Monocacy 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
Limestone Spring Creek
Species
Brown Trout (Wild and stocked with
holdovers)
Rainbows (Stocked)
Size
Medium
Location
Southcentral Pennsylvania
Nearest Town
Bethlehem
Season
Middle of April through February
Access:
Good
Special Regulations
Two Wild Trout Sections
Non-Resident License
State of Pennsylvania
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
The season is the regular Pennsylvania trout season
Spring:
Fly fishing Monocacy Creek is great during Spring.
Summer:
Trout can be caught all Summer and some good hatches exist during the Summer
Fall:
Early Fall is an especially good time to catch large brown trout
Winter:
Trout can be caught on all but the coldest days of Winter.
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 Monocacy Creek Pennsylvania
Monocacy Creek is a lovely limestone, spring creek located in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It has a very good population of wild brown trout. The stream has two sections of special regulation water. There’s a 1.9-mile section of the creek that begins at the state road #987
bridge and goes downstream to the state road #248 Bridge that’s classified as “wild trout water”. This section is regulated as “Class A”. It has a very good population of wild brown trout.
Monocacy Creek is a tributary of the Lehigh River. Even though it flows through a highly developed area, fly fishing Monocacy Creek can still be done in a very nice setting. Much effort has been made by several different organizations to maintain the quality of this stream.
The creek has sections of private water within the public sections, so one needs to be careful to not encroach on private property areas. Below highway #512, all the way to US Highway #22, there’s plenty of public access and some very nice water. The stream is much larger in this area. It is heavily stocked by the state but it also has some wild browns.
The second section of Class “A” wild trout regulated water starts at the upper end of the Fox Gertrude Conservation Area and extends downstream to the licks Mill Dam. This section is almost two miles long. It too has a very good population of wild brown trout.
The water from just below the regulated area to the confluence of the Lehigh River at Bethlehem is also stocked. This section can be accessed from roads that lead off of Center Street in Bethlehem.
The best fly fishing area is the last mentioned regulated area in the Fox Gertrude Conservation Area. It’s a beautiful section of water with lots of wild trout. The entire lower section of Monocacy Creek averages 40 to 50 feet wide and remains cool all summer long. It has some excellent hatches of Tricos and Sulphurs and provide anglers some very good wild brown trout fishing opportunities. Fly fishing Monocacy Creek is well worth anyone’s time.