Friday instant time: 5 top Causu streams in Sheroida
I have never encountered catfish I don’t like. Although I was not sure about the feeling of catfish to me, I met a lot in the Shenandoah Valley. From Alleghay to Rockbridge, the valley is Wily Brook Trout, colorful rainbow and hard -raising brown home. Handling with fish is everywhere. The thin blue line across all directions in the area.
Although it is difficult to find a fishing point, some are better than others. The following is my favorite. Therefore, grab your rod, start with a belt on the water -related device, and start casting.
direction:
Take No. 64 State Highway No. 27 to Clifton Forge. From there, enter the town along Highway 60. On the right side of the business avenue, drove to the town left and right at the left and right of Revere Street, and then turned to Highway 606 left and right. Follow 606 until you enter the water plant to the water plant to enter the road.
It is difficult to go to work when you are like a nearby Smith Creek. The stream is easy to reach, and there are some beautiful fish. For some reason, there is no crowded.
Alleghay Creek flows into the Jackson River near the source of the James River. It was blocked for several miles of Clifton FORGE, and catfish ran from the reservoir, which means that the fish is rich.
Traveling to Smith Creek has provided you with many options. You can test some of the larger fish south of the dam, raise catfish in the creek north of the reservoir, or hunt the wild stream catfish in the upper reaches of the reservoir.
If you want to chase a large catfish, stop at the entrance of the Kleffton forged water factory, and then hiking it halfway downstream to the artificial bait part. Here, you will find that the deep swimming pool can cover larger catfish.
Try to drag ribbons near the bottom of these pools, such as black woolen woolen. A 8 -foot leader and a longer pole will help your flies reach the fish.
Dam and reservoir upstream inventory of the Virginia game department. Here, the water is narrow, providing a deep and well shadow swimming pool for the fish. In spring, I achieved the success of 16 elk hair or 14 to 16 wild cocktail nymphs.
The fish here may be smaller, but there are larger fish there. In the last visit, I almost stepped on a 12 -inch catfish.
Farther upstream, the road to the stream is limited, and the trucks cannot store water. In this section, you will find transparent water and local stream catfish.
direction:
Starting from the interstate highway No. 81, Lexingtun exported. Pass the Goshen Pass along the Morri River Road (Highway 39). Soon after the boy’s military camp, you would see these guys running on the left.
If you want to escape for one afternoon, please grab the rod and go to run. The stream of the creek is collected from the mountain stream in the Goshen small Beishan Wildlife Management Zone, brought it into the Mori River, and came out through the Goshen Pass.
The stream is hiking from the road. You can drive to the top of the channel, then fishing, or parking at the bottom and working upstream. The gangs run very small, so you will have more hiking than the actors.
However, even if there are all shrubs, the fishing here is an explosion. The stream catfish explodes from nowhere to your flies.
Sliding to their smaller swimming pools, throwing 16 to 18 rings or blue wing olives. If you have four actors and do not strike, it may be time to enter the next swimming pool.
The Brook catfish here is small, but a good day here may be fishing on fish of six to eight inches. The most important thing is that I haven’t met another fisherman when I run.
direction:
Exit along No. 81 State Highway to Lexingtun, Virginia, and then passing the Goshen West along Highway 39 to the west, and passing the warm spring to Highway 621. Turn right on 621, and then follow a hidden valley park logo near Highway 615. The road ends at the end of the gravel. In addition to state fishing permits, you also need national forest licenses to fish hidden valleys.
In 1858, Judge James Warwick built his mansion in the Jackson River’s secluded hidden valley. Warwick Estate has been restored to bed rest time. To this day, it is still the only evidence of the civilization of hidden valleys.
Leave Wallk’s mansion, you will find that you have only a few trails and some of the best catfish fishing in Virginia.
After arriving in Jackson, take the path to the right, and then trek the upstream. The initial extension of the river was regularly stored in spring, but it was caught quickly with a rotating foot wheel with living bait.
