Collin,
As an angler who has never caught a fish on a wooley bugger, I feel your pain. For some of us, the planets just don't align; some of us hold our mouths funny; sometimes our genetic makeup gets in the way....fishing has so many variables, and so much has to go right, that it's possible to fall through the cracks in the universe (and have no one believe that it's possible!)
This is gonna hurt Collin … I’ve actually caught some nice bass just walking along the basin wall with my fly in the water J
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Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: I must be the worst fisher of the Todal Basin
Without seeing what you are doing it's hard to know. Are you fishing in areas that hold fish? Leader? Keeping a tight line during retrieve? You don't always need actually "cast" either -- I've never fished the basin, but can envision you plucking a few fish here and there simply by using your fly rod as a cane pole (e.g., "dapping") in the vicinity of some hungry fish.
Sorry to get off topic - can't help you with the tidal basin.