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Fly fishing near Wytheville, Virginia
142 waters with a page on this site lie within 30 miles of Wytheville, Virginia — Big Reed Island Creek, Wolf Creek and Laurel Creek among them. May, June and July carry the most recorded hatches, 22 insects in May, 26 insects in June and 22 insects in July. In range: 8 blocks of public land with a page of their own. Everything below is measured or published — no ranking on this page is ours.
The water
| Water | Distance | Miles | July mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Reed Island Creek | 28.4 mi | 58.5 | — |
| Wolf Creek | 18.8 mi | 47.7 | — |
| Laurel Creek | 10.3 mi | 35.5 | — |
| Little Reed Island Creek | 18.1 mi | 35.2 | — |
| Greasy Creek | 26.5 mi | 30.8 | — |
| Burks Fork | 29.1 mi | 28.2 | — |
| Crooked Creek | 15.4 mi | 28.1 | — |
| Chestnut Creek | 15.8 mi | 24.5 | — |
| Elk Creek | 8.7 mi | 24.4 | — |
| Clear Fork | 24.9 mi | 23.6 | — |
| Laurel Fork | 29.3 mi | 22.7 | — |
| Mill Creek | 18.6 mi | 21.2 | — |
| Bluestone River | 26.5 mi | 19.0 | — |
| Lovills Creek | 28.1 mi | 17.7 | — |
| Peak Creek | 11.9 mi | 15.9 | — |
| Pauls Creek | 26.4 mi | 15.4 | — |
| Big Indian Creek | 26.2 mi | 14.6 | — |
| Hunting Camp Creek | 7.3 mi | 14.3 | — |
| Tract Fork | 13.4 mi | 13.3 | — |
| Stewarts Creek | 25.3 mi | 12.7 | — |
| Nobusiness Creek | 22.5 mi | 12.2 | — |
| Middle Fox Creek | 11.5 mi | 11.7 | — |
| Big Laurel Creek | 24.5 mi | 11.3 | — |
| East Fork Crooked Creek | 20.8 mi | 11.2 | — |
| Snake Creek | 24.2 mi | 11.1 | — |
| Johnson Creek | 27.5 mi | 10.8 | — |
| Big Macks Creek | 22.9 mi | 10.1 | — |
| East Fork Little Reed Island Creek | 22.4 mi | 9.8 | — |
| Dismal Creek | 23.7 mi | 9.7 | — |
| Dry Fork | 23.6 mi | 9.2 | — |
| Cranberry Creek | 15.5 mi | 9.1 | — |
| Rock Creek | 21.1 mi | 9.1 | — |
| Little Indian Creek | 25.0 mi | 9.0 | — |
| Blue Spring Creek | 6.3 mi | 8.4 | — |
| Panther Creek | 19.1 mi | 8.4 | — |
| Mira Fork | 24.8 mi | 7.2 | — |
| Road Creek | 23.2 mi | 7.1 | — |
| Little Wilson Creek | 12.3 mi | 6.9 | — |
| Beaver Creek | 29.1 mi | 6.7 | — |
| Spur Branch | 8.5 mi | 6.6 | — |
| West Fork Little Reed Island Creek | 20.9 mi | 6.6 | — |
| Clarks Creek | 29.4 mi | 6.2 | — |
| Crigger Creek | 6.8 mi | 6.0 | — |
| Turkey Fork | 9.1 mi | 6.0 | — |
| Grassy Creek | 26.0 mi | 6.0 | — |
| North Fork Greasy Creek | 27.2 mi | 5.8 | — |
| White Rock Creek | 5.9 mi | 5.6 | — |
| Little Pauls Creek | 24.0 mi | 5.6 | — |
| Little Creek | 24.7 mi | 5.6 | — |
| Roaring Fork | 6.7 mi | 5.5 | — |
| Stone Mountain Creek | 28.0 mi | 5.5 | — |
| East Fork Chestnut Creek | 18.3 mi | 5.4 | — |
| West Fork Cove Creek | 26.0 mi | 5.4 | — |
| Nicks Creek | 6.3 mi | 5.3 | — |
| Dickey Creek | 9.5 mi | 5.3 | — |
| Little Snake Creek | 22.7 mi | 5.2 | — |
| East Fork Johnson Creek | 26.9 mi | 5.1 | — |
| Big Branch | 5.0 mi | 4.9 | — |
| Dry Creek | 7.3 mi | 4.9 | — |
| West Fork Chestnut Creek | 17.5 mi | 4.9 | — |
| Ding Branch | 23.3 mi | 4.9 | — |
| Jerry Creek | 8.9 mi | 4.8 | — |
| Staunton Branch | 13.3 mi | 4.8 | — |
| Venrick Run | 5.0 mi | 4.6 | — |
| Trout Branch | 15.8 mi | 4.6 | — |
| Guffey Creek | 10.8 mi | 4.5 | — |
| Francis Mill Creek | 8.2 mi | 4.4 | — |
| Daniel Branch | 14.7 mi | 4.4 | — |
