Copyright 2009 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Letort Spring Run
Pennsylvania
The Letort Spring Run is a beautiful little limestone
spring creek located right in the town of Carlisle
Pennsylvania. In the upper section of the stream, it is so
clear that you can look at it in some ways as not even
being a stream because of the beds of cress. In places it
looks to be only a few inches deep until you step into the
water and find out it is two feet deep. It probably only
averages about twenty feet wide. Some very large
springs keep the water flowing cool even during the
hottest part of the summer.
A mile and a half of the little stream is catch and release
water only. The catch and release water tends to have
more larger brown trout than the other water but it is
more difficult to fish. The lower end of the stream has
some runs and riffles areas and the faster water makes
it a little easier to catch trout. It has some open areas
that are easier to cast in and fish than the middle and
upper areas of the stream.
Fly fishing the Letort Spring Run will force you to
become extremely proficient in every thing you do. A
bad cast and you will need to move somewhere else.
Get a bad drift and you will need to cast to another
location. Let the trout see you and you are finished in
that area of the little stream. Hook a good fish and you
have yet another problem. You usually have very light
line and the brown trout has all the cover it needs to
wrap around and break your tippet. They are very
difficult to land in most places.
Seasons:
There is really no best time to fish the Letort. It is fairly
tough anytime.
Spring:
Spring is the best time to fish the Letort because there
are more hatches and the fish seem a little more
aggressive during the spring.
Summer:
Summer can be okay. There are some sulphur mayflies
in the stream and there is a trico hatch that occurs in
late summer in parts of the stream.
Fall:
There can be hatches of BWOs in the fall that are good.
Winter:
Warm winter afternoons can be okay on the Letort.
Fly Fishing Guide to Letort Spring Run
The water forces you to fish very light leaders and
tippets. It also becomes very evident that the closer the
fly you use looks and acts like the real thing, the better
your chances of fooling a trout.
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Pennsylvania
The Letort Spring Run is a beautiful little limestone
spring creek located right in the town of Carlisle
Pennsylvania. In the upper section of the stream, it is so
clear that you can look at it in some ways as not even
being a stream because of the beds of cress. In places it
looks to be only a few inches deep until you step into the
water and find out it is two feet deep. It probably only
averages about twenty feet wide. Some very large
springs keep the water flowing cool even during the
hottest part of the summer.
A mile and a half of the little stream is catch and release
water only. The catch and release water tends to have
more larger brown trout than the other water but it is
more difficult to fish. The lower end of the stream has
some runs and riffles areas and the faster water makes
it a little easier to catch trout. It has some open areas
that are easier to cast in and fish than the middle and
upper areas of the stream.
Fly fishing the Letort Spring Run will force you to
become extremely proficient in every thing you do. A
bad cast and you will need to move somewhere else.
Get a bad drift and you will need to cast to another
location. Let the trout see you and you are finished in
that area of the little stream. Hook a good fish and you
have yet another problem. You usually have very light
line and the brown trout has all the cover it needs to
wrap around and break your tippet. They are very
difficult to land in most places.
Seasons:
There is really no best time to fish the Letort. It is fairly
tough anytime.
Spring:
Spring is the best time to fish the Letort because there
are more hatches and the fish seem a little more
aggressive during the spring.
Summer:
Summer can be okay. There are some sulphur mayflies
in the stream and there is a trico hatch that occurs in
late summer in parts of the stream.
Fall:
There can be hatches of BWOs in the fall that are good.
Winter:
Warm winter afternoons can be okay on the Letort.
Fly Fishing Guide to Letort Spring Run
The water forces you to fish very light leaders and
tippets. It also becomes very evident that the closer the
fly you use looks and acts like the real thing, the better
your chances of fooling a trout.
(Click Here to Continue)
| Type of Stream Limestone Spring Creek Species Brown Trout (Wild) Size Small Location Southeast Pennsylvania Nearest Towns Carlisle, Pennsylvania Season Middle of April through February Access: Easy to Difficult Special Regulations "Heritage Trout Angling" Section (See Fishing Guide) Non-Resident License State of Pennsylvania Weather National Weather Service Link Hatch Chart Perfect Fly Hatch Chart Fly Fishing Guide Hatches and Flies Fly Fishing Gear |
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