Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

River Open — summer

Wissahickon Creek

Philadelphia, PA · about 62 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

Philly creek everyone types. City park, not a secret.

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
City of Philadelphia / Fairmount Park Valley Green lot on Forbidden Drive. City park. Named public. Not a suburban farm hole.
Walk in
Short walk from the signed access.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm the current rule for this week.
Sunday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
🌧️ 68° rain
Sun and moon
Rise 6:19 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:48
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 63°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: E 5 mph
  • 2pm: E 5 mph
  • dusk: SE 5 mph
A setup that belongs here
4-wt.
Notes
Named city park. Confirm PFBC.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

? mph · Chance Rain Showers

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 (Bryn Mawr)

834 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Mon–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–4pm — confirm

Main Line desk. Ridley, Valley Forge, Brandywine, Marsh Creek.

Call Website

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day