| Elkhorn Creek | 16.9 mi | 4.4 | — |
| Auberry Creek | 22.2 mi | 4.4 | — |
| South Branch Elk Creek | 9.8 mi | 4.3 | — |
| Hutton Branch | 6.7 mi | 4.2 | — |
| Elk Spur Branch | 24.5 mi | 4.2 | — |
| Hanks Branch | 18.0 mi | 4.1 | — |
| Cressy Creek | 7.9 mi | 4.0 | — |
| North Branch Elk Creek | 8.2 mi | 3.9 | — |
| Kinser Creek | 6.8 mi | 3.8 | — |
| East Dry Run Fork | 7.1 mi | 3.8 | — |
| Cox Branch | 25.2 mi | 3.8 | — |
| Dobbins Creek | 28.3 mi | 3.8 | — |
| Killinger Creek | 4.9 mi | 3.7 | — |
| Dry Run | 6.8 mi | 3.7 | — |
| Little Cranberry Creek | 14.7 mi | 3.7 | — |
| Bournes Branch | 8.9 mi | 3.6 | — |
| Spurlock Creek | 28.1 mi | 3.6 | — |
| Ripshin Creek | 9.7 mi | 3.5 | — |
| East Fork Cove Creek | 25.9 mi | 3.5 | — |
| Tory Creek | 27.8 mi | 3.5 | — |
| Piney Fork | 23.3 mi | 3.4 | — |
| Punch and Judy Creek | 5.9 mi | 3.3 | — |
| Comers Rock Branch | 8.2 mi | 3.2 | — |
| Wabash Creek | 28.1 mi | 3.2 | — |
| Jones Creek | 6.6 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Raccoon Branch | 9.4 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Little Macks Creek | 20.8 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Bear Creek | 25.3 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Roads Creek | 27.0 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Maple Swamp Branch | 28.9 mi | 3.1 | — |
| Turkey Creek | 22.1 mi | 3.0 | — |
| Long Mountain Creek | 26.9 mi | 3.0 | — |
| Sun Run | 28.2 mi | 3.0 | — |
| East Fork Nicks Creek | 5.8 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Quarter Branch | 8.3 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Standrock Branch | 23.8 mi | 2.9 | — |
| Chisholm Creek | 26.3 mi | 2.9 | — |
| West Dry Run Fork | 6.8 mi | 2.8 | — |
| South Fork Stewarts Creek | 21.1 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Barkcamp Branch | 6.5 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Mine Branch | 22.1 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Cove Branch | 22.8 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Earls Branch | 28.8 mi | 2.7 | — |
| Houndshell Branch | 8.2 mi | 2.6 | — |
| Pearis Thompson Branch | 23.5 mi | 2.6 | — |
| Mayberry Creek | 29.0 mi | 2.6 | — |
| North Prong Buckhorn Creek | 20.7 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Brannon Branch | 24.4 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Greens Creek | 26.8 mi | 2.4 | — |
| Piney Creek | 16.7 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Sulphur Spring Branch | 25.8 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Mercy Branch | 29.1 mi | 2.1 | — |
| Parks Creek | 7.8 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Mudley Branch | 25.8 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Buffalo Branch | 27.4 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Thompson Creek | 28.2 mi | 2.0 | — |
| Slemp Creek | 7.0 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Coon Branch | 23.0 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Oneida Branch | 26.2 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Haunted Branch | 28.8 mi | 1.9 | — |
| Raccoon Branch | 5.5 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Linard Creek | 17.6 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Bark Camp Branch | 21.3 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Puncheoncamp Branch | 21.7 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Cherry Creek | 23.3 mi | 1.8 | — |
