I"v fished the New River mostly on the upper end at Hinton below the dam and down from there ... Great small mouth fishing... be very careful wading it< the indians used to call it the river of death, (check it out), the river runs backwards, so its not like other waters, because of the water flow it cuts under rocks instead of over them. you will notice when wading it, your feet will get swept under rocks much more often then your feet being swept up and out from under you. so if you fall and get waders full you can get swept under a rock.." read up on the history of the river", its very cool. Very awesome waters to fish !