Gene,
Glad you finally made it to the Piney River. It's a very classic SNP stream. I have fished with the same Adams fly all day long there. Did you ever get a chance to try the Range View cabin or is Matthews Arm campground just as good for you. That campground was closed for a large number of years after the gypsy moth problem. My knees are such that I probably will not ever be able to make that hike into and OUT OF the Piney. Glad you are still finding fish there.
Bruce Mathews 703.772.7167
On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 1:28 PM, TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com> wrote:
That's a good question -- I no longer mess with anything that says "parking is hard" or "there are 1-2 parking spots" or "be careful not to park in someone's driveway". I don't want to have to be worried about my vehicle and/or having to turn around after getting somewhere. I will admit to turning around on the N.F. Thornton earlier this year and going elsewhere for this very reason.
If things are unclear to me, I don't chance it.
That's totally me though, and I'm certain people park at the lower access areas without problems. More power to them --
I highly, highly recommend the Piney though. You'll love it -- if you like wild water like we do ;).
Gene
On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 12:10:26 PM UTC-4, Andy Thomas wrote:
On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 12:10:26 PM UTC-4, Andy Thomas wrote:
My wife and I are thinking about driving down for a hike on Saturday. I was thinking about doing Thornton Hollow which intersects with Piney Branch. However, there is a report in the comments stating that there is no longer parking off of 653. Does anyone have any info on this? My wife and I much prefer to start at the bottom and hike up/down rather than the opposite.Thanks in advance.
On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 4:23:03 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:Hey Bruce -- We finally took your advice (I gave you my word!) and tried this one for the first time. What a wonderful SNP stream! We fished the entire 4-day weekend in the SNP and both thoroughly stink of fish slime. I think the Piney tallied 5 total streams, but was the only new one.We thought Piney would be a bit smaller than it actually was, not that small is bad. It is full of plunge pools and actually holds some larger brookies than we imagined....especially further down from the first trail crossing.We hiked in 1.8 miles or so and busted our way to the stream just past the phone pole, right-of-way on piney branch trail. You can hear the stream most of the way after the first crossing. We could have gone a bit further, but we've hiked/fishing enough in the SNP to know how long it takes to hike back up to skyline (when you're tired and hungry), and knew we'd need to get ready for the beer tie this evening.Awesome, awesome stream. We loved it. Will go back.It's another one that "Rapidan fans" will like. Unlike the Rap, you seem to get more fish in the good spots and they're a bit more naive. Come to think of it, the Rap has probably taught me more about fishing than anywhere else.Anyway, I hate long reports. It's like listening to someone talk about their crappy garage band and you keep nodding and wondering if you could fit through the bathroom window to escape. (I played in more than one crappy garage band, so no offense meant).Saw one pair of hikers -- that's it. No bears, surprisingly. I don't think many SNP streams with a 1.5 mile or more uphill climb back to Skyline see many American fly fishermen.Gene
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