| Barnard Creek | 28.9 mi | 1.7 | — |
| Squall Creek | 28.9 mi | 1.6 | — |
| Waterfall Branch | 24.4 mi | 1.5 | — |
| Pipestem Branch | 26.1 mi | 1.4 | — |
| Panther Den Branch | 24.5 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Straight Branch | 26.5 mi | 1.3 | — |
| Cove Creek | 25.5 mi | 1.1 | — |
| Crooked Creek Fee Fishing Area — named stretch | 21.4 mi | — | — |
| The Mill Creek Nine-Inch Water — named stretch | 28.6 mi | — | — |
Straight-line distance from the middle of town to the middle of the water. The roads are not mapped here, so this page does not give you a drive time it did not measure.
A 3-day plan
Big Reed Island Creek
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
Wolf Creek
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
Laurel Creek
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
Assembled, not written: the days are the largest waters in range, longest first, and each one carries the nearest site in Virginia's own access file — measured from the middle of the water, so it is a place to start looking rather than a landing on that river. Fish them in whatever order the weather gives you.
Hatches to hit
The months with the most recorded hatches in the Virginia mountains: May (22), June (26), July (22).
| Insect | Months | Hook |
|---|---|---|
| Little Black Stonefly | January–April | #16–18 |
| Little Brown Stonefly | February–April | #12–16 |
| Blue-Winged Olive | March–May and September–November | #16–22 |
| Quill Gordon | March–April | #12–14 |
| Blackfly | April–June | #18–22 |
| Blue Quill | April–May | #16–18 |
| Cranefly | April–June and September–October | #6–10 |
| Grannom | April–May | #14–16 |
| Green Rock Worm / Green Weenie | April–June and September–October | #10–14 |
| Hendrickson | April–May | #12–14 |
| Little Black Caddis | April–May | #16–20 |
| Alderfly | May–June | #10–14 |
| Caterpillar | May–September | #8–14 |
| Crayfish | May–October | #4–8 |
Recorded from the Virginia mountains, earliest first. The year-round records sit at the bottom because they are true and they are not news.
Public land in range
- The Big Survey Wildlife Management Area — 3.8 mi
- Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness — 13.4 mi
- New River Trail State Park — 14.8 mi
- Garden Mountain Wilderness — 15.9 mi
- Kimberling Creek Wilderness — 16.0 mi
- Bear Creek National Scenic Area — 17.6 mi
- Jefferson National Forest — 17.7 mi
- Lick Creek State Natural Area — 19.5 mi
Blocks of ground with a page of their own, nearest first. Ownership from PAD-US as Virginia publishes it.
Camping and lodging
We have campground records for Michigan and for no other state, so there is nothing to list here rather than a list somebody guessed. The public land above is where the dispersed camping is, where the state allows it.
Fly shops
No fly shop within range is on our list. That list covers all five states on this site, so an empty result here means no shop near this water is on it — not that the state is missing.
Before you go
- Virginia regulations
- Virginia fishing report
- Big Reed Island Creek
- Wolf Creek
- Laurel Creek
- Little Reed Island Creek
- Greasy Creek
- Burks Fork