Little Stony Creek

Type
Freestone river, Virginia (East)
Designation
Catch and release · Special-regulation trout water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on the Little Stony Creek

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Little Stony Creek is a freestone river in Virginia, listed as Catch and release by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.

More about the Little Stony Creek

Updated · Sources: Special Regulation Trout Waters: Catch and Release Only

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Little Stony Creek is a freestone river in Virginia. The nearest destination hub is across the state line: the Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga hub (Tennessee) is 39 mi away in a straight line but 69 by road. Virginia has 5 waters named Little Stony Creek in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Scott County, the one the agency list names.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Little Stony Creek or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Little Stony Creek

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Little Stony Creek

Restrooms near Little Stony Creek

Restrooms within 2 miles of Little Stony Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Little Stony Creek

  • The Smith River at dusk between dense, dark green banks in Henry CountyDelayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not Big Moccasin Creek
    Photo credit

    The Smith River in the evening, Henry County, Virginia. Photo: MarmadukePercy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Big Moccasin Creek.

    Big Moccasin Creek

    Virginia · about 12 mi

  • The Jackson River flowing clear over cobbles through the wooded Hidden ValleyDelayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not North Fork Pound River
    Photo credit

    The Jackson River in the Hidden Valley, Bath County, Virginia. Photo: Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Fork Pound River.

    North Fork Pound River

    Virginia · about 19 mi

  • The Dan River at DanvilleCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Beaver Creek
    Photo credit

    The Dan River at Danville, Virginia. Photo: MarmadukePercy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaver Creek.

    Beaver Creek

    Virginia · about 25 mi

  • Green water churning out of the South Holston Dam powerhouse into the river below the grassy dam faceCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Brumley Creek
    Photo credit

    South Holston Dam releasing into the South Holston River tailwater, near Bristol, Tennessee. Photo: Tennessee Valley Authority, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Brumley Creek.

    Brumley Creek

    Virginia · about 27 mi

  • The Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, a broad, calm river between bare autumn treesTrophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Pound River
    Photo credit

    The Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, Elizabethton, Tennessee. Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pound River.

    Pound River

    Virginia · about 27 mi

  • Close view of clear water rushing over coloured pebbles in the South Toe RiverCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Wolf Creek
    Photo credit

    The South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Wolf Creek.

    Wolf Creek

    Virginia · about 31 mi

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

2 official designations

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Whole Little Stony Creek, not only this reach.

Length
11.5 mi
Drains
16.2 sq mi
Drop
1,858 ft · 162.3 ft/mi
Flows into
Clinch River
Watershed
Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel of the whole Little Stony Creek. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

9.7 of 10.9 mi on public land

  • Jefferson National ForestForest Service · 9.7 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Little Stony Creek

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The hatch and season chart for this water's region.

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Southern Appalachians
About this chart

17 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

  1. January: 1 charted hatch
  2. February: 3 charted hatches
  3. March: 5 charted hatches
  4. April: 8 charted hatches
  5. May: 9 charted hatches
  6. June: 8 charted hatches
  7. July: 7 charted hatches
  8. August: 5 charted hatches
  9. September: 4 charted hatches
  10. October: 3 charted hatches
  11. November: 3 charted hatches
  12. December: 3 charted hatches

Midges (all year) · Blue-winged olive (February to March, May, October to December) · Early black stonefly (February to March, October to December) · Blue Quill (March to April) · Quill Gordon (March to April) · Black caddis (April to May) · and 11 more on the chart

Plan a trip here

About this

The Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga hub (Tennessee) is 39 mi away in a straight line but 69 by road, so we don't call Little Stony Creek near it. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

Nearest hub: Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga, across the state line

Gear checklist

About this

A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands on a boulder at the edge of a fast forest stream and fishes the run

Small mountain streams

7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

About this

Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

About this

Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Little Stony Creek.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 8 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Little Stony Creek”, halfway along its length in Virginia, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.