On a business trip to State College earlier this spring, I had only two hours of free time and decided it should be spent fly fishing on Bald Eagle Creek in Centre County. Not to be confused with the nearby stream of the same name, this Bald Eagle Creek is a 55-mile tributary of the …
Discusses a summer visit to the Fly Fishing Only section and what you can expect when fishing there this time of year.
Story and Photos by Justin Leidy The Laurel Highlands provide a much-needed reprieve from the urbanization of the greater Pittsburgh area. This region includes the highest point in Pennsylvania as well as ruggedness, isolation and remarkable beauty, including Ohiopyle State Park. Ohiopyle is one of our most-visited state parks, attracting people from all over …
Meadow Run: Beauty and Fly Fishing in the Laurel Highlands Read More »
Recently, I was in Bradford County for business and found myself with an evening to explore local waters. Bradford County is a part of Pennsylvania often referred to as the Endless Mountains, and if you’ve ever driven through here, you know why, but they’re a different kind of mountains than you might find in …
Journey Through the Endless Mountains: Fishing Towanda Creek Read More »
West Branch Pine Creek is a 17-mile tributary of Big Pine Creek in Potter County. The stream begins just east of Cherry Springs State Park, and West Branch Road closely follows the stream from its headwaters clear to where it joins with Pine to form Berger Lake in Galeton. The past year or so, …
The Other Pine Creek: Fly Fishing West Branch Pine Creek Read More »
Heading down PA 144 past Ole Bull State Park, I could barely control my excitement. It was shortly after noon on a beautiful day, and it just felt like the trout in Kettle Creek would be hungry! Kettle Creek is a 43-mile tributary of the Susquehanna River. It has a long history of great fishing, …
In Pennsylvania, dozens of streams are named Pine Creek, but there is only one “Big” Pine Creek, and that one is an 87-mile tributary to the West Branch Susquehanna River. Beginning southeast of Ulysses in Potter County, Pine Creek flows east into Tioga County to the town of Ansonia, and then south through Lycoming and …
Fly Fishing the PA Grand Canyon: The Pine Creek DHALO Read More »
Pequea Creek, pronounced “peck-way,” flows through the heart of Amish country in Lancaster County. By most standards, it’s a marginal trout stream with limited access. In fact, most of the stream is posted no trespassing, and only one short stretch is stocked by the PA Fish and Boat Commission. But there was a morning …
Seven years ago this spring, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) implemented the first Keystone Select Trout Waters program. At the time, it was a novel idea: stock an abundance of above-average trout in 8 of the state’s most popular streams. The “original 8” streams were Neshannock Creek, Loyalhanna Creek, Laurel Hill Creek, First …
Kinzua Creek is a 26.5-mile tributary of the Allegheny Reservoir in northwestern Pennsylvania. The stream can be divided into two distinct sections with the line of demarcation between uninhabitable and habitable trout water being Kinzua Bridge State Park. Here Kinzua Creek basically transitions from a swampy, willow-lined mess into the beautiful mountain trout stream …
