Laurel Hill 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 and some
holdovers and wild trout)
Rainbow Trout (Stocked)
Brook Trout (Stocked and some wild)
Size
Small
Location
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Nearest Town
Confluence
Humbert
Pittsburg
Season
First Saturday of April through
February:
Access:
Plentiful but requires hiking
Non-Resident License
State of Pennsylvania
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
The season is the standard Pennsylvania trout season.
Spring:
Springtime is a good time for fly fishing Laurel Hill Creek due to the plentiful aquatic insect hatches.
Summer:
Fly fishing usually slows down some during the Summer .
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch a larger size holdover brown trout.
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
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Fly Fishing Laurel Hill Creek
Pennsylvania
Laurel Hill Creek is a 38 mile long tributary of the Youghiogheny River located in southwestern Pennsylvania. The stream drains the eastern slope of the great Laurel Ridge. The river flows from above and through Laurel Hill Lake located at Trent. The headwaters are in Kooser & Laurel Hill State Parks. State forest and game lands cover the western portions of the drainage basin.
There’s a special regulation area just over two miles long located above the lake at Laurel Hill State Park. Artificial lures and flies only may be used and trout caught before June 15th must be released.
From Laurel Hill Lake downstream, the creek is a moderately to slow flowing stream. Tributary streams flowing out of Forbes State Forest increase the flow along this section. Below the stream flows through a gorge within State Game lands. Hiking is required to reach most of this section.In our opinion, this is the best section to fish but it does require more effort to reach than most anglers put forth.
There’s a special regulation area just over a mile long that extends from a footbridge at Humbert on the #111 Road to the confluence of Paddytown Hollow Run.
Below Humbert the river is fairly large stream. It flows through a valley with a moderate current and is easily accessed from a nearby roads.
There’s another special regulation area just over two miles long that extends from the Boy Scout Camp at Laurel Hill State Park downstream to T-364. Laurel Hill Creek enters the Youghiogheny River, the tailwater of which is covered under a separate section of this site.