Access point

Lewisburg / Greenbrier Accesson Greenbrier River

Easy town access with multiple public put-ins and good summer smallmouth fishing.

Greenbrier River report Directions37.8000°N, 80.4420°W

Bite report · week of Oct 4

Cooling water temperatures are stimulating fish activity

01Cooling water temperatures are stimulating fish activity.
02Subsurface patterns mimicking baitfish, leeches, and crayfish are highly effective.
03Mayfly hatches, particularly Blue-Winged Olives and Pale Morning Duns, may provide dry fly opportunities on warmer, overcast fall days.
04Smallmouth Bass will be actively feeding on larger prey in rocky river sections.
05Brown and Rainbow Trout will be feeding opportunistically on various nymphs and streamers.

What to tie on at Lewisburg / Greenbrier Access

Picked from recent reports for this stretch.

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Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph

#14#16#18

This is an excellent general searching nymph for early spring, mimicking various mayfly nymphs that are active year-round and particularly as BWOs begin to emerge.

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Hendrickson Nymph

#14#16#18

Hendricksons are a key early spring hatch; nymphs are active subsurface and a primary food source for trout.

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Woolly Bugger (Black/Olive)

#4#6#8

An essential streamer for enticing aggressive strikes from trout and smallmouth bass, imitating leeches and baitfish active in colder spring waters.

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Clouser Minnow (Bass)

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This pattern effectively imitates baitfish in varying water conditions, a go-to for predatory species like Smallmouth Bass in the spring.

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Hellgrammite Fly

#4#6#8

Hellgrammites are a consistent and substantial food source for smallmouth bass in rocky rivers year-round, including spring.

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Pine Squirrel Leech (Olive)

#14#16

Small leech patterns like this effectively mimic sluggish baitfish and annelids in cold water, enticing strikes from larger, lethargic trout and bass in early spring.

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