If there is an inventory recently, the rainbow catfish is sitting in a deep pool at the far end of the river. You can land by wading and throwing a ribbon, such as No. 9 black wool bug to land. If you are hunting the riser, wait until near the dusk, when a large number of Mayfly rotor is painted to the ground. Try the goose pen Gordon in March and April.
However, if you can resist the impulse to start casting immediately, continue to hiking up to the suspension bridge and human bait. The farther you get, the better the fishing. I spent the whole afternoon in the muddy running and did not meet a fisherman.
In a special regulatory area, it can grow to 20 inches with Rainbow catfish. The fish in the river enjoys the cold water of Jackson’s spring water. Wading and feeling these cool places, and then start casting.
Later in the summer, fishing in the muddy running area may be very spots. The fisherman reports that the game department has been difficult to store in the past, and high water temperature may limit fishing.
direction:
Take i-81 exported to Steree’s tavern 205 and turn right on Highway 606. Follow 606 until intersection with Highway 11. Crossing the Nanhe River, then turned left to Highway 68. Drive along Highway 68 because it passes under the railway trestle. It is not far after hanging on the right side of the trestle bridge on San Mary Road (Highway 42). Pay attention to Saint Mary until the end of the parking lot.
Entering Saint Mary, it is easy to see why many people think that this river is the best fly fishing point on the East Coast. Because this stream is one of the most beautiful canyons in the state, it provided enough rainbow and local Brook catfish to fishermen from all over the country.
Unfortunately, the mining in the canyon and sour rain damaged the stream. With the decline of pH, the productivity of the catfish population and the stream has been lost. In 1999, the helicopter of the game department made helicopters on the 140 -ton limestone beach to help restore water.
It has always been hopeful. San Mary now has a large number of Hardy Brook catfish and restores most of its previous productivity.
The stream is a challenge for fishing. The bottom of the stream is mainly quartz, and it is easy to lose a foothold on smooth rocks. Use the trail along the river, or want to put on the buttocks of Teakettle several times. Creek catfish is small and easy to scare.
However, if you can land on Wild Creek catfish on St. Mary Island, then this job is worth it. Wild Creek catfish is the biggest treasure of Xie Nanda’s valley.
Capture the pool covered by vegetation near the stream side with accurate castings. I succeeded in fruit flies, such as 12 elk hair, Elk Hair Caddis or the dryness of the 16th Adam. Some fishermen also reported the success of using smaller copper Narcus.
Saint Mary is best fishing in early and spring. Later in the season, the water temperature of the stream rose and the water level decreased.
Also pay attention to the snake snake.
direction:
Take i-81 to Lexingtun, and then Highway No. 251, No. 11, USA, to Lake Robertson. After 251, continue to enter Highway 677 and turn left on Highway 612.
To fishing Buffalo Creek, you need a free license for VDGIF. You can obtain one by sending self -adsorption and sealing envelopes to the Fisheries’s Virginia Games and inland fisheries. BOX 996 Verona, VA 24482.
Buffalo is a random stream. It hovers on farms and pastures and collects width because it collects water from the spring water in the area. This little river welcomes the fishermen from the road without pain on the road, and the open space forgives the wrong actor. However, the most attractive is catfish.
The spring water maintained at the later summer, and a large amount of insects fed the catfish of Buffalo. Fish grows rapidly, and it is not uncommon to get 17 -inch prizes in this section. However, due to the popularity of the stream, the fish here tends to expose the flies. You must work hard.
In the early spring, a cycle occurred along the stream. Small fishing pools, 16 to 20 blue -winged olives or 12 to 14 goose hair Sieden are a safe choice.
It will not be stemfast for a few days on the Buffalo sturgeon for a few days. If you are notorious, please tie it to the bug to see if your luck has improved.
If you are hunting a larger fish, please tie it to the black band, such as Shenk’s black sculpin and some wider menu in the stream. You may get a trophy, but if you come back, please don’t be surprised.
Large private areas make fishing in Buffalo Creek. Read the sign of the post; the owner tends to treat them seriously here.
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