Once upon a time the big decision was either to drive 20 minutes to the Potomac or 20 minutes to the Shenandoah for the better smallmouth fishing; which use to produce some of those a bass-a-cast 2 hours in the river and 1 hour in the bar evenings. Sometimes, later in the summer when it was better just to enjoy the upper 70's water temps in the 90+ heat & 90+ humidity; just sat on a rock in the river & let the fly drift downstream, which inevitably led to another bass on the line without even fishing it....but then the decision was when would I have to reel it in to release it