Freestone · Limestone Influenced · Pennsylvania

Yellow Breeches Creek

Yellow Breeches Creek venue image
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Half spring creek, half freestone — the Allenberry C&R water at Boiling Springs is a beloved, busy, year-round fishery, and the late-August White Fly hatch (Ephoron leukon) is one of the great spectacles in the East, a dusk blizzard of egg-laying duns that turns the river white and the trout silly.

Species

About as good as it gets

Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 1016°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity7012% weight
Conditions
Level
0.40 m
Water temp
15.1°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
27°C
Wind
NE 12 km/h
Light breeze
Pressure
1021 hPa
Rain · 24h
0.0 mm
No rain
Rain · ahead
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Western Green DrakeHatch
2
2
Flav (Small Western Green Drake)Hatch
2
3
2

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

Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Allenberry C&R fly-only; stocked-trout regs elsewhere
Directions
About this water

Half spring creek, half freestone — the Allenberry C&R water at Boiling Springs is a beloved, busy, year-round fishery, and the late-August White Fly hatch (Ephoron leukon) is one of the great spectacles in the East, a dusk blizzard of egg-laying duns that turns the river white and the trout silly. Runs warmer than the pure limestoners, so mind the thermometer in high summer.

  • Limestone influenced
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 January → 31 December
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