Who would ever think about brook trout fishing in Fredericksburg Va? Brook trout in Fredericksburg? Brook trout in Virginia?
After fishing for trout in New Brunswick Canada, Montanta, and Wyoming, I can tell you that one can have a great day of fishing in Virginia. No, not Fredericksburg (along the Rapahannock River) but in Syria. Yes, Syria Virginia! Not far from the Graves Mountain Lodge one can find some mighty nice brook trout fishing.
Yesterday morning "The Boyz" left Fredericksburg Virginia at about 0900 (9:00am) and drove to a stop along the dirt road that follows (roughly) the Rapidan River as it flows toward the Chesapeake. Rough terrain to say the least. We stopped at a place that is not too far from the Hoover Camp. Incidentally, the Camp is a National Historic Landmark.
By the time we were "hooked up" it was about 1030 and after a few minutes walk we were all in the stream ready to catch the brookies.
Many are the times that I have forgotten to bring along my digital camera when we hit the streams. Yesterday was not one of them. I wanted to be able to share my day with all of you Active Rainers. And as they say, "the proof is in the puddin'."
Ladies and gentlemen, the Virginia Brook Trout!
Just so "The Boyz" don't feel left out, here they are in one of their finest moments of the day: you are looking at "Rickey", "Mikey", "Ben Jammin'" and (behind the gentle giant) "Spitless."
And, finally, just to give you all an appreciation of the beauty of a Virginia trout stream, some pictures of the Rapidan River in April of 2007.
If you ever meet another one of "The Boyz" don't ask them about the ending to our fishing day!
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