Copyright 2009 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Guide for Ridley Creek Pennsylvania
Ridley Creek serves as a good example of what good stream management can do for a
stream that is located very near large metropolitan areas. It always has a decent number of
trout, easy access, and even some very good hatches of aquatic insects. Ridley Creek is
stocked with trout by the state of Pennsylvania.
The best fishing is in the Ridley Creek State Park. One good section to fish is to the rear of
the Colonial Mansion parking lot. You can fish upstream from there. The stream is easy to
wade in that area. It has some nice pools with interconnecting runs and riffles.
You can park close to the dam and walk up the bicycle path that parallels the stream to
another good location to fish. The portion of the creek from Sycamore Mills Dam to the mouth
of Dismal Run is a "Delayed Harvest" area that permits fly fishing only. There is a wheelchair
accessible fishing platform located on the paved trail that runs along Sycamore Mills Road.
This area provides some very good fishing. It is heavily fished and the trout, although
stocked, are not pushovers. The constant pressure keeps them easy to spook and difficult to
fool.
Although most anglers had rather catch trout on the dry fly, you will find that you can almost
always do better in terms of quantities of fish caught, if you will fish nymphs and caddis larvae
imitations. You can fish them by adding weight above the fly, with or without an indicator, and
usually do very well on Ridley Creek.
Ridley Creek serves as a good example of what good stream management can do for a
stream that is located very near large metropolitan areas. It always has a decent number of
trout, easy access, and even some very good hatches of aquatic insects. Ridley Creek is
stocked with trout by the state of Pennsylvania.
The best fishing is in the Ridley Creek State Park. One good section to fish is to the rear of
the Colonial Mansion parking lot. You can fish upstream from there. The stream is easy to
wade in that area. It has some nice pools with interconnecting runs and riffles.
You can park close to the dam and walk up the bicycle path that parallels the stream to
another good location to fish. The portion of the creek from Sycamore Mills Dam to the mouth
of Dismal Run is a "Delayed Harvest" area that permits fly fishing only. There is a wheelchair
accessible fishing platform located on the paved trail that runs along Sycamore Mills Road.
This area provides some very good fishing. It is heavily fished and the trout, although
stocked, are not pushovers. The constant pressure keeps them easy to spook and difficult to
fool.
Although most anglers had rather catch trout on the dry fly, you will find that you can almost
always do better in terms of quantities of fish caught, if you will fish nymphs and caddis larvae
imitations. You can fish them by adding weight above the fly, with or without an indicator, and
usually do very well on Ridley Creek.
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