Mud Run 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)
Brook Trout (Stocked and some wild)
Size
Small
Location
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Nearest Town
Meckesville
Albrightsville
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 Mud Run due to the plentiful aquatic insect hatches.
Summer:
Fly fishing usually slows down some during the Summer but the water stays fairly cool even during the hot
Summer.
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch a larger holdover brown trout.
Winter:
It is possible to catch trout on warm, nice days winter days.
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 Mud Run Pennsylvania
Mud Run is a small, seven mile long trout stream that flows through Hickory Run State Park in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It has a “Delayed Harvest” section located within the State Park along with the DH area on Hickory Run, another stream located within the park.
Mud Run is everything but a muddy creek or run. It has pocket water with some very large boulders and even some waterfalls that makes the stream beautiful and not detracting as the name implies. There’s pools, runs and riffles surrounded by plenty of trees that provide a canopy that helps keep the stream cool during the warm weather.
Mud Run begins above State Route #115 and flows through Indian Mountain Lake before it gets to Hickory Run State Park. The Delayed Harvest section is two and a half miles long and flows through a beautiful setting in a gorge-like area. It usually has an excellent population of trout and is the best area of the stream to fish.
You can access the stream in the State Park from State Route #534. One good thing about the stream in our opinion is the fact it doesn’t have direct road access in the park. It requires some hiking to reach it.
Most of the water that’s not inside the State Park is privately owned. What’s available can be accessed from bridges at State Routes #534 and 903. The stream is a tributary of the Lehigh River and has some access near the confluence with the river.
The stream has a very good population of aquatic insects including several species of mayflies, caddisflies and some stoneflies. Dry fly fishing can be very good at times. Stockers can be caught using a variety of flies but the wild trout and large holdover browns can be very selective. Matching the naturals is always the best approach.