White Oak

[Justin Schiavone]

Smoked a few brooks this weekend camping on white oak. Stimulaters and elk hair cadis did the trick for Jeremy and I.

Tight lines,

Justin

[Ryan DiAndrea]

Is White Oak Canyon all back country camping? As in pick your spot? Or are there designated camping sites?

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[TurbineBlade]

Nice pictures!  

A #8-10 stimulator is a great match for a standard nut from a sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) -

Gene (cat-o-nine tails) TurbineBlade

[TurbineBlade]

BTW -- how is smoked brook trout?  

Gene

[Justin Schiavone]

@ Ryan- So the camping is back country style on the first leg of the trail. There are camps at the foot of the mountain that you can rent as well.

Gene- wait so brookies actually eat the sweet gum nut, or are you joshin? Do you think they're enjoy trail mix?

Also, when I say "smoked" I mean it as a verb for merking brook trou. All natives were caught and released.

Jeremy caught a very big stocked trout down stream on the Robinson though. It was well over 20 inches and caught with a hot spot fox squirl nymph. We did smoke that bad boy with some oak and It was good.

[Ashley Frohwein]

Were you near the upper parking lot? I fished whiteoak yesterday from the bottom and the water was crazy low.

On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 9:06:58 PM UTC-4, Justin Schiavone wrote:

[Justin Schiavone]

We were not close to the top. We fished the middle section that isn't right on the trail. It was very low and very challenging but we got lucky. If you know where the hole is just below the fallen trees, right there in the middle section, that's where we landed four big brooks over ten. Which was phenomenal. I hope you got some action!

[Jeremy Maggio]

Here's a few more pictures from the weekend. We had a blast catching brookies on dry flies at White Oak Canyon which was a first for me. I also got into 20+ incher on the Robinson River (the picture doesn't do it much justice but it was a blast). 

Tight lines,

Jeremy

[Jeremy Maggio]

And the rest

[Dalton Terrell]

Ryan,

To further answer your question on camping, this map from NPS has some cryptic rules on backcountry camping near Whiteoak Canyon: http://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/upload/whiteoak_canyon_area.pdf 

When you combine this with other regulations (including no camping 1/4 mile from road or park boundary), it would appear that you have to pitch your tent above the White Oak fire road.

Dalton

[Ryan DiAndrea]

Thanks Guys.  Ya they definitely don't make this easy. It's a little harder than I thought it would be to find a place to camp AND fish.  I'm still planning on camping along Rapidan road at some point.

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[Justin Schiavone]

I was going to suggest that. I camp at the lower section (off 662) of the Rapidan and it's pretty sweet. Plus in a month or so that area is loaded with raspberries. Catch a few brookies, crush some berries. That's called winning.

[Ryan DiAndrea]

That's winning in my book. Thanks for the advice brother.

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Justin Schiavone <justin.m....@gmail.com> wrote:

I was going to suggest that. I camp at the lower section (off 662) of the Rapidan and it's pretty sweet. Plus in a month or so that area is loaded with raspberries. Catch a few brookies, crush some berries. That's called winning.

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[Jeremy Maggio]

I'm not sure if Justin enjoys the brookies or the raspberries more when we fish the Rapidan.. lately all he talks about are the berries. If you do go to the Rapidan watch your steps as there a lot of snakes in that area. Otherwise you should be in for a great camping/fishing trip.

On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 3:27:45 PM UTC-4, Ryan D wrote:

That's winning in my book. Thanks for the advice brother.

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Justin Schiavone <justin.m....@gmail.com> wrote:

I was going to suggest that. I camp at the lower section (off 662) of the Rapidan and it's pretty sweet. Plus in a month or so that area is loaded with raspberries. Catch a few brookies, crush some berries. That's called winning.

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[namfos]

Not quite sure what it is, but I particularly like how 041 and 042  are composed.

Mark

[Jeremy Maggio]

Mark- I also think those are some of my favorite shots from the weekend. They kind of embody everything I like about fly fishing for trout- a beautiful piece of water, being in-tune with your surroundings, and sneaking up on some spooky fish. That log jam made for one hell of a back drop too.

[Justin Schiavone]

You like those ones too Mark? I thought they were nice snaps, and with an eye-fin phone camera ta boot.

 

We took four brookies on that run. I couldn't believe it. One was feeding in a very difficult lane, but we were able to put a fly  over his head and he ate. It was amazing.

 

Small streams are tough but 'the hotter the battle the sweeter Jah victory' as ol Bob would say.

[namfos]

Jeremy and Justin, the duppy conquerors:

Those "nice snaps" would make an excellent illustration for a blog post or article about fishing the Blue Ridge, esp. SNP environs. Only thing that might have made them more interesting would have been to lose the blue shirt and while hat for camo. ;-) 

It might also be fun to fool around with these pics in photo editing software - solarize them, vintage them, whatever.

Mark

[Justin Schiavone]

Mark,

Thank you for the kind words. We are definitely dubby conquerors, soul adventurers- night and day. Perhaps we will write this up and see what we can do with it. If you want direct message one of us if you'd like to help.

Js

[namfos]

Just screwin' around with Picasa...

Mark

[namfos]

And a couple more

Mark

[Justin Schiavone]

Nice dude, those are sweet!

[namfos]

Me? The guy who can induce camera shake in nearly every snap? You flatter me. 

You know how it's been said that if you had enough chimpanzees pounding away at keyboards you might get a Hamlet or a Macbeth as a result? Well that's my level of photo effects editing. I twiddle dials randomly and if I like it I "save as."

;-)

Mark