Tyler

A lovely afternoon in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

I fished this creek last year, about two weeks before Helene hit. It produced some nice brook trout then and I’m pleased to say that it’s looking better than ever up here. You can’t really tell Helene hit other than the fact that a dam, which sat just before the creek starts to cascade, is completely gone. Absolutely no evidence that it was ever even there. See my post on Sep 13, 2024 if you want to see what it looked like before.

The section that the dam used to occupy appears to be better trout habitat than it was before. However, the downside seems to be that the rainbows, which occupy the lower portions of this creek, are making their way up with nothing to stop them. I caught 4 bows in the section where the damn used to be. I caught 0 that far up last year. Who knows, maybe they were there before the dam, but it’s a shame either way.

P.S. Shoutout to the fisherman who dropped a cup of parachute Adam’s beside the creek. I made good use of them 🤝