A fun- filled day with fishing, activities and education
The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Trout Unlimited, and Graves Mountain have expanded kid's day. No longer the 3rd Saturday in March, kid's day will be the first Saturday in April. A section of the Rose River (in front of Graves Mountain Lodge) will be stocked for kids 12 and under (6 fish limit). The Rose River will open up to fishing at 9 a.m. There will also be sections of the Rose River and along the Robinson River for adults.
This year other activities will be available for education.
Harry Murray will give a 45 minute talk on fly fishing and also give a demonstration. Trout Unlimited will have fly tying stations, fly casting demonstrations, fly casting classes at a pond for children and adults, insect monitoring in the stream, and helping kids with fishing on the Rose River. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will bring their taxidermy mounted animals for display. Virginia State University will display live fish, cold and warm water fish. The Virginia Wildlife Center will bring a display and have two shows during the day. Shenandoah National Park will have a display about fishing in the park. Culpeper and Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation Districts will show macroinvertibrates and have their soil tunnel. There will be activities at our farm, Pond Netting with DEQ and 4-H Adventure Club, Old Rag Naturalists will be making and finding wildlife tracks, Plus other organizations will have booths with displays, information and activities.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. and lasts til 4 p.m. Prizes given away every hour starting at 10 a.m.
Graves Mountain Lodge will have food available for sale at the picnic shelter and also at the lodge.
Hay rides will be provided by Graves Mountain, with stops at Graves Mountain Farm and
Graves Mountain Catch -n- Pay Trout Pond.
Syria Mercantile (a country store located in Syria) has bait, tackle, sandwiches fishing license, and more.

Kids, 15 and under do not need a fishing license.