Trout Streams and Hatches of Pennsylvania A Complete Fly-Fishing Guide to 140 Rivers and Streams

by Meck, Charles R.

• ISBN13: 9780881504538
• ISBN10: 088150453X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-17
• Publisher: Countryman Press
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Summary

Many of the 10,000 miles of classified trout water in the state is easily accessible from major population centers. But this massive, complete work also includes smaller "secret" streams in remote regions. This third edition has been completely redesigned, as well as updated and expanded. Fourteen streams have been added. Features include: extensive insect hatch charts keyed to each stream; advice on matching the batch with the right flies; local fly patterns; color photographs and detailed maps; at-a-glance headings for each stream that tell you how to get there, what to bring, regulations, and highlights.

Author Biography

Charles R. Meck, a lifelong Pennsylvania resident and the author of six other successful books on fly-fishing, has fished virtually every trout stream in the state. His works include Arizona Trout Streams and Their Hatches, Mid-Atlantic Trout Streams and Their Hatches, Fishing Small Streams with a Fly Rod, and Meeting and Fishing the Hatches. He lives in Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania and spends his winters in Mesa, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction to Pennsylvania Streams and Rivers	p. 13
Introduction to the Hatches of Pennsylvania	p. 17
Streams of Northeastern Pennsylvania	p. 49
Toms Creek	p. 49
Lackawanna River	p. 52
Tobyhanna Creek	p. 57
Fishing Creek (Columbia County)	p. 59
Bowman Creek	p. 63
Delaware River	p. 66
Clarks Creek	p. 70
Lackawaxen River	p. 73
Hayes Creek	p. 74
Hickory Run	p. 75
Lehigh River	p. 76
Mehoopany Creek	p. 78
Towanda Creek	p. 79
Mud Run	p. 80
Pohopoco Creek	p. 81
Brodhead Creek	p. 83
Big Bushkill Creek	p. 85
Dyberry Creek	p. 87
Streams of Southeastern Pennsylvania	p. 89
East Branch, Brandywine Creek	p. 90
Pickering Creek	p. 94
Saucon Creek	p. 96
Little Schuylkill River	p. 98
Bushkill Creek	p. 102
West Valley Creek	p. 104
Quittapahilla Creek	p. 105
Valley Creek	p. 107
Tulpehocken Creek	p. 110
Ridley Creek	p. 114
French Creek	p. 115
Octoraro Creek	p. 117
Donegal Creek	p. 119
Cedar Creek	p. 120
Little Lehigh Creek	p. 120
Monocacy Creek	p. 123
Streams of North-Central Pennsylvania	p. 127
Sinnemahoning Portage Creek	p. 127
Lyman Run	p. 129
Mill Creek	p. 130
Grays Run	p. 132
Larrys Creek	p. 133
First Fork, Sinnemahoning Creek	p. 134
East Fork, Sinnemahoning Creek	p. 137
Loyalsock Creek	p. 138
Hoagland Branch	p. 142
Elk Creek (Sullivan County)	p. 144
Muncy Creek	p. 145
Cedar Run	p. 146
Little Pine Creek	p. 148
Pine Creek	p. 151
West Branch, Pine Creek	p. 158
Lycoming Creek	p. 159
Slate Run	p. 161
Kettle Creek	p. 165
Cross Fork Creek	p. 169
Hammersley Run (Fork)	p. 171
Young Womans Creek	p. 172
Stony Fork	p. 174
Oswayo Creek	p. 175
Allegheny River	p. 177
Genesee Forks	p. 180
Ninemile Run	p. 181
Driftwood Branch, Sinnemahoning Creek	p. 182
Streams of Central Pennsylvania	p. 185
Pine Creek	p. 185
Little Juniata River	p. 189
Elk Creek	p. 193
Spring Creek	p. 195
Penns Creek	p. 199
Bald Eagle Creek (Julian)	p. 204
Lower Bald Eagle Creek (Below Milesburg)	p. 208
Bald Eagle Creek (Tyrone)	p. 210
Big Fill Run	p. 212
Vanscoyoc Run	p. 214
White Deer Creek	p. 214
Fishing Creek	p. 216
Piney Creek	p. 220
Clover Creek	p. 221
Spruce Creek	p. 222
Sixmile Run	p. 226
Logan Branch	p. 228
Tipton Run	p. 229
Bell Gap Run	p. 229
Canoe Creek	p. 231
Streams of South-Central Pennsylvania	p. 235
Laurel Run	p. 235
Green Spring Creek	p. 237
Middle Spring Creek	p. 240
Lost Creek	p. 241
Little Tonoloway Creek	p. 242
Willow Run	p. 244
Letort Spring Run	p. 245
Big Spring Run (Creek)	p. 247
Yellow Breeches Creek	p. 249
Falling Spring Branch	p. 252
Muddy Creek	p. 256
Codorus Creek	p. 257
Kishacoquillas Creek	p. 261
Honey Creek	p. 263
Tea Creek	p. 265
East Licking Creek	p. 266
Big Cove Creek	p. 267
Blacklog Creek	p. 270
Standing Stone Creek	p. 272
Streams of Northwestern Pennsylvania	p. 273
West Branch, Tunungwant Creek	p. 273
East Branch, Tunungwant Creek	p. 276
Thompson Creek	p. 277
Caldwell Creek	p. 279
Sugar Creek	p. 281
Pine Creek	p. 283
Oil Creek	p. 283
Slippery Rock Creek	p. 287
Neshannock Creek	p. 289
Cool Spring Creek	p. 291
Little Sandy Creek	p. 291
Allegheny River (Below Kinzua Dam)	p. 293
North Fork, Red Bank Creek	p. 295
Clarion River	p. 297
Spring Creek	p. 301
East Branch, Clarion River	p. 302
West Branch, Clarion River	p. 303
Brokenstraw Creek	p. 304
Kinzua Creek	p. 305
East Branch, Mahoning Creek	p. 306
Tionesta Creek	p. 309
East Hickory Creek	p. 310
Streams of Southwestern Pennsylvania	p. 313
Buffalo Creek	p. 314
Yellow Creek (Indiana County)	p. 318
South Branch, Two Lick Creek	p. 319
Chest Creek	p. 322
Bobs Creek	p. 325
Coxes Creek	p. 327
Casselman River	p. 328
Stonycreek River	p. 331
Loyalhanna Creek	p. 334
Laurel Hill Creek	p. 336
Youghiogheny River	p. 338
Little Mahoning Creek	p. 342
Yellow Creek (Bedford County)	p. 344
Cove Creek	p. 347
Wills Creek	p. 348
Raystown Branch, Juniata River	p. 350
Brush Creek	p. 351
Tying Patterns for Pennsylvania's Hatches	p. 353
Some Proposals for Better Fishing on Pennsylvania Streams	p. 375
Appendix: Hatch Charts	p. 384
Index	p. 403
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