Alleghany Outdoors offers the chance to drift past musicians playing on an island in the Jackson River.

Sometimes fishing is like taking a test. You search and search for the proper solution to the problem. Sometimes you pass and sometimes you don't. 10 News Anchor John Carlin tried to make the grade trying to wrangle the trout in the cold clear Jackson River in Alleghany County, Va.

HIGHLAND COUNTY, Va. – More than 1,250 gallons of fuel went unrecovered, killing 870 fish in the Jackson River, after a fuel tanker rollover Friday. Where Friday’s crash happened is a site of concern, as two crashes were reported in the same area last year. Highland County Board of Supervisors requested guard rails in the fall for that area after receiving several complaints. But after filing a report with the Virginia Department of Transportation, the area was deemed too narrow to install guardrails. Lambert said she plans to file another report with VDOT in the next two weeks about both curves with the hopes to install guardrails.

HIGHLAND COUNTY, Va. – Crews are on the scene of a tanker spill on US-220 in Highland County, authorities said. The crash happened at 7:44 a.m. when a tractor-trailer hauling 9,000 gallons fuel overturned into the Jackson River in the 8000 block of Jackson River Road in Highland County, according to Virginia State Police. Full Screen 1 / 7 Tractor-trailer overturned on US 220 in Highland County on Feb. 26, 2021. DEQ also said half of the tanker load was lost in the Jackson River. First Sergeant Anthony Nicely with Virginia State Police said an extra tanker will extract the remaining fuel from the one rolled over.