I'm from Roanoke and I grew up fishing the Roanoke, New, and James on
a regular basis. If you're looking for a float trip then you might
consider checking out the Pembroke area of the New. There are a few
places there where you can rent (I'd recomend Tangent Outdoors) and
they can set up the shuttle for you. There are several different
stretches you can hit and if you're short on time then I'd say take
the Pembroke to Ripplemeade (vs Bluff City) bc it is shorter. Then I'd
head over to the Cascades (Little Stoney Creek) and fish for native
brookies and wild bows. The water is freezing and the fish receive
little pressure. They are a lot of fun on a light stick. Or if you
want to try for some larger trout, head over to Big Stoney (a couple
miles further down 460, but on your way back from the Walker's Creek
area) and there are wild browns towards the top end of that and some
hold over bows.
If your bound to Roanoke, there are several places where you can fish
in Salem. Green Hill park has a delayed harvest area (probably picked
clean now and it's too hot for trout in the river now anyway) where
you should be able to find some very smart smallies and plenty of dumb
sunfish. There are several other areas in Salem where you can fish,
just follow the road next to the river and try a few.
Hope that helps,
Michael
On Jun 28, 9:26 am, Dalton Terrell <daltonbterr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just fished the New River June 14-16 and did pretty well. We camped in
> Piney Creek, NC, which is just upstream of the confluence on the South
> Fork. I wade fished the main stem at Fries, VA two of the afternoons,
> floated the South Fork one day and floated the stretch between Independence
> and Fries one morning. The best stretch by far was the float between
> Independence and Fries, this yielded a few 12-13" fish and a 15" fish.
> These are all spots that are ~2 hours or so driving from Roanoke, and you
> will need a shuttle service and kayak rental, the only place I know that is
> around good fishing is around Sparta, NC (do a google for canoeing the
> new--BTW, if you like to have a few soda pops, don't stay at their
> campground). I wish I could help you on more details, but pick up a
> Virginia Gazette or the National Geographic map of the New River for boat
> ramp locations (as far as I know Google maps doesn't have this yet).
>
> Another option is the Roanoke River; I had a high school friend who went to
> college in Roanoke and he always talked about wade fishing the Roanoke
> River but I never made it up to fish there. 3
>
> Dalton
>
>
>
> On Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:10:40 AM UTC-4, peter odell wrote:
>
> > I'm heading down there for a couple of days, and have always wanted to
> > fish the New RIver. I'm inclined to rent a kayak and skip a guide, but
> > could change my mind if anyone knows any really good (and mellow) guides.
> > Is there other good lakes/streams around here?- Hide quoted text -
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