Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
Live now
Trends shown where the gauge supports them
Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.
How to fish · for brook trout
When · where · method · kit
Hatches & runs
Twelve months at a glance
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Today's fly · curated pack
5 patterns from this venue's curated pack
Detail · next 12h
The two readings most likely to move the verdict
Evidence
6 factors, signed
Big Spring Creek · about
Background · character · contributors
A short, intense limestoner boiling out of one of the biggest springs in the valley — cold enough to hold wild brook trout in the open ditch below the source, which on limestone is a genuine rarity. Gin-clear, weedy and unforgiving; the brookies and browns here have a doctorate in tippet detection.
Big Spring Creek · directions
Big Spring Creek · zones
Seasons · zones · per-species rules
Big Spring Creek · permits
A short, intense limestoner boiling out of one of the biggest springs in the valley — cold enough to hold wild brook trout in the open ditch below the source, which on limestone is a genuine rarity.
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A short, intense limestoner boiling out of one of the biggest springs in the valley — cold enough to hold wild brook trout in the open ditch below the source, which on limestone is a genuine rarity. Gin-clear, weedy and unforgiving; the brookies and browns here have a doctorate in tippet detection.