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Fly fish the difficult-to-access Jackson River with an experienced Angler's Lane guide, using our
private lodge or lodging of your own choice. With four properties located near the
Homestead and Greenbriar resorts, we can put you on this
river quickly so you can enjoy Virginia's most scenic floatable
river for trout.
Virginia history teaches the four main rivers
originating in Virginia, and the
James River holds as much history as any. Trout fishermen who have experienced big
water of the James eventually seek about its beautiful headwaters, the Jackson River.
With this in mind we offer fishing enthusiasts ways
to experience the Jackson. Our cabin, Stonesthrow on
Jackson (from the porch a child can hit the river with a stone), offers an
delightful pathway to fly fish the Jackson River in Virginia. Our guides can take you
float fishing or wading on our property at Stonesthrow and many other private
access points as well a several open access points on the Jackson. We have
been fishing this river since the early 1990's, learned it from a guide who
fished it well before the lake was built, and know it as well as anyone.
Stonesthrow offers 3 comfortable
bedrooms, 2 baths, a comfortable living room connected to a convenient
kitchen & dining room with a close-up
view of the Jackson (see photos). The setup works like a house at the beach--your towels
and linens are taken care of and you have access to cooking facilities (gas
stove, oven and grill) with restaurants and grocery stores 10 minutes away
in Covington.
We are located less than 15 minutes from Interstate-64 exit #18, within 25
minutes of Hot Springs, Virginia and 30 minutes from Warm Springs, West
Virginia. Perfect for resort golfers looking to combine golfing with
fly fishing.
From
Stonesthrow you have several great options to enjoy Virginia's premier float fishery
for trout if you book an Angler's Lane guide who works hard to put you on
fish. One day our guide would launch you from the house after your
breakfast, float throughout the day and take out at our private landing
several miles downstream. Another day we can start your
float trip upstream on our Landis Driver property several miles below Gathright Dam, allowing you to fish the
Jackson and landing you right at Stonesthrow in time for
your dinner. We have other floats on the Jackson as well from Gathright
Dam to below Covington. Additionally we can also take you above Lake Moomaw to fish the upper
Jackson and its tributaries. Our guides also offer walk and wade trips
on our four
properties. Fishing addicts can even hit the stream from the lodge at dawn or dusk.
One can easily spend a week fishing from Stonesthrow, and we offer full week
Best of
the Jackson trips with customized dates.
We know the areas covered by the perplexing kings grant
laws,
respect the rights of those and other respective landowners, and keep
abreast of the legal issues involving river land rights, some of which
resurfaced in 2011 (see our
position statement on the current case). Knowing what
you can and cannot do on the Jackson is truly an important part of fishing this
river.
Extend your fishing trip by adding on a couple of days at Rivenridge at Piney Forks lodge 90
minutes away. In a 30 minute drive from Stonesthrow we can take you to
the special regulation Hidden Valley section of the Jackson above Lake
Moomaw or to other streams in the area. In fact if you want to spend a
week combining our guided trips in a turnkey fashion, take our trip.
One can purchase
access passes from Angler's lane to fish unguided from the lodge and our
other properties if you already know the rivers well.
However, we do
give booking priority to our lodge and guide clients.
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