Earlier this year I did a run out to the Robinson with the intent of looking for public access points to the river. But first, I had to get a fishing fix and made a beeline to the section below the Rt 231 bridge.  That was a great time until my rod tip broke and I did not have a backup rig with me (see review for the FFB Mountain Pack Rod for a solution). Totally depressed, I slogged back out, hopped into the truck and thought about how I could recover the day. I realized I had my collapsible spin rod in the back of the truck and that would be the tool I would use for the remainder of his fishing trip. I grabbed the map and looked for places where the road crossed the Robinson and discovered the Rt 632 bridge a number of miles downstream. When I arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to find a well developed turnoff on the north side of the bridge with no posted signs and direct access to the river. I rigged up a Panther Martin and headed into the water via the beaten trail next to the bridge to discover a good hole that had plenty of fallfish and I amused myself for about a half hour pulling them in on a silver colored flasher. Boring with that, I turned my attention upstream and waded along the bank at river right. Not bad! The water was fairly deep but, this early in the spring, was still murky; preventing me from taking a close look at the structure (or lack thereof) on the bottom.  I had the sense that the bottom was fairly sandy in the area immediately upstream of the bridge. I flipped the spinner in a number of different directions and was only successful in catching sunfish and a few more fallfish. Around the corner, the river runs upstream to a small gradient break that presented a better picture. The bottom in this area was rocky with a great-looking bank on river right (south side).  It featured plenty of overhanging vegetation with deep holes that were unwadeable. There were tangled bushes and fallen logs leaning into the stream. The bank at river left was steep and grassy with no interesting structure to speak of.  I waded upstream in the center of the river to the gradient break without any further success. Since I wanted to see what lay downstream, I abandoned my upstream attack even though it looked promising up near an island I could see in the distance and walked back to the truck. Bottom Line: The spot bears a return visit. I need to see this when the water is clearer to check out the bottom structure. Upstream beyond the gradient break, the river gets wide and looks like it may be good but I have the horrible memory of Lilliard’s Ford in the back of my mind and I wonder if most of the river downstream from that point to here is sandy and unproductive.	Pressure Trout Size N/A Physical Fitness Bass Size Unk Access Regulations Hard to Find Stocking Scenery Overall Remember to refer to my rating explanations - these are based on what I look for - so RED for Physical Fitness translates to easy physically - you do not need to be in shape to fish this section.  I prefer terrain that is tough to get into and out of. Getting There: Take Rt 29 south from Culpeper and turn north on VA 634 at Locust Dale.  Follow it to VA 632 and turn north (right).  Go across the bridge and park in the large turnoff. Google Local Coordinates: 38.381206,-78.148992 Secrets Revealed?  No.  The Robinson is well known and documented on the VDGIF site. Date Fished: 05/16/2009 Tell a friend about this article by clicking on this link
Upstream to the bridge	Downstream from the bridge
Around the corner - note good structure on left	Upstream from the gradient break