Pennsylvania Spring creek
Yellow Breeches Creek Fishing Report, Flows and Hatches
A legendary Pennsylvania limestone spring creek near Camp Hill, clear and cold and constant, with ultra-selective rainbow and brown trout. Sulphurs and Blue-Winged Olives fish much of the year, and summer trico spinner falls and midges are essential.
Spring creek
Pennsylvania
310 ft
Gauge 01571500
Right now
Live conditions
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The hatch chart
Yellow Breeches Creek hatch chart
The emergences that come off the Yellow Breeches Creek by month, straight from the Rivus hatch model.
| Hatch | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Midge Midge, #20-22 | ||||||||||||
Blue Winged Olive Mayfly, #16-20 | ||||||||||||
Hendrickson Mayfly, #12-14 | ||||||||||||
Caddisfly Caddis, #14-18 | ||||||||||||
Sulphur Mayfly, #16-18 | ||||||||||||
Little Yellow Sally Stonefly, #14-18 | ||||||||||||
Flying Ant / Carpenter Ant Ant, #14-18 | ||||||||||||
Light Cahill Mayfly, #14-16 | ||||||||||||
Grasshopper / Terrestrial Hopper, #10-12 | ||||||||||||
Trico Mayfly, #18-22 |
How it fishes
A Pennsylvania spring creek
A spring creek wells up from the ground at a near-constant temperature, so it stays clear, cold, and stable through the year. The water is rich and the fish see everything, which makes for technical, small-fly fishing and long, fine leaders.
Flow and gauge
Reading the flows
The Yellow Breeches Creek is metered at USGS gauge 01571500. Watch the trend as much as the number: a river that is dropping and clearing fishes very differently from one that is coming up.
Access and regulations
Before you fish
Access and the right to fish are the angler’s responsibility, every time. Public access, private water, and seasonal closures vary along the river, so confirm where you can legally stand and wade before you go. We do not point you to a specific spot.
Read the current rules, license requirements, and any special-regulation water before you go. Regulations change season to season, so check them fresh.
Flow and water temperature from USGS, weather from NWS and NOAA, refreshed hourly. Real-time USGS readings are provisional and subject to revision. The hatch chart and river read are Rivus model output.