Good spots to target on Upper Passage Creek?

[Gregg Rockett]

I see that DWR stocked National Park waters of Upper Passage Creek a week ago.  If any forum contributors would be willing to provide general guidance as to which areas to best park/target, it would be greatly appreciated.  Understand that I am no looking for any secrets to be given away!

[Carl Z.]

VA doesn't hide where they stock.  Look at the locations they dump the fish and then find the appropriate access points.  
As always, hiking in a bit gives better results.

Harray Murray's book on trout fishing in shenandoah national park might have a section on GWNF (but I can't remember)  I know one of the books has it.

Carl

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On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 12:58 PM Gregg Rockett <grock...@gmail.com> wrote:

I see that DWR stocked National Park waters of Upper Passage Creek a week ago.  If any forum contributors would be willing to provide general guidance as to which areas to best park/target, it would be greatly appreciated.  Understand that I am no looking for any secrets to be given away!

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[Gregg Rockett]

Thanks for the intel, Carl.

[Daniel Lazenby]

Gregg,

This may be too late. M. Murray's Trout Fishing in the Shenandoah National Park does not include Passage Creek. His other book Virginia Blue-Ribbon Streams: A Fly-Fishing Guide does list Passage Creek. Per this book, the northernmost part of the creek flows through GW National Forest and a Virginia DWR WMA and has excellent access. He specifically mentions turning onto Crisman Hollow road from State Route 675. The junction is about a mile west of Camp Roosevelt. Note, Crisman Hollow road is about an 8 mile long seasonal NF Service Road, supposedly suitable for passenger cars (YMMV). I don't know if the state stocks this upper section or not.

He also mentions downstream access at the Elizabeth Furnace Campground.  State Route 678 (Fort Valley Rd) parallels the creek from the fish hatchery upstream to a few hundred yards past Elizabeth Furnace where it becomes private land. I've fished that a few years ago. I seem to remember there were pull-outs sporadically spaced along both sides of the road. The hatchery is at the intersection of 678 and 619. It was closed for renovations when I fished the creek. There was a parking spot or two near the hatchery back then.

Hope this helps.

Daniel

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 12:57 PM Gregg Rockett <grock...@gmail.com> wrote:

I see that DWR stocked National Park waters of Upper Passage Creek a week ago.  If any forum contributors would be willing to provide general guidance as to which areas to best park/target, it would be greatly appreciated.  Understand that I am no looking for any secrets to be given away!

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[Gregg Rockett]

Thanks, Daniel.  I actually called Murray's a couple of days before we hit Passage Creek, which was this past Monday to get some intel.  I also found an article by the Switchfisher blogger that talked about Crisman Hollow Road.  So we went first to the latter and found that they had already closed the road for the season.  I guess the snow prompted an early closure, which normally would not be until Feb 21.  So we parked the car just outside the barrier and hiked in two miles and back.  Some interesting water, but we did not see any fish.  We then followed up to the Elizabeth Furnace Campground, but also did not see any fish there.  Most of Passage Creek around the campground was pretty icy.  Thanks for taking the time to respond.  Gregg