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.
- Thursday conditions
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SW 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- 🌧️ 83° rain
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:31 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:51
- Wind at dawn
- SW 2 mph · Mostly Sunny · 65°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 2 mph
- 10am: SW 3 mph
- 2pm: S 8 mph
- dusk: S 7 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
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
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.