Posts Tagged ‘Best Fly Fishing in Pennsylvania’

Best PA Spring Fly Fishing Moments With the recent heatwave that swept across the northeast, we can declare that we are officially in the heat of Summer. Now is a good time to look back on the cool rains of Spring and remember some of the best PA spring fly fishing moments from 2018. 5.…

Strategies for Early Summer PA Fly Fishing We are only hours away from the longest day of the year and the official beginning of Summer 2018. The dwindling big mayfly hatches have become a dusk to twilight affair. Don’t despair, you need not be a night owl to have productive dry fly fishing during this…

Early May PA Fly Fishing: BWO’s, Drakes, & Streamers With the unpredictable weather & flows, the key to successful early May PA fly fishing is versatility. If you were expecting certain hatches in the first week of May, like sulphurs, you were probably disappointed. We did, however, see plenty of hatching BWO’s and Slate Drakes and…

PA Spring Fly Fishing Season We’re off to a fantastic start to the 2018 fishing season at Trout Haven! With the air temperatures approaching 80 degrees on Saturday, it was hard to tell that this was only the beginning of PA spring fly fishing season. It was the perfect all-around weekend with success on dries, nymphs,…

4. Target Tributaries The typically higher flows of spring mean that fish have more opportunities to search for prime holding spots and plentiful food. In the early spring fish will begin moving upstream again, after having migrated downstream in search of wintertime food. For successful April fly fishing, target both the mouths of tributaries and…

Mild Days Deliver Excellent Pennsylvania Winter Fly fishing For the second consecutive year February temperatures pushed beyond 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Unseasonably mild days provide an irresistible opportunity to fish your favorite stream. Class A Wild Trout Streams are great places to go for Pennsylvania winter fly fishing. Although not a wild fish, we landed the palomino trout above…

2017’s Best Pennsylvania Streamer Fly Fishing at Trout Haven Thankfully the arctic freeze has passed, the “bomb cyclone” winter storm has come and gone. Local streams have resumed their usual winter character, and the unusual amount of surface ice has somewhat thawed. When yesterday’s rain raises water levels and increases turbidity we can have some…

2017’s Best Pennsylvania Dry Fly Fishing at Trout Haven We’ve had one week to settle in to 2018, and so far many of us are shoveling snow while trying not to freeze. These glum winter days have me dreaming of warmer brighter days on my favorite streams. Days when thick hatches provide the best Pennsylvania…

Best Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Fall 2017 Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and all of us at Trout Haven wish you and your family a happy holiday! Before we feast on turkey Trout Haven is looking back at some of the best Pennsylvania fly fishing that we had during the fall season. 5. Caddis Eater Pictured above is a beautiful 21″…

Streamer Mornings & Caddis Afternoons Big Bertha is back! This beautiful 27″ rainbow was one of many big trout that came to the net over 6 days on Spruce Creek. PA fly fishing in the late fall can produce monster trout as the bigger fish move upstream in preparation for spawning. PA Fly Fishing at Dawn…