Switch Fisher - Bass and Trout Fishing Locations and Trip Reports

Trout - Little Irish Creek (VA - Wild Section)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Ok... need to throw a trout bone to the trout guys in the middle of this hot summer...

Upper Sherando Lake
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Looks like a great family location!

Trout Hike - Davis Mill Creek (VA)
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Road fishing with a remote feel

Trout Hike - Little Irish Creek (VA - Stocked Section)
Monday, May 31, 2010
Another place to go immediately after stocking... don't bother otherwise.

Trout Hike - Back Creek (VA - Sherando Lake)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Another instance of road fishing

Trout Hike - Coles Run Reservoir (VA)
Monday, April 12, 2010
The feeder stream at the southern end of the lake has promise...

Trout Recon - German River (VA)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
A nice, sunny Sunday provides the opportunity to do a recon of the German River

Trout Hike - Paddy Run (VA - Middle Access Point)
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Paddy Run is a pleasant surprise!

Trout Hike - North Creek (VA)
Monday, December 01, 2008
Rough walk with no payoff

Trout Hike - Jennings Creek (VA)
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Jennings Creek = Passage Creek ... just in a different part of the state

Trout Hike - Dan River (VA - Powerhouse Upstream)
Friday, October 24, 2008
Stunning beauty, empty water?

Trout Hike - Little Wilson Creek (VA)
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Little Wilson is a tight, small stream where it slams into Big Wilson Creek in the Grayson Highlands State Park

Trout Recon - Fox Creek (VA)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
I did a drive-by of Fox Creek - it needs further investigation

Trout Hike - Whitetop-Laurel (VA - Upper)
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Virginia Creeper Trails makes for easy walking next to Whitetop-Laurel

Trout Hike - Laurel Run (VA - Goshen Pass)
Monday, March 24, 2008
A hard walk, tough terrain - not much payoff.

Trout Hike - Big Tumbling Creek (VA)
Monday, March 17, 2008
Set aside the "pay to fish" implication and this is a pristine stream in a very scenic environment

Trout Hike - Roaring Run
Monday, November 19, 2007
Looking for trophy trout? Don't look here.

Trout Hike - Smith Creek (Clifton Forge)
Monday, November 05, 2007
Maybe this place is OK right after stocking, but it was a narrow, shallow mess in September when I visited.

Trout Hike - Irish Creek
Monday, June 04, 2007
Irish Creek is bad news - road fishing at it's worst.

Trout Hike - South Fork of the Piney
Monday, May 28, 2007
This place is pocket water on steriods with one drawback - it's road fishing...

Trout Hike - Ramsey's Draft (VA)
Monday, April 23, 2007
We enjoyed three miles of decent brook trout water. Not as good as some of the water in the SNP, but worth the trip

Trout Recon - Cedar Creek
Thursday, April 13, 2006
We had heard good things about Cedar Creek, but was it accessible?

Trout Trip: Buffalo Creek
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Buffalo Creek promises trophy trout... does it deliver?

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