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Type of Stream
Freestone
Species
Brown Trout (Wild and stocked with
holdovers)
Rainbows (Stocked)
Size
Medium
Location
South Central Pennsylvania
Nearest Town
McConnellsburg
Season
Middle of April through February
Access:
Good
Special Regulations
Delayed Harvest Section
Non-Resident License
State of Pennsylvania
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Recommended Tackle & Gear
Fly Line:
4, 5 or 6 weight
Leaders:
Dry fly: 9 to 12 ft., 5 or 6X Nymphing:
71/2 ft., 3 or 4X, Streamers 0-2X
Tippets:
Dry fly: 5 or 6X, Nymphing: 3 or 4X,
Streamer 0-2X
Best Fly Rods:
Perfect Fly Supreme Four, Superb Five
or Ultimate Six
Fly Reels:
For 4/5/6 fly line
Fly Floatants and Misc Items:
Floatants, KISS Strike Indicators
Tools & Accessories:
Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc.
Seasons:
The season is the general Pennsylvania trout season.
Spring:
Springtime is the best time for fly fishing Big Cove Creek
due to the hatches.
Summer:
Summertime is okay except for the hottest days.
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch the larger brown trout
Winter:
Wintertime can be tough and the water can be frozen in places.
Copyright 2013 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Big Cove Creek Pennsylvania
Big Cove Creek begins on Cove Mountain, just outside the Buchanan State Forest. It flows between Cove Mountain and Scrub Ridge. U.S. Route #522 follows along most of this section. Not far from its beginning it passes through the town of McConnellsburg.
This creek has several tributary streams that also provide good fishing. At the confluence of Buck Run, a tributary stream, it flows through a narrow valley where it also receives water from Roaring Run and Spring Run. From Big Cove Tannery downstream, State Route #928 follows the creek. Ester Run comes into the stream at Dickeys Mountain and Lowery Knob. From there it travels through Buchanan State Forest. Big Cove Creek terminates at Licking Creek. Fly fishing Big Cove Creek in its lower section can be very rewarding.
Big Cove Creek is really like two different streams. Its upper section flows through an open meadow and usually gets too warm during the Summer. The section below Big Cove Tannery stays much cooler due to water from downstream spring creek tributaries and a good canopy of tree limbs. Both Spring Run and Spring Creek have water that is usually in the sixties at its highest. This helps cool Big Cove Creek for a couple of miles below their confluence. The creek is thirty to fifty feet wide in this area with some sections of long riffles, some runs and some pools. Much of the creek is supplemented with stocked trout.
For some reason, this creek is fished very little. It has a good population of brown and rainbow trout with some stream-born browns and plenty of holdovers, especially
in the tributaries. There is a “Delayed Harvest” section from that extends from 200 yards downstream of the State Road 0928 Bridge downstream to the lower Buchanan State Forest boundary.