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Mossy Creek Trophy Section — Mossy Creek, Virginia
Also called Mossy, the Mossy Creek trophy water.
44 NHD reaches, 11.0 miles of drawn channel — side channels and braids included, so more than the distance downriver. Nearest reporting gauge 24.4 miles away.
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The line is the water this name refers to, drawn from the NHD reaches it resolves to; the
dots are the nearest gauges reporting water temperature, coloured by what they read now.
The mapped extent is the whole named creek. The special-regulation water is the four miles from the Augusta/Rockingham county line upstream to a posted sign at the confluence of Joseph's Spring.
What it is
Four miles of Augusta County limestone spring creek opened to the public by agreement between VDWR, Trout Unlimited and the landowners. Big, wary brown trout in slow, clear, weed-lined water you are not allowed to wade.
Fly fishing only with a single-hook artificial fly. One trout over 20 inches per day; everything under 20 inches released immediately. No bait may be possessed on the water and wading is prohibited. A free landowner permit is required.
Where it is
This name covers a stretch whose boundaries are posted on the ground rather than held in any file this site reads, so the map draws the named stream and the boundaries are described in words above rather than guessed at with a line.
No access site in this state's file falls within 3 miles of the mapped reach.
Regulations on this stretch
Fly fishing only with a single-hook artificial fly. One trout over 20 inches per day; everything under 20 inches released immediately. No bait may be possessed on the water and wading is prohibited. A free landowner permit is required.
Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. Check the current Virginia regulations before you fish. Where this stretch sits inside a larger river, that river's general regulations apply everywhere this stretch's do not.
Best times
Fishes all year; terrestrials from June through September are the classic Mossy Creek game.
Live water temperature
| Gauge | Distance | Now |
|---|---|---|
| War Branch Below Trib Near Tenth Legion, Va | 24.4 mi | 58.3 °F |
Live from USGS — the number above is current rather than whenever the page was written. A gauge miles away is a gauge miles away: the distance column is there so you can discount it.
Fly shops nearby
- Walkabout Outfitters — 13.0 mi
- Mossy Creek Fly Fishing — 13.8 mi
- South River Fly Shop — 21.7 mi
- Appalachian Trail Outfitters — 24.5 mi
- Casta Line Trout Farms — 27.3 mi
Straight-line distance from the centre of the mapped reach.
Sources for the name
BirdTrout did not name this water. 3 independent sources below use the name, and it ships only because more than one of them does.
- dnr Virginia DWR
- tu chapter Shenandoah Valley Trout Unlimited
- flyshop Middle River Outfitters