Smith river Bassett Virginia 10/5/20:

[AndyS]

First cast was for Cuz, and that goes without saying.

Tried my hand a wade access on the Smith (last time I floated it) Used the hand out map from Smith River Outfitters and starting finding my way around pretty well. Started up by the Philpott dam and worked my way down through Bassett, wading was tough as water releases were a little on the high side- 600 CFS. Caught 3 powerful small native brown trout and did one distance release. Water was pretty well stained but the weather was finally nice, been like 90* here everyday for the last 4 months it seems. Leaves became a PIA so maybe my next outing I will head to the suds and look for Redfish and Spanish Mackerel. Maybe I can get on the Watagua or back on the Smith in November, also took a few days off around Veterans Day to see I can get up to N.J. and get some pizza, and trout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sggo5eQ2ODE

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?02072500