Freestone · Shale · Pennsylvania

Walnut Creek

Walnut Creek venue image
Poor · Steelhead
Egg pattern · 12–16
Not the day for it
River lifting fast on the rain. Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% confidence
limited temperature data
What moved it
  • Level1.08 mLifting fast
  • Water temp24.8°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Egg pattern
Egg pattern12–16
A dependable searching pattern for these waters.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Rising
1.08 m
Lifting fast
Water temp24.8°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather22°C
WindNW 26 km/h
Pressure1009 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.1 mm

Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.

Water temperature for Steelhead
Welfare risk
24.8°Cideal 4–13°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Steelhead
When
Steelhead Oct–Apr, on the drop
Where
A small, busy Pennsylvania Erie tributary with a manmade harbour mouth that concentrates fall steelhead — short water, easy access, and reliable stocked…
Why this works
Very poor — barometric pressure is working for you, but water temperature is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Evidence
ModelledModerate confidence

Modelled from regional ecology — no survey or occurrence data for this water yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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D
Quill GordonHatch
2
2
Blue QuillHatch
2
3
2
HendricksonHatch
2
2
Eastern March BrownHatch
2
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Steelhead fly box
Local fly shops: East End Angler·Elk Creek Sports Shop·Chagrin River Outfitters
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Pennsylvania licence with a Lake Erie permit — verify PFBC rules
  • Introduced, harvestable sport fishery.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Elk Creek
12 km
Steelhead
Crooked Creek
17 km
Steelhead
Conneaut Creek
35 km
Steelhead
Twenty Mile Creek
39 km
Steelhead
Ashtabula River
52 km
Steelhead
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Impaired
  • Recreation: Impaired
What this classification means

Recreation: Bacteria/pathogen advisory — mind wading cuts and immersion.

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Walnut Creek-123925698' (PA-SCR-123925698), 2024 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Not Supporting. Listed impairment causes: Sediment, Habitat Alterations, Hydrologic Alteration, Pathogens. This is a Clean Water Act assessment-unit classification (the US analogue of WFD), not a live reading.

Status is for the Clean Water Act assessment unit covering this reach.

EPA ATTAINS (Clean Water Act) · PA-SCR-123925698

Why this score · for Steelhead
  • Temperature028% weight
  • Flow5522% weight
  • Clarity1518% weight
  • Feeding Time4013% weight
  • Pressure757% weight
  • Insect activity3612% weight
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Booking & contacts