STEWART'S
CREEK, CARROLL COUNTY STEWART'S
CREEK, CARROLL COUNTYStewart's Creek offers outstanding fly fishing opportunities in the late summer. It's two tributaries, the North and South Forks, flow down from the Blue Ridge Parkway forming a high gradient mountain stream with many plunge pools. A 1994 survey conducted by the VDGIF found a large population of brook trout with adults between six and nine inches.
In the late summer, explosive fishing action is produced with terrestrial fly patterns. Since the canopy is fairly dense on the banks of the stream, the fish feed heavily on grasshoppers, ants, and beetles.(see Harry Steeves's Terrestrials book for fly patterns) Most trout hold in the colder upper reaches of the creek. In fact, the farther up the stream you go, the more scenic the stream gets and the better the fishing action.
Stewart's Creek was opened to the public in 1989 for year-round catch-and-release fishing with over four miles of awesome brook trout habitat. (see Trout Stream Rescued ) Make sure you use only single hooked, artificial lures.
August 1995: Status of Stewart's Creek
Support the State's regulations at Stewart's Creek, it is one of the few large productive brook trout streams left in the Old Dominion!
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