text: Trip Report: Whitetop Laurel, Virginia
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  Re: Trip Report: Whitetop Laurel, Virginia
  « Reply #1 on: May 29, 2012, 09:32:21 PM »
  I, for one, welcome the other-than-Sierra trip reports. Never know when I'll be travelling to parts east, and like to know of opportunities like yours.
  « Reply #2 on: May 29, 2012, 09:50:27 PM »
  On the return home I stopped at a native brook trout stream, Stewarts Creek, which is located about 50 miles east of Whitetop Laurel, on the southeast slope of the Blue Ridge near the North Carolina border. It is managed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for catch-and-release. The environment is much different—the stream is 10-15 feet across and the deepest pools will not overtop hip waders. This is typical of the small-stream habitat of brook trout in the mountains of Mid-Atlantic and Southern states. Basically the only approach viable approach is straight upstream—you can't cast overhead for the trees, or avoid scaring the fish, any other way. I caught a 10-inch native from a pretty little pool (pictures attached).
  Again, thank you for your help with my trip to Mammoth last summer. My fishing experience on the East Coast does not extend beyond Virginia (trout and smallmouth bass), but I'll be happy answer any questions I can.