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Fly Fishing On The Yellow Creek Pennsylvania

Yellow 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.

We also have custom Perfect Fly selections in 3 different price ranges for this stream that come with or without fly boxes. They make excellent gifts. Click Here To Order or Call us at 800 594 4726 or email us at sales@perfectflystore.com.

Type of Stream
Limestone Spring Creek

Species
Brown Trout (Wild and Stocked)

Size
Medium

Location
Southeastern Pennsylvania

Nearest Towns
Loysburg

Season
Middle of April through February

Access:
Good

Non-Resident License
State of Pennsylvania

Weather
National Weather Service Link

Seasons:
The season follows the regular Pennsylvania trout season.
Spring:
Springtime is the best time for fly fishing Yellow Creek due to the aquatic insect hatches.
Summer:
The hottest days of summer can cause the lower sections to get too warm
Fall:
Fall is the best time to catch the larger brown trout.
Winter:
Fly fishing Yellow Creek can be great even on very cold 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.

Options For Selecting Flies:
1.
Email us (sales@perfectflystore.com)
with the dates you will be fishing this stream and we will send you a list of our fly suggestions. Please allow up to 24 hours for a response.

2. Call us 800-594-4726 and we will help you decide which flies you need


3.
Email us (sales@perfectflystore.com)
with a budget for flies and we will select them to match the budget and get them to you in time for your fly fishing trip.

All orders are shipped free in the
U. S. Orders over $100 are shipped via Priority Mail.  

Copyright 2016 James Marsh


Fly Fishing Yellow Creek Pennsylvania
Not to be confused with the famous Yellow Breeches Creek, Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It’s one of many southeastern limestone spring creeks that hold trout. It begins near Woodbury and flows into the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River near Hopewell. The stream is stocked by the state but it also has a good population of wild, stream-bred trout.

Yellow Creek has a special regulation area with “catch and release only” regulations that permits “fly fishing only”. Two sections of the stream are stocked and open to regular statewide regulations. There’s approximately ten miles of stocked water. Fly fishing Yellow Creek can range from easy to difficult, depending on whether you catch stocked or wild trout.

Above Loysburg, the stream flows through open meadows and is more of a classic limestone spring creek. Much of it flows through pastures and there are some problems with siltation and runoff. Downstream from there the stream flows through Loysburg Gap. There’s large boulders and deep pools in this section of the stream. Fast riffles and pocket water support trout well in this area.

The delayed harvest section is loccated off State Road 1024. It begins upstream at the Maple Run confluence and goes upstream for one mile. The lower sections of the stream get too warm to support trout well during the hot summer but fishing for stockers is good in the Spring and Fall.