4MR at Bluemont Park

[Jamie Carracher]

My company is having a work function there next week, and I saw on the website there is fishing. I did a search on the forum and didn't see any mention of this park. Has anyone ever been around there and is it worth it to trying fishing with a fly rod?

[Bamboo Ed]

Don't bother

[TurbineBlade]

It might be worth taking a look if you're right there, but generally I understand from Rob that as you get above Mt. Vernon Ave. the water gets pretty skinny.  There might not be "fishing sized" fish up there.  

Oddly, I recall about 6 years (or 7) ago when they used to stock the upper 4MR with trout.  We biked through there one day and saw a lot of people with their kids out there fishing for trout.  I assume this program was abandoned either due to poaching or feasibility.  

Gene

On Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 7:25:39 AM UTC-4, Bamboo Ed wrote:

Don't bother

[Brendan]

kinda want to prank you and tell you to bring waders and an 8wt, but there's nothing in the water there besides eels. 

As far as the trout, the $2,500 they used to spend on kids fishing day was cut from the county budget as wasteful/trivial spending...  Funny how this was around the same time the county started building million dollar bus stops and multimillion dollar dog parks. 

[Jamie Carracher]

Thanks for the honesty, y'all!