks anymore - I just stick 'em in the drawer!  

I know all about the Tenkara Jam, and how to get out of it.....sometimes it ain't pretty.  Of course, prevention is far easier!  If you run a thimble of corn oil around the rim of the bucket before you sit, you'll avoid the issue.  

Otherwise, if one person holds the bucket and the other holds the person's arms, you can break 'em loose....just like fly rod ferrules.  

A nice group of tenkara fishers...before it was hippie-cool:

Gene

[Matt S.]

Ha!

Yeah although I am contemplating getting one for my kid (he can't have mine) and was curious to see what's available in terms of lines, it occurred to me maybe it'd be a bit like walking into a Moonie convention. By choice no less. Maybe that's mean and irrational and i love my Tenkaras, but I'd much rather be on the water.

[Andy Thomas]

Same here.  The guys at Great Feathers are great (pun intended), but spending $50-75 to see some products I've already seen and here a few speakers seems like a bit much.  I also don't believe there is enough there to warrant two full days.  Either way, I'm with you, I'd rather be on the water given that my time is limited as it is, and it will save my wife from getting pissed at me for buying more stuff I don't need.