Oil 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)
Rainbows (Stocked)
Brook Trout (some wild)
Size
Medium to large
Location
Northwestern Pennsylvania
Nearest Town
Centerville
Tryonville
Titusville
Season
First Saturday of April through
February:
Access:
Good
Non-Resident License
State of Pennsylvania
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
The season is the standard Pennsylvania trout season
except for the DH Sections which are open year-round..
Spring:
Springtime is a good time for fly fishing Oil Creek due to
the plentiful hatches.
Summer:
Fly fishing usually slows down during the Summer in the
uppermost sections. The water gets too warm..
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch a larger brown trout. They
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 2013 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Oil Creek Pennsylvania
Oil Creek begins at Canadohita Lake in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The stream is approximately thirty miles in length and has a good population of trout. It’s a tributary of the Allegheny River. If you happen to be in Northwestern Pennsylvania, fly fishing Oil Creek is a very worthwhile adventure. The stream gets as large as a hundred feet wide.
The stream flows through the beautiful Oil Creek State Park. There’s two Delayed Harvest Areas located on the stream. The first DH runs from near Drake Well Museum downstream to the Oil Creek State Park hiking trail bridge and is one mile in length. Pine Creek, a tributary stream, enters Oil Creek just above this area.
The other DH area is 1.6 miles long and runs from the bridge at Petroleum Center downstream to a railroad bridge at Columbia Farm. It’s about two miles north of the town of Rouseville. The two DH areas are the most popular fly fishing areas but not necessarily the best.
The uppermost section of Oil Creek is fairly small. Most anglers prefer to fish the water downstream of Tryonville. Access is provided by roads leading off State Routes #8 and #208. Pine Creek enters near the town of Titusville.
The prime area of Oil Creek is considered to be below Pine Creek downstream to the Allegheny River. Fly fishing Oil Creek in this area ranges from easy to difficult depending on whether your catching the larger holdover trout or recently stocked trout. This section includes both Delayed Harvest Sections and Oil Creek State Park. The stream is larger and more like the picture perfect trout stream with a pool, run and riffle configuration. Holdover and stocked trout are plentiful and so are the aquatic insect hatches.
This section can be accessed off State Route #8. There are several bridge access areas in this section. You will have to hike a short ways to parts of the creek in this sectuib but access is still very easy.