Spruce Creek PA Fly Fishing Blog

3 Reasons You Need to Fish Spruce Creek!   Visit our Spruce Creek webpage to reserve your trip to Spruce Creek! Or you can click here. 1. Catch Huge Trout!       2. Hemlock Lodge is Awesome!       3. Spruce Creek is Loaded with Trout!     Spruce Creek is teeming with…

Part One: Swift River   The Swift River is the only true bottom-release river in the state of Massachusetts.  It draws its water from the bottom of the Quabbin Reservoir giving the Swift cold clean water year-round.  Most of the fish in this river are rainbow trout stocked annually by the state.  There are some…

Pennsylvania is home to some of the most impressive rainbow trout I have ever seen.  These rainbows are incredibly fun to catch – This 24″ beauty leaped one foot clear above the water, not once, not twice, but three times before she came to the net! Tricos, Sulphurs, BWO’s, Caddis, when the hatch is on…

My top 3 fly fishing destinations in the Northeastern United States:     3. Westfield River, MA My favorite section of this river is the East Branch catch and release section.  It’s about 9 miles long beginning at the huge and beautiful Chesterfield Gorge and running downstream (south) to the Knightville Dam.  Many anglers love…

“The river that divides and flows North” Chittenango Falls State Park:   New York State allows year-round fishing on certain parts of Chittenango Creek, located near Syracuse, NY.  With the unseasonably warm weather yesterday, I had the opportunity to fish the gorgeous Chittenango Creek well downstream of the falls in the catch and release section.…

3 Features of the Ideal Fly Fishing Lodge   1. Luxurious and Logical Accommodations: After a good day of fishing, anglers enjoy relaxing on a beautiful porch overlooking the pristine waters of their quarry, perhaps with a scotch in one hand and a cigar in the other. Before relaxing on the porch, anglers want a…

A Great Late-season Caddis Pattern   Dry fly fishing is, for me, the pinnacle of fly fishing – the most exciting and addicting form of the sport.  As the leaves fall and the temperatures drop, the window of opportunity to catch a trout on the dry fly shrinks and shrinks.  The pumpkin caddis has all…

Native trout are truly magnificent creatures.  Flawless long fins, brightly colored bellies and spots, and an insatiable appetite for invertebrates are all distinctive traits of native trout.  Here on the eastern side of the United States, native trout do not exist. Brook trout are the only native “trout” species in our eastern river systems, but…

Yesterday’s rain brought some needed refreshment to area streams.  The Little Juniata peaked at just over 700 cfs yesterday.  The flow is on the decline now and should drop below 300 cfs by the end of the day – my advice for tomorrow, Go Fish! The trout are there.   Spruce Creek needed some rain…

5 Reasons why Spruce Creek is PA’s top fly fishing destination:   1. Big Beautiful Trout Spruce Creek is home to some of the best fly fishing in Pennsylvania because the trout can grow to truly impressive sizes. Browns, brookies, rainbows… All can grow to be well over five pounds.  There are two main reasons…