Local Waters
Big Spring Creek
Newville, PA · about 30 min from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)
A short, famous Cumberland Valley spring creek.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Legal on most trout water. Limestone springs stay cooler. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
- Park
- Posted lots at the former hatchery / source and Nealy Road. Stay public.
- Walk in
- Short from the source lot.
- Wading
- Clear limestone. Weeds and picky fish.
- Usual window
- Year-round specials on the fly stretch.
- Saturday conditions
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N 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 72° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:26 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:58
- Wind at dawn
- N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: N 7 mph
- 10am: NE 9 mph
- 2pm: NE 9 mph
- dusk: NE 6 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 2- or 3-wt, midges and scuds.
- Notes
- PFBC catch-and-release fly-fishing-only from near the source to Nealy Road; stocked water below. Confirm PFBC.
Fragile and watched. Stay on signed public.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
TCO — book a day
Boiling Springs, PA · wade · Half or full day
Good for: Yellow Breeches and Cumberland Valley limestone
Shop desk. Ask who they send on the Breeches.