Hughes River is one of the finest brook-trout rivers in the Shenandoah National Park, offering exceptional fishing from late March through November in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. This pristine mountain stream flows through the national park and provides anglers with access to wild brook trout populations in a spectacular natural setting. The Hughes River is particularly renowned for holding up better than other area streams during dry summer conditions, though water levels may become extremely low. The river consists of three tributary streams that make up the Hughes River drainage, allowing anglers to find fishable water by adjusting their location based on conditions - fishing above the feeders when the stream is high and below them when water levels are low.