The delayed harvest section of the Little Schuylkill River flows right by our shop. As the water quality improves yearly, a mix of wild and stocked browns, brookies, and bows and provide anglers with plenty of chances for a quality angling experience to a number of hatches. With the decline of manufacturing and mining in the area, the Little S has been surprising anglers for years with more holdovers and streambred fish as well as big boost in both the number of and intensity of hatches.

Report Date: 6/01/2006 Water Temp: 61 Water Conditions: Low & Clear Tamaqua: 37 CFS Report: The river is low and clear with plenty and still holding plenty of fish. Mornings and evenings are fishing best. Try fishing the shaded runs with ants and beetles and the rips with small bead heads. Caddis have been most productive in the evening with Sulphurs just before dark. Patterns: Ants and beetles # 16-18,BH Pheasant tails & Hare's Ears , Tan Caddis #16 and sulpurs #16-18 Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Lehigh River is one of the biggest fly fishing secrets in the Northeast. A tremendous stocking effort by the Lehigh River Stocking Association and various projects to improve water quality have bolstered the trout population and aquatic insect hatches to create one of the best western style trout fisheries in the region. Drift boat fishing is considered to be the most effective way to fish the river, although several sections of the river are wadeable. Anglers are advised not to undersize their tippets as strong fish and fast currents are the rule, not the exception.

Report Date: 06/02/06 Water Temp: 54 discharge/64 B-Town Water Conditions: Moderate Flow FEW Discharge: 400 CFS Report: The timely t-storms are keeping the flow moderate and the water in good condition. Fishing is best in the mornings and evenings. Evenings still bringing on the best hatches of caddis, olives, and sulphurs with some March Browns still around. Patterns: BWO #16-18, Copper Johns - #14-16 BH Prince Nymphs - #10 LU March Brown - #14-16 LU Sulphur Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Pohopoco, aka Big Creek, is really an awesome little creek. It is both the headwater and tailwater of Beltzville Lake, with most fishing pressure focused on the tailwater section. Through the summer, the Po offers an extended season because the water temperatures will usually fall into the 50-60 degree range as a result of optimal tailwater releases. Trout range from very small to quite large and tend to be fussy and challenging. The Pohopoco is not known for a multitude of hatches, however the hatches it does have are very productive.

Report Date: 0601/2006 Water Temp: 52 Water Conditions: Moderate Beltzville Discahrge: 75 CFS Report: This water is cold but the sulphur hatches have been good.Best fishing has been in the evenings.Try drifting a BH Pheasant Tail nymph prior to hatching activity. Olives are also on! Patterns: #16-22 Pheasant Tail - #16-22 Hare's Ear - #16-20 BWO - #20-24 Midge Patterns - 14-16 Scud Patterns Admin Log in to Edit Report

Tulpehocken Creek, affectionately known as The Tully by most anglers, has a delayed harvest section for approximately four mile below Blue Marsh. Known for it's picky trout, The Tully often requires anglers to use small flies and fine tippets, two ingredients that do not go hand in hand with the rainbows and browns that most anglers encounter. From mid April through October, the Tully has consistent dry fly fishing to a variety of stoneflies, caddis, and mayflies - especially the trico.

Report Date: 06/21/2006 Water Temp: 66 @ Waterworks Water Conditions: Low & Clear Waterworks Gauge: 46 CFS Report: The Tully is very low and fishable. The fishing is not very challenging at this time but the fish are a bit wary due to the low flows. The creek is warming up a bit so anglers should carry a thermometer and please refrain from pursuing trout when water temps exceed 70 degrees. In an hour and a half of fishing I was able to bring four fish to net and lost/missed twice as many. Light tippets seem to be ok at the moment as most fish are small enough to horse in on 7x. Surface activity was strong enough at 3:00 PM that I didn't even tie a nymph on. Look for tricos in the morning. Patterns: #20-26 Lehigh Unusual Trico - #18-24 Lehigh Unusual Olive - #22 RS2 Olive - #16-22 CDC Caddis - Caddis Larva Patterns - #10-16 Green Weenies - #14-20 Hare's Ear - #14-20 Pheasant Tail - Glo Bugs Admin Log in to Edit Report

The heritage section of the Little Lehigh flows right through the Allentown Park System. A spring creek, the Little Lehigh provides year round fishing for brookies, browns, and bows and like the Tully most anglers rely on small flies and fine tippets to get the job done, however intrepid anglers will find that in this over pressured stream sometimes unconventional methods/flies will bring in the fish.

Report Date: 06/03/2006 Water Temp: Water Conditions: Allentown: 248 cfs Report: Sulphurs are tapering off, however small BWO's have been working well. Standard midge patterns have also been taking fish. If there's no activity on top, try small beadhead pheasant tails, haresears and midge pupa patterns. Patterns: BWO size 20-22 Midge Pupa size 20-24 BH Pheasant Tail sz 18-22 Haresear size 18-20 Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Susky has earned fame as being one of the premier smallmouth rivers in the country. For decades the Susquehanna smallmouth population has been nothing short of phenomenal and the the fishing amazing. Littered with endless structure, the Susky gives the fly angler a constant supplt of targets, and most of those targets produce. Smallmouth bass are some of the hardest fighting fish around and the Susquehanna's smallies live up to that reputation hard strikes, big runs, and explosive acrobatics.

Report Date: 01/07/2006 Water Temp: -- Water Conditions: High Harrisburg: 7.48' @ 86200 CFS Report: We have ceased fishing on the Suskie for the year and hope for a better year in 2006. Anglers have reported better activity through the fall and we are hopeful about next season. Patterns: Clouser Minnows, Clouser Crayfish, Buggers, TS Crayfish Admin Log in to Edit Report