Bobs Creek Pennsylvania Fishing Report & Options for Selecting Flies: Email us at (sales@perfectflystore.com) with the dates you will be fishing and we will send you a list of our fly recommendations. We can get flies and gear to you within two to three business days from the time you place your order via Priority Mail. If you provide a budget for flies, we will select them to match the budget and get them to you on time for your trip. Your can also call us at 800-594-4726 and we will help you decide what flies and gear to use. All orders are shipped free in the U.S. If under a $100 order requiring Priority mail is a charge of only $8.10. Orders over a $100 are shipped free via Priority Mail.
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Type of Stream
Freestone
Species
Brown Trout (Stocked with holdovers
and Wild)
Brook Trout (Native and stocked with
holdovers)
Size
Small to medium
Location
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Nearest Town
Pavia
Season
First Saturday of April through
February:
Access:
Good in some areas, hiking required
in others
Non-Resident License
State of Pennsylvania
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
The season follows the standard Pennsylvania trout season
Spring:
Springtime is a good time for fly fishing Bobs Creek due to its aquatic insect hatches.
Summer:
Fly fishing usually slows down some during the Summer but the water stays fairly cool in the upper sections, even during the hot Summer.
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch a larger holdover or wild brown trout because they spawn in the Fall.
Winter:
The stream can provide some fishing opportunities during the winter months.
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.
Copyright 2013 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Bobs Creek Pennsylvania
Bobs Creek is a small freestone stream that has a good population of wild brown trout and native brook trout but is also stocked by the state. There has been some problems with acid rain in the past, but it is suppose to be better that it has been. Fly fishing Bobs Creek can be excellent at times.
The upper section of Bobs Creek is heavily canopied with tree limbs in all but about a two mile long section that runs through a pasture. It stays cool through the summer months in most areas.
Below Pavia, the stream increase in size from about a fifteen foot average to more than forty foot average width. The pH is also better in the lower section and there’s more food available. It is exposed much more to the sun and it does tend to get warm during the hot
summer. Bobs Creek flows into Dunning Creek twenty miles downstream from the headwaters.
You can access the upper part of Bob’s Creek from T652 that leads out of the town of Pavia. It can also be accessed from State Route #3001. The stream flows through State Game Lands and hiking is required. There a trial that follows the stream that’s a game land access road. The lower section of Bobs Creek, below Pavia, can be accessed from State Road #869 which follows along the stream.
This stream has a good supply of aquatic insects, especially in the lower section. There are several species of mayflies, some caddisflies and even some stoneflies. There are even a few Green Drakes. The newly stocked trout are not selective but the large holdovers and wild trout certainly are. Specific imitations of the aquatic insects always outperform the generic fly patterns.