My wife and I needed a much deserve immediate break and Maine is still a little to cold for a vacation right now, so we decided to try something new (yes, we’ll be in Maine soon enough for our Maine trips).  We opted to go to the Virginia mountains for the first time.  Not knowing much about the region, we were immediately impressed with the beautiful scenery and isolation.  We rented a place on top of one of the mountains with the George Washington National Forest only about 30 feet away.  Nice long walk down the mountain leads to 2 different fishing rivers/runs for me (Black Run which is a native trout stream and Dry River).  In addition, dry river runs fairly long. so I had plenty of spots to drive to.  Local fly shop Mossy Creek provided me a great tip to fish Skidmore Fork.  I will also say that they convinced me to book a Smallmouth Bass trip the next time I am there.  Since it is only about 4 hours away, I think we will be going back again.  Some pictures below.
 
Our cabin

 
Walk down the mountain Part 1
 

 
Walk down the mountain Part 2
 

 
Black Run in George Washingtion Park
 

 
Black Run in George Washingtion Park
 

 
Black Run merges with Dry River
 

 
Dry River
 

 
Skidmore Fork
 

 
Spring in Skidmore Folk
 

 
Spring is coming
 

 
Relaxing at the end of the day 
 

 
My baby loves it there as well
 

 
Fishing jumping in skidmore fork, you’ll see it about the 20 second mark.  Generally, you walk, wait and watch.  I threw 2 times at him and he just miss the second one and got wise real quick.
 

 
Fish Photos
 

 

 
I think she was the best looking one all week.  Wild one from the Black Run.