New Member- Interested in good fly fishing spots and groups near Philadelphia

[katiekelly]

Hello,

I am glad to be a new member of the PA Fly Fish crew. I am hoping to better understand spots to fish in Southeastern PA and in South/Central Jersey. I hike the WIssahickon area often and have seen people fishing there over the years, but being new to the sport, I am not sure of exactly where and when is best.

Also, if there are any groups that meet-up to fish, I would love to join in when schedules allow.

A million thank yous for any information that you can share. I promise to be a good steward and share the knowledge and appreciation of the sport with others.

Best,
Katie

 

[HopBack]

Hello,

I am glad to be a new member of the PA Fly Fish crew. I am hoping to better understand spots to fish in Southeastern PA and in South/Central Jersey. I hike the WIssahickon area often and have seen people fishing there over the years, but being new to the sport, I am not sure of exactly where and when is best.

Also, if there are any groups that meet-up to fish, I would love to join in when schedules allow.

A million thank yous for any information that you can share. I promise to be a good steward and share the knowledge and appreciation of the sport with others.

Best,
Katie

I’ll give this one a bump. Welcome to PAFF! I’m from Lancaster county so not really that close and don’t have a ton of recommendations but there are a lot of members from your area and hopefully someone will chime in soon.

 

[Tups]

ArcGIS Web Application

pfbc.maps.arcgis.com

 

[Tups]

Katie: Welcome and good luck. The PFBC mapper page is a big help in finding trout fishing streams. See post #3. I live in central PA so can’t help with any first hand information about Philadelphia. I lived in Delco for the first half of my life and fished Ridley Creek a lot, but that was 30 years ago. I can say that it was a very good starter stream. Also, I often made the trip to Reading to fish the Tulpehocken, another good stream and heavily stocked. I later lived in southern Chester County and fished the white Clay Creek regularly; a well- stocked early season stream.

 

[Nymph-wristed]

Yo, katiekelly, sorry I missed this in April. I sent you a PM. I know the mighty Wissahickon well, having grown up fishing it. I would be happy to send you some pins to spots to investigate.

 

[Tigereye]

Hello and welcome Katie

 

[Oregon_OwlII]

Katie, I learned to fly fish on the Wissahickon. Above and below the bridge at Kitchens Lane might be good places to start. Stocked trout should still be doing well. Stripers show up at the bottom of Fairmont Dam near the Art Museum. If you want to travel a little, the Perkiomen can be fun for smallmouth in the sections between the Rt. 73 bridge in Schwenksville down to the old RR bridge (now a rail to trail path) just below Graterford. The Upper Perkiomen above the Green Lane reservoir has both wild and stocked trout. Now would be a good time to go there. Groups of interest- Main Line Fly Tyers, SE Montco Trout Unlimited, and Perkiomen Valley Trout Unlimited. Valley Creek in the Valley Forge National Park will have all wild trout. Might be a tough place to try for a newbie. Valley Forge TU is also another active group. Give us a progress report.

 

[gulfgreyhound]

Welcome aboard. GG