the ranger station is at mile marker 22 on Skyline. Gene is correct - can't miss the trail head.
For me, here are some comparisons between the two streams:
- both beautiful and likely sparsely populated by other fisher-persons
- Rap is slightly larger water, if only slightly.
- both hold tons of hungry brookies
- Piney brookies seem a touch more eager to investigate a dry fly
- Rap is more difficult on your vehicle to reach the head waters as you have a good 30 minutes on a fire road
- Piney is a good 1.5- 2 mile hike down from Skyline or up from the bottom before reaching water - not sure if that is a pro or con. But remember that if you hike down from Skyline, there is an uphill hike back to your vehicle/camp at the end of the day
- both offer countless pools of gin clear water - more than you can cover in a day, even with a buddy leap frogging each other.
- Rap seemed to have a few more riffles that held fish between the pools (maybe that was user error on my part on Piney)
- I use a 6'6" 3wt and have no problem casting on either stream
- Piney pools seemed more accessible from dry land
I have been to the Rapidan several times and once to Piney. I plan to return to both.
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 8:50:30 PM UTC-4, Danny Barrett wrote:
-- For me, here are some comparisons between the two streams:
- both beautiful and likely sparsely populated by other fisher-persons
- Rap is slightly larger water, if only slightly.
- both hold tons of hungry brookies
- Piney brookies seem a touch more eager to investigate a dry fly
- Rap is more difficult on your vehicle to reach the head waters as you have a good 30 minutes on a fire road
- Piney is a good 1.5- 2 mile hike down from Skyline or up from the bottom before reaching water - not sure if that is a pro or con. But remember that if you hike down from Skyline, there is an uphill hike back to your vehicle/camp at the end of the day
- both offer countless pools of gin clear water - more than you can cover in a day, even with a buddy leap frogging each other.
- Rap seemed to have a few more riffles that held fish between the pools (maybe that was user error on my part on Piney)
- I use a 6'6" 3wt and have no problem casting on either stream
- Piney pools seemed more accessible from dry land
I have been to the Rapidan several times and once to Piney. I plan to return to both.
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 8:50:30 PM UTC-4, Danny Barrett wrote:
Having seen a lot of talk about Piney. Im curious, for those of you that have fished both it and the Rapidan. Can you offer any pros or cons between them?Thanks,On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:09 PM, TurbineBlade <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:--I don't know for sure because I haven't tried the bottom, but access from skyline is at the ranger station across from Mathew's Arm more or less. You can't miss the trailhead marker as you pull in....just look to your left.Let us know how you do if you make it out!Gene
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 3:31:26 PM UTC-4, Nick W wrote:Whats the best way to access Piney, Bruce and Gene?
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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