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Type of Stream
Limestone
Species
Brook Trout (Stocked with some
holdovers)
Brown Trout (Stocked with some
holdovers)
Rainbow Trout (Stocked with some
holdovers)
Size
Medium
Location
Western Virginia
Nearest Towns
Goshen
Season
Year-round
Access:
Very Good
Non-Resident License
State of Virginia
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Season:
The season runs year-round
Winter:
Trout can be caught on warm winter days.
Spring:
Spring is the best time for fly fishing Mill Creek.
Summer:
Summertime is okay, if you fish the right places, thanks to the cool spring water and heavy canopy of bushes and trees. Many areas will become too warm.
Fall:
Fall is the best time for big holdover browns.
Recommended Tackle & Gear
Fly Line:
4, 5 or 6 weight
Leaders:
Dry fly: 9 to 12 ft., 5 or 6X Nymphing:
71/2 ft., 3 or 4X, Streamers 0-2X
Tippets:
Dry fly: 5 or 6X, Nymphing: 3 or 4X,
Streamer 0-2X
Best Fly Rods:
Perfect Fly Supreme Four, Superb Five
or Ultimate Six
Fly Reels:
For 4/5/6 fly line
Fly Floatants and Misc Items:
Floatants, KISS Strike Indicators
Tools & Accessories:
Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc.
Copyright 2016 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Mill Creek Virginia
There are plenty of creeks called Mill Creek but this one is the Mill Creek not far off I-81 above the little town of Goshen, Virginia. Highway #39 follows it for several miles. Mill Creek joins the Cowpasture River and forms the Maury River.
The upper parts has some rough water, with big boulders, short plunges, cascades, riffles and runs. The lower the river gets, the more it smooths out. It’s difficult to tell it’s a limestone stream in some places unless you look at it closely.
Mill Creek is stocked by the state of Virgina six times a year. There are some holdover trout. We have only fished Mill Creek on one occasion. We managed to catch a few trout but all of them were probably stocked within the previous few months. We didn’t catch anything over twelve inches but there may be plenty that are much larger.
The fishing methods should vary depending on the section of the stream you fish. In the faster water, you would need to make short, upstream cast. In some of the larger pools, you may need to drift nymphs deep or using multiple rigs. At certain times of the year, the local residents of Goshen told us the stream can become crowded in places. I would assume this is shortly after the stream is stocked.
If you want to catch one of the large holdover trout, we suggest you use a specific imitation of the natural foods the trout eat. We have Perfect Fly imitations of all aquatic and terrestrial insects as well as other foods like sculpin and baitfish.