Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

River Open — summer

Quittapahilla Creek

Annville, PA · about 65 min from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The Lebanon limestone if you already fish the Tully.

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
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
Posted DHALO lots near Spruce Street / SR 934 in Annville. Stay public.
Walk in
Short from the posted lot.
Wading
Urban limestone. Crowded after stocking.
Usual window
Year-round delayed harvest on posted water.
Sunday conditions

NE 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⚡ 69° storm
Sun and moon
Rise 6:24 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:54
Wind at dawn
NE 5 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 63°F
Wind later
  • dawn: NE 5 mph
  • 10am: E 5 mph
  • 2pm: E 5 mph
  • dusk: E 5 mph
Flow
50 cfs · 3.28 ft · 2:15 pm · Quittapahilla Creek near Bellegrove · USGS gauge
A setup that belongs here
4-wt, nymphs.
Notes
Keystone Select delayed-harvest on the posted 1.1 miles. Confirm PFBC.

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

NE 5 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 50 cfs

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Boiling Springs)

2 First St, Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Call — limestone hours

Yellow Breeches desk. Cumberland Valley limestone.

TCO Fly Shop (Reading / West Lawn)

2229 Penn Ave, West Lawn, PA 19609
Mon–Fri 9am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–3pm — confirm

Reading desk. Tulpehocken, Blue Marsh, SE limestone.

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.

If this isn’t the day