Copyright 2010 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Pine Creek Pennsylvania
Pine Creek is one Pennsylvania that differs greatly from
the typical one, if there's such a thing as typical. First of
all, it's sixty miles long and has more tributary stream
than any creek in the United States. I don't really know
that for a fact, but it has a ton of them. It can be as wide
as 100 feet and even double that. It has riffles that are a
mile long. It has had some problems with some of its
tributary stream, especially Babb Creek which is thought
to still add some mine acid to the stream. That has a
limestone grinder in it, to help with the acid problem.
The basic problem with Pine Creek is water temperature.
It gets into the low seventies at certain times of the year
and this is too warm to support trout. Most all of its
numerous tributaries have cooler water and offer an
alternative to fishing the main stem during hot weather.
They also help keep the main stem cool. Without them,
the stream would really have problems. Fly fishing Pine
Creek in the hot part of the Summer just about dictates
moving into one of these feeder streams.
Some Pennsylvania rivers should be called creeks and
some creeks would be better described as a river. This
is one of the later. It is a large as many rivers. Now that I
have pointed out most of its negative points, let me give
some good ones. It has a huge diversity and good
quantities of aquatic insects. Above Galeton, Pine creek
is about forty or fifty feet wide and the water is much
cooler. It also has a good population of stream-bred
brown and brook trout. It damed at Galeton and this
contributes to the warm water problem below. At
Ansonia, Pine Creek receives water from Marsh Creek
and flows through a deep gorge or canyon that's about
15 miles long. Below Slate Run, a tributary we have a
complete section on, the stream has lots of riffles and
provides some good trout fishing.
I won't get into the hatches Pine Creek has because it
would take a lot of writing to cover them. We will be
doing a hatch chart and that will help simplify the many
aquatic insects that thrive in this stream. Depending on
when you fish Pine Creek and depending on exactly
where you fish it, you may decide its the best stream in
the state and you may well decide its the worst. These
two things swing the success anglers have drastically.
Fly fishing Pine Creek can be a real challenge at times
or it can be very easy to fish.
Seasons:
The season is the standard Pennsylvania trout season.
Spring:
Springtime is the best time for fly fishing Pine Creek due
to the hatches.
Summer:
Summertime can be okay if during the hottest days you
fish a tributary stream
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch the larger brown trout
Winter:
Wintertime can be tough and the water can even be
frozen in places
Fly Fishing Gear, Tackle and Trout Flies
Pine Creek is one Pennsylvania that differs greatly from
the typical one, if there's such a thing as typical. First of
all, it's sixty miles long and has more tributary stream
than any creek in the United States. I don't really know
that for a fact, but it has a ton of them. It can be as wide
as 100 feet and even double that. It has riffles that are a
mile long. It has had some problems with some of its
tributary stream, especially Babb Creek which is thought
to still add some mine acid to the stream. That has a
limestone grinder in it, to help with the acid problem.
The basic problem with Pine Creek is water temperature.
It gets into the low seventies at certain times of the year
and this is too warm to support trout. Most all of its
numerous tributaries have cooler water and offer an
alternative to fishing the main stem during hot weather.
They also help keep the main stem cool. Without them,
the stream would really have problems. Fly fishing Pine
Creek in the hot part of the Summer just about dictates
moving into one of these feeder streams.
Some Pennsylvania rivers should be called creeks and
some creeks would be better described as a river. This
is one of the later. It is a large as many rivers. Now that I
have pointed out most of its negative points, let me give
some good ones. It has a huge diversity and good
quantities of aquatic insects. Above Galeton, Pine creek
is about forty or fifty feet wide and the water is much
cooler. It also has a good population of stream-bred
brown and brook trout. It damed at Galeton and this
contributes to the warm water problem below. At
Ansonia, Pine Creek receives water from Marsh Creek
and flows through a deep gorge or canyon that's about
15 miles long. Below Slate Run, a tributary we have a
complete section on, the stream has lots of riffles and
provides some good trout fishing.
I won't get into the hatches Pine Creek has because it
would take a lot of writing to cover them. We will be
doing a hatch chart and that will help simplify the many
aquatic insects that thrive in this stream. Depending on
when you fish Pine Creek and depending on exactly
where you fish it, you may decide its the best stream in
the state and you may well decide its the worst. These
two things swing the success anglers have drastically.
Fly fishing Pine Creek can be a real challenge at times
or it can be very easy to fish.
Seasons:
The season is the standard Pennsylvania trout season.
Spring:
Springtime is the best time for fly fishing Pine Creek due
to the hatches.
Summer:
Summertime can be okay if during the hottest days you
fish a tributary stream
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch the larger brown trout
Winter:
Wintertime can be tough and the water can even be
frozen in places
Fly Fishing Gear, Tackle and Trout Flies
| Type of Stream Freestone Species Brown Trout (Wild and stocked with holdovers) Brook Trout (native and stocked with holdovers) Rainbow Trout (stocked with some holdovers in tributaries) Size Large Location Northcentral Pennsylvania Nearest Town Ansonia Rexford Season Middle of April through February Access: Easy to Difficult Non-Resident License State of Pennsylvania Weather National Weather Service Link Hatch Chart Perfect Fly Hatch Chart (Coming) Fly Fishing Gear, Tackle and Trout Flies |
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