I tried the bottom access one time and the walk to fishable water was more than I wanted to do after that. The water at the bottom side has lost its gradient and is much slower and warmer. We basically walked up to about the point we get in from the top side parking lot so we ended up with no immediate trail beside the creek for the walk out. Plus I believe the locals that may not pay close attention to fishing regulations hit the creek from the lower end. This is kinda like walking away from the parking lot on any of those streams.
Bruce Mathews 703.772.7167
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:09 PM, TurbineBlade <doublebclan@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:
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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