Destinations

  At first glance, Parker Dam State Park is a relatively small tract of public land located just east of Penfield in Clearfield County. Look closer and you’ll see that this diminutive little gem is much more: it’s a gateway to the vast expanses of Moshannon State Forest. For what the 968-acre Parker Dam State […]

  Several years ago, my friend Greg asked if I’d like to help him explore a stream he’d just discovered. He’d been on his way home from a Boy Scouts outing with his son and had crossed over this stream, and it looked too good to pass up, so they stopped and walked down to

  If not for a special regulations section, most anglers would never even know East Branch Tunungwant Creek exists, let alone has a healthy wild brown trout population. The section, designated Trophy Trout Project, draws attention to a lightly-fished stream that would probably fly completely under the radar if not for that one word, “trophy.”

  Although I’ve lived my whole life less than 45 minutes from Volant, PA, I’d never fished Neshannock Creek until last fall. I tried to once. About three years ago, I stopped at the covered bridge on the lower boundary of the catch and release area but the water was borderline flood stage and muddy.

According to the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, there were 151 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps stationed in Pennsylvania between 1933 and 1942. An estimated 29 state parks benefitted from CCC projects that provided jobs to hundreds of thousands of workers in the midst of the Great Depression. In collaboration with the Works Progress Administration, the

  Located in Indiana County, Yellow Creek Lake encompasses the historic Kittanning Path once used by the Delaware and Shawnee nations as well as early settlers. Created in 1969 with an earth and rock dam on Yellow Creek, the 720-acre lake has become a popular destination for fishermen in search of musky, northern pike, crappies,

  My first success with nymphing came on Little Sandy Creek some 20 years ago, when I discovered this scenic little freestone stream less than an hour from my house. Its diminutive size made it easy to get my fly in front of fish and learn the basic skills of casting in tight cover. But

  If a stream were judged by scenic beauty alone, East Hickory Creek would rank high on anyone’s list. The combination of wilderness setting and solitude make it a pleasant place to visit. Throw in trout stockings by the PA Fish and Boat Commission, good populations of wild and native trout, and abundant mayfly hatches

  Every angler has what they consider their home waters, those streams or rivers where large chunks of their fishing life were spent learning their craft. For me, that place is Buffalo Creek, specifically the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only section. It’s where I spent many evenings after school as a teenager learning how to