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I have been looking forward to this weekend for several months!  I went down to Virginia Tech to visit Tyler and go fishing.  I can't think of a better thing to do.  Had so much fun fishing with him for 2 1/2 days.  Drove down Friday morning which left enough time to hit a few trout streams before dark.  Car was loaded and ready for just about any kind of fishing we could think of.





First stop was Craig's Creek.  Stocked but we didn't see much or catch anything



So we moved on to Little Stoney Creek.  It had rained earlier so the creek was running a bit too fast to wade.  But we rock hopped to find some pretty good pools out of the main current.  In just an hour or two we both had 2 nice rainbows.  Tyler caught one of the biggest of the weekend.  I think we estimated about 12 inch wild rainbow







And I got a couple of my own





It is a REALLY beautiful creek





A late dinner at Macadoos, and off to bed.  On Saturday Tyler had arranged to fish with some guys he met on a Smallies fishing board on the New River.  Harry and Robert were really nice guys. 



They were fishing for Muskies and Tyler and I were fishing for Smallies (but would take a Musky if one jumped in our laps).  The New River near the Claytor Dam/Radford University is OK, but I think there are better sections.  We fished a 5 mile stretch from about 10-2 and got SKUNKED!!  Not one bite between the 4 of us in 5 miles of river!  I did have a BIG Musky chase my lure out of some wood structure in about 3 feet of water.  Nipped at my Spinnerbait right at the boat and then turned away.  I think I was the only one who even saw a fish.



So Tyler and I got some lunch and quickly headed back to Little Stony Creek.  Tyler got 5-7 (i lost count) and I got 1 (easier to count one).  But at least we weren't skunked for the day!!!!!!!  No pics from me on that day.  I was engrossed in my fishing and Tyler was off up creek.  Called it quits at dark and had dinner at Cabo Fish Taco.  HMMMMM!!!! Outstanding food!

SUnday I had to drive home in the afternoon, but we headed up to Big Stony Creek to fish the lower (unstocked) and upper (stocked) areas.  NADA......Soooooo, time to head back to the dependable Little Stony Creek.  The parking area was full so we parked down the road and fished a lower/flatter area.  I spend most of the time timberbashing while Tyler caught a few more (not sure how many).  These are some pics Tyler sent me of his fish.







Not a fish, but Tyler caught this Red Ent too.



It was a great weekend.  So much fun just tooling around with Tyler to different fishing holes.  VT is a really amazing area for fishing.  Next year Tyler will have his truck and kayak with him......I hope he graduates!!!  I still can't believe we got skunked on The New River.  Next time we are going to have to try a different stretch.