Documentary Series about Fly-Fishing in Virginia

[marcusd...@gmail.com]

Hello all,

My name is Marcus Domson and I am a junior at St.Anselm's Abbey School in DC.  I have been fishing and fly-fishing my whole life and consider it to be one of my favorite passions.  I am currently working on an independent study project surrounding my film and environmental science classes.  In this project I am going to be making a documentary series about fishing (specifically fly-fishing) in Virginia.  This will all be done with money out of my own pocket and the videos will be posted to Youtube with no profit for myself.  I am posting this to ask you all for any advice or help you can give me.  I will try to make an episode for each spot that I visit.  I have a few spots in mind but if any of you think that fly-fishing in Virginia would not be complete without a specific river, lake, hatch cycle, etc. please don't hesitate to let me know.  I plan on releasing the videos around next fall while filming through this spring and summer.

Thank you all for your input,

Marcus

[Yambag Nelson]

Cool project.  I would think some "musts" would be:

Brook Trout in Shenandoah national park (This would be number one for me,  Virginias only native trout)

Spring Creek Fishing in Shenandoah Valley (Mossy Creek)

Bass fishing on the Shenandoah or James

Shad Fishing on the Potomac (or could do rappahanock if Potomac is too DC)

Those would be my top 4.  Other options would be

4 mile run/gravelly/point/tidal basin (urban fishing)

Jackson (tailwater and you could talk about the land owner issues)

Anyway, those are just some ideas.

[HeaveToo]

You should definitely plan a float down the Rappahannock, James, Shenandoah, and New Rivers.  Those are great small mouth fishing areas.

If you do some filming during the summer you should hit some of the known red fisheries

Another thought is that in April the snakehead, shad, and stripers all run into the Occoquan River, to the back part of the river.  That would be close to home and give you some great filming opportunities.  You would have to have a canoe or kayak to reach this area as there is no LEGAL land access.

You may also check with others on this board that are experts in certain areas.  They may be willing to meet up with you to fish some areas.

[Andrew Sarcinello]

Hey Marcus,

I have a few ideas in mind for some brook trout adventures in the mountains this spring/early summer - talking remote, rarely fished places.  If you would be interested in tagging along and filming and fishing, let me know.  Can see if your ideas mesh with what I have planned.  Feel free to shoot me a private message/email.  

As for other species of fish in VA and the best spots for those, I defer to the rest of the gang.  Still learning - just moved here a little over two years ago after college.

-Andrew

On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 10:00:27 PM UTC-4, marcusd...@gmail.com wrote:

[marcusd...@gmail.com]

Thanks for all the input.  I will probably be making a few additions to my list.

[Scott Stankus]

I haven't seen anyone mention Musky yet... that would also be an excellent choice! Contact Matt Miles... I haven't been out with him yet, but I know a few people on here that have been, and I've heard nothing but good things!

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[Nicholas Gurley]

I second Yambag Nelson - don't forget the rather unique urban fishing (4MR) you can find in Northern Virginia!  I imagine that you could get some pretty neat footage doing it.