Rules:

1. The person who checks off the greatest number of species from the list below by the end of the year is the winner. (In case that’s unclear, you just have to get one of each to check them off the list – the point is to get through the list as fast as you can.) In the event of a tie, the person who checked them off and posted them first is the winner.

-carp

-gar

-catfish

-largemouth bass

-smallmouth bass

-striped bass

-American shad

-hickory shad

-crappie
-snakehead

2. Boundaries of the competition will be Potomac River and its tributaries (including the canal) from Great Falls to Dogue Creek.

3. All fish must be photographed and posted on the “Potomac River Wild Fish Challenge” group on tu.org.

4. Competition is open to TU staff, trustees and distinguished alumni.

5. First person to catch every species on the list wins a fly rod.

6. Fly fishing only.

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blog BY chris_wood ON August 21 - 1 COMMENTS

Fishing a Great Perspective Builder

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Fishing is a great perspective builder. So it was yesterday when Keith Curley, TU’s director of government affairs, and I snuck out of the office and biked eight miles down the Potomac River to cast flies for carp, catfish and gar. Now, I realize that carp, gar and cats are not trout or salmon; [ READ MORE... ]

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