Lyman Run 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
Native Brook Trout
Brown Trout (Stocked and holdovers)
Rainbows (Stocked)
Size
Small
Location
North Central Pennsylvania
Nearest Towns
Galeton
Season
April 16 through February
Access:
Good
Non-Resident License
State of Pennsylvania
Weather
National Weather Service
Season:
The season is the standard Pennsylvania trout season.
Winter:
Fly fishing Lyman Run during the Winter can be challenging but produces some nice trout on the
warmest days of the Winter.
Spring:
Spring is the best time to fish Lyman Run because of its
excellent hatches.
Summer:
The water stays cools and you can fish most any Summer day.
Fall:
Fall is an excellent time to fish for the brook trout. Brook trout spawn in the Fall.
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 2016 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Lyman Run Pennsylvania
Lyman Run is a small freestone stream located in North Central Pennsylvania. It’s a very good native brook trout stream that also has some large holdover brown trout and some rainbows that move upstream to spawn from Lyman Lake. Access is provided off of U. S. Highway #6 on state road #2002. Lyman Road runs along the entire length of the stream. It’s located in a nice setting of hardwood trees in a remote section away from any congestion other than what may exist in the Lyman State Park at the lake. Fly fishing Lyman Run is usually a very pleasurable experience.
Lyman Lake is regularly stocked so some of the rainbows in the lake migrate upstream during the Spring to spawn. The creek is cooled by spring water that seeps in along the stream in many locations. The water stays cool all Summer long and the brook trout fishing remains good during the hot weather months.
The stream also has a good canopy of Alder trees along its banks that also helps keep the water cool; however, it doesn’t make casting in the fifteen to twenty foot wide stream all that easy. Most of the streams flows on a moderate declination with pools, runs and riffles along
the way.
It’s best to match the hatch when something is hatching, but otherwise, attract or and terrestrial imitations work great most of the time. The brook trout are fairly easy to catch during the warmer months of the year and are not very selective. The stream flows though a scenic area and fly fishing Lyman Run can be a true pleasure, especially if you enjoy catching native brooks that average from five to eight inches with some even larger.
There is a stocked section of the stream below the lake but in our opinion, it isn’t worth fishing except during the cool months of the year and then only for the stocked trout. It gets very warm during the Summer and fish do not hold over below Lyman Lake.