Virginia

Limestone spring creeks, a wild-trout tailwater, and Blue Ridge brook trout.

Virginia is the southern frontier of native eastern brook trout — Shenandoah National Park and the surrounding George Washington-Jefferson National Forest hold hundreds of small headwater streams with native brookies.

Mossy Creek in the Shenandoah Valley is a true limestone spring creek with trophy wild brown trout, accessible by Virginia DWR permit. The Smith River below Philpott Dam is the state's signature cold tailwater.