Spruce Creek PA Fly Fishing Blog

Late Winter PA Fly Fishing “You don’t know until you go.” It’s become my mantra with regard to late winter PA fly fishing. It was also the final thought that I had before hopping over to one of my favorite local streams this week. All the February snow is finally melting away, causing many area streams to become…

2021 PA Fly Fishing License Looking to buy your 2021 PA Fly Fishing License? There are a few changes of which you should be aware in 2021. Pennsylvania has streamlined all of its hunting/fishing permit procedures.  Now you can acquire almost everything online. This includes guiding permits. New PA Fishing License Website First of all, the…

2021 Central PA Fly Fishing It’s time to get ready for the 2021 Central PA fly fishing season! Tie your flies, check your gear, and buy your 2021 PA fishing license with a trout stamp. You may purchase and print your 2021 PA fishing license online here. With 2020 behind us, we are looking forward…

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Central PA Fly Fishing October Highlights With its autumn colors, colder nights, and great fishing, October is my favorite month in Pennsylvania. As trout begin moving upstream in preparation for the spawn, some of the bigger fish become more aggressive. The beautiful brown trout pictured above, caught by David, was one of several central PA…

Western Montana Fall Fly Fishing 2020 The cycle of seasons captivates me every year. Three months ago we stood in the same spot, and yet so much has changed. Riffles that were once productive are now a trickle, and impassible rapids are now productive. Western Montana Fall fly fishing is the name of the game,…

Central PA Summer Fly Fishing at Spruce Creek With the hot weather and low water conditions, the list of fishable central PA summer fly fishing streams is quite small. Spruce Creek, with its abundant source of cold limestone spring water, is holding up well. Central PA Summer Fly Fishing at Spruce Creek is good with water…

Montana Summer Fly Fishing 2020 Escape – there comes a time when we must heed that notion. No matter the state of things around us, we are drawn to the river. I am grateful to have escaped to western Montana for 9 days in mid July, just as the big fish began to move into…

Central PA Summer Fly Fishing – A Weekend at the Mansion Wow – I’m almost speechless! What an outstanding weekend I had guiding Andy at Trout Haven’s Fairbrook Mansion section of Spruce Creek. Central PA summer fly fishing requires a certain amount of versatility. You never know what the weather and resulting conditions will be. Luckily, Andy…

PA May Fly Fishing   PA May fly fishing is here and while pandemics are unusual, plenty of rain is not. We’ve been lucky enough to have intervals of great PA May fly fishing between the washings. The Governor continues to allow fishing guides to operate with safe distancing and masks, and we are taking all of the necessary…