Buffalo Creek: Located near Colliertown in Rockbridge County. A pastoral stream. There are two sections: Stocked with Rainbows and Browns. There is some natural reproduction.  A few Brookies in one stretch. Can be fished in the spring, fall and winter. Good water levels year around though somewhat low in summer. We guide on all of this water as we have scouted and fished every mile. A free landowner pass is required from the VDGIF. Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

St.Mary's: Located off of Rt.11 in Augusta County. A mountain Stream. Native Brook Trout and a few Wild Rainbows. Best fishing is spring, autumn and winter. Located in the Wilderness Area. Major hurricane damage in fall 2003. Middle section very difficult to fish as stream was broken into multiple fingers. Long hike to falls. Difficult hiking. Best fished in the spring, winter and fall. Autumn fishing dependant on September rains. We guide on all the stretches of St. Mary's where the better trout population is. The better days are six hours out. We have fished from the most lower section to well above all three falls. Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

Rose River: Located in the Shenandoah National Park in Madison County. A mountain stream. Good water flow year around. Best fishing in spring, autumn and winter. Native Brook trout. A hard and long hike to the better secluded sections. A great place on  very warm days as the lower temperatures are a welcome once late-April and May hit. Plan for a full day including driving time. There is plenty of hiking, water and trout. A very high gradient water with large boulders to climb around. We guide on the Rove River as a full day. Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

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South Branch Potomac: Located off of Rt.220 in Highland County. Stocked Trout water. A pastoral setting. Hatchery raised Rainbows and Browns. Best fishing in spring, autumn and winter. Many miles of water, some areas better than others. Lower section has high pressure. Upper section has lower pressure but more difficult fishing. Good water level year around. We guide on the entire stretch of many miles of the Potomac. Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

Jackson River: Located in Hidden Valley, Gathright Dam, Warm Springs to Monterey and Covington (Highland and Bath County). Special Regulation Trophy Trout stream and stocked put-n-take waters. A mountain and pastoral stream. Species are Rainbow and Brown trout. Warm water species Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass and Redbreast Sunfish. Best fished in spring, autumn and winter for trout, and summer for warm water species, though anglers can use Grasshoppers to attract both trout and bass during the summer. We guide on the entire special regulation section of Jackson River as a full day and scout this water yearly to follow structure changes.  Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

Conway River: Located in the Shenandoah National Park between the Madison and Greene County.  Wild Brown trout are the primary species in the lower Conway with Native Brook trout dominating in the middle and upper sections.  High gradient stream in the lower leading to a slower, wider stretch farther up, then back to a high gradient water. We guide on the Conway as a full day (or at least six hours). Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

Devil's Ditch: Located in the Shenandoah National Park in Greene County. Home of Native Brook trout. High gradient stream. One mile above the lower parking area for the Conway River. We guide full days on Devil's Ditch starting with the Conway. Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

Pocosin Run: Located in the Shenandoah National Park in Greene County.  Native Brook trout throughout. A narrow, high gradient stream with nice pools. Lots of hiking and work required when fishing the Pocosin. We guide on the Pocosin as a full day (or at least six hours). Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

Conway/Devils Ditch: Located in the Shenandoah National Park in Madison and Greene County.  A unique image that shows the confluence of the Conway River and Devils Ditch. Devils Ditch enters from the two small plunge pools from the left edge of the image moving to the center as the Conway River is represented by the two small plunge pools from the right edge of the image moving toward left-center.  Fishing is 100% native Brook Trout. As mentioned above, we do these streams as a full day (or at least 6 hours). Click for GUIDING or INSTRUCTIONS.

Legend

MOSSY CREEK (PRIVATE):  The private stretch of Mossy Creek is owned by Amish people who lease it out. The Rainbow trout that are stocked there are not capable of sustaining their own lives without daily artificial means.  Therefore, the Amish people and automatic feeders keep the trout alive with daily feedings (like at a hatchery).  This feeding also keeps the trout from moving into the nearby public stretch.  Without these daily feedings there would be no trout population in the private section.

HISTORY of MOSSY CREEK: There is only one strain of Brown trout that has been successfully stocked that is self-sustaining and grows at a high rate for many years, and they are stocked in the Public stretch and receive no artificial support. All other strains of Browns, Rainbows and Brooks have failed to survive on all sections of Mossy, public and private. The water composition is not conducive to trout survival to any trout other than the one strain of Brown that is stocked in the public section by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF).

...Source: Coldwater Fisheries Biologist, VDGIF

OUR VIEW - PUBLIC SECTION: Though the angling is tough and success comes hard, the educational and informational aspect will help increase your knowledge base for most other trout waters you will eventually visit, something that is missing in an artificial setting with daily artificial feedings.  If you wish to learn more about trout and trout fishing and enjoy a realistic challenge, we invite you to book a few hours with us on the public stretch of Mossy Creek for trout that sustain their own existence and eventually take on wild colors and wild characteristics. To consider booking, click HERE.

To see a six second video clip of a late evening sunset on the PUBLIC section of Mossy Creek, click HERE. (Please have your speakers on and volume up)