Damascus Trout Days

08/29/2025

Check it out! Trout Days was on today's WCYB News at Noon:

Learn more by clicking here.

08/29/2025

🎟️ Extra raffle tickets 🎟️ from Stone Fly Co. at their Grand Opening Saturday, Aug 30th just for registering on the spot for Damascus Trout Days or showing them you’re already registered!

What?!?!?! 🤯 Now that’s epic! 🎉🙌

08/27/2025

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08/20/2025

🎣 Our Town Manager, Chris Bell, with the catch of the day… Are you next?!

Trout Days is just 23 days away! Register now for the fishing tournament of the season.
👉Registration link in the comments!
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08/18/2025

🎣 September 12-14: Damascus Trout Days is back & better than ever!

We know you’re already hooked on this event BUT here’s some exciting new additions to make the experience even better. 👇

✨Brown & Rainbow Trout added to the stocking mix for even more fishing fun.

✨Automatic prize tags — along with fish lottery, catch a fish with the right color tag, and you win instantly!

✨All-in-one location for check-in, tag return, raffles, & awards — no more running around.

Mark your calendar, tell your friends, grab your gear, & get ready. You’ve got 200 chances to win up to $1000, plus a mix of gear & guided trips!

We can’t wait to see you out on the water, September 12-14.

08/14/2025

08/14/2025

200 tagged trout. 🎣
One weekend.
Your shot at $1,000, gear, & guided trips!

Trout Days is back on September 12-14 and registration is filling fast. Bring your best lure, your game face, and leave it all on the water.

📅 Sept 12-14 | Damascus, VA

A two-day trout tournament on Laurel & Beaverdam Creeks. Limited to 200 registered anglers. Awards by trout tag lottery.

Sign up today and tell your friends ➡️ https://www.visitdamascus.org/trout-days

08/11/2025

With the late summer evenings cooling off in Trail Town USA, fishing season is only heating up. Now is the perfect time to hit the water. Our next Trout Days will be here before you know it, September 12-14. Tell your friends!

Trout Days is a fishing tournament on the portions of Laurel Creek and Beaverdam Creek within town limits and will be limited to 200 registered anglers. See you there.

07/24/2025

Topwater trout on a summer afternoon. With the extra rain this season, the river temps and levels are staying healthy. Big bugs are out. Trout are looking up. Living that good life...

07/22/2025

07/22/2025

Beat the summer heat and come cast a line with us! In Damascus, Virginia, Trail Town USA, the mornings are cool and our mountain streams run cold all year long.

Trout Days is back on September 12-14 and registration is now open. Sign up soon to reserve your spot! Trout Days is a fishing tournament on the portions of Laurel Creek and Beaverdam Creek within town limits and will be limited to 200 registered anglers.

Photos by Iron Mountain Media and Stone Fly Co.

06/02/2025

Free Fishing Days in Virginia are this weekend, June 6-8. Try it, you'll be hooked!

Come cast a line with us in Damascus, Virginia and choose from miles of stream on Laurel Creek, Whitetop Laurel, the South Fork of the Holston River, and the Virginia portion of Beaverdam Creek.

From Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources: "No fishing license of any kind will be required for recreational rod and reel fishing during free fishing days. Also during that time facilities use permits will also not be required...All fishing regulations including size, season, catch limits, and gear restrictions will remain in effect. DWR fee fishing areas still require a fee for Free Fishing Days weekend."