Long reply- but it has been a wild year, and in a different area than most of you, so I think this long summary is warranted. I like reading everyone else's stories and I don't mean to center the thread on MY trips - I just had a LOT of different and unusual memories this year.
I moved to the DC area just over a year ago, and didn't know what to expect in terms of fishing. What I got has been an incredible variety of fly fishing experiences.
First good memory this year: Shad run on the Potomac, literally in DC. Anyone within reasonable driving distance should give it a shot, it is one of the most fun things I've ever done. THOUSANDS of aggressive, strong ocean fish stacked on top of each other in the nation's capitol.
The trout game took me longer to figure out, I kept trying to find streams less than an hour drive from my place. They don't really exist, though I found a very small number of decent sized wild browns scattered around. Finally I decided to drive the extra 15 minutes to Catoctin Mountain, and the fishing there has been good enough that I never returned to those marginal streams. There are few streams there that I didn't explore this summer and fall, often with friends and twice with my dad. Those were the best days.
Mix in a few long day trips to Shenandoah National Park, and I'm satisfied with trout fishing in the DC vicinity. A typical day for me in SNP involves a minimum 30 minute hike one way (sometimes over an hour) to any tributary of the more popular streams in the park, and getting rewarded with as many brook trout as I've ever caught anywhere. Plus waterfalls...lots and lots of waterfalls. The last outing led me to a 50 footer that doesn't have a single trail around for a mile in any direction.
To top it off, I'm close to a trio of great bass rivers - the Shenandoah, Monocacy, and Potomac. I've had great days on the first two, but have not yet cracked the code on Potomac bass. I LOVE smallies on the fly, and it is a challenge I am still FAR from consistently solving.
Even the unsuccessful snakehead hunts in the tidal Potomac made for some great stories!
Top memory- catching a wild tiger in a Catoctin Mountain stream, with my dad there to see it.
The exploration of new water in a new region was the main goal this year...I've done enough that I know where to go and not go next year! Bring on 2016!