Fly fishing near Covington, Virginia

The Jackson River flowing clear over cobbles through the wooded Hidden Valley
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The Jackson River in the Hidden Valley, Bath County, Virginia. Photo: Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

4 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Covington, Virginia, in a straight line; the nearest are Smith Creek (8 mi), Jackson River (11 mi) and Lake Moomaw (12 mi).

More about Covington

1 fly-fishing guide is in Covington or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga, 158 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

4 waters near Covington

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Smith CreekTailwater · 8 mi · Catch and release
  2. Jackson RiverTailwater · 11 mi · Trophy / quality trout water · live USGS flow
  3. Lake MoomawLake or reservoir · 12 mi · Special-regulation trout water
  4. Back CreekTailwater · 20 mi · Delayed Harvest · live USGS flow

Fly-fishing guides nearby

About this

Guides and outfitters that name Covington as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1498470, Covington (city) County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.