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Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Reports

Current Pennsylvania fly fishing reports for Central Pennsylvania, Northcentral Pennsylvania, with newest-first river conditions, flows, weather, hatch notes, wadeability, best windows, and fly recommendations. This archive covers 3 waters and 21 dated reports.

May 25, 2026

Water	Best window	Methods	Wadeability	Status	Report
Penns CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPenns Creek is good today with 482 cfs at 7:00 am, a falling flow trend, and a best window of morning and evening, with midday dependent on clouds and wind.	Morning and evening, with midday dependent on clouds and wind	nymphs, dry flies	good	good	Read report
Spring CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaSpring Creek is good today with 178 cfs at 7:45 am, a rising flow trend, and a best window of morning and evening, with midday dependent on clouds and wind.	Morning and evening, with midday dependent on clouds and wind	nymphs, dry flies, streamers	good	good	Read report
Pine CreekNorthcentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPine Creek is tough today with 1,740 cfs at Cedar Run and a rising flow trend, so treat wading as limited to protected edges and favor boat or bank options.	Morning and evening, with midday dependent on clouds and wind	nymphs, dry flies, streamers	boat-preferred	tough	Read report

May 21, 2026

Water	Best window	Methods	Wadeability	Status	Report
Penns CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPenns Creek is good today with 232 cfs at the primary gauge and morning, then adjust around showers, storms, and wind as the best window.	Morning, then adjust around showers, storms, and wind	nymphs, dry flies, streamers	good	good	Read report
Spring CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaSpring Creek is tough today with 48 cfs at the primary gauge and morning, then adjust around showers, storms, and wind as the best window.	Morning, then adjust around showers, storms, and wind	nymphs, dry flies	limited	tough	Read report
Pine CreekNorthcentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPine Creek is good today with 699 cfs at the primary gauge and morning and evening, with midday dependent on wind and light as the best window.	Morning and evening, with midday dependent on wind and light	nymphs, dry flies, streamers	good	good	Read report

May 20, 2026

Water	Best window	Methods	Wadeability	Status	Report
Penns CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPenns Creek is fair today with 235 cfs at the primary gauge and morning, then watch storms and showers as the best window.	Morning, then watch storms and showers	nymphs, dry flies, streamers	good	fair	Read report
Spring CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaSpring Creek is fair today with 39 cfs at the primary gauge and morning, then watch storms and showers as the best window.	Morning, then watch storms and showers	nymphs, dry flies	good	fair	Read report
Pine CreekNorthcentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPine Creek is good today with 781 cfs at the primary gauge and morning, then watch storms and showers as the best window.	Morning, then watch storms and showers	nymphs, dry flies, streamers	good	good	Read report

May 19, 2026

Water	Best window	Methods	Wadeability	Status	Report
Penns CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPenns Creek is in a useful fishing window today.	Late afternoon into dusk	dry flies, nymphs, streamers	good	good	Read report
Spring CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaSpring Creek is in a useful fishing window today.	Morning and evening	nymphs, dry flies	good	good	Read report
Pine CreekNorthcentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPine Creek is in a useful fishing window today.	Morning and evening	nymphs, streamers, dry flies	good	good	Read report

May 18, 2026

Water	Best window	Methods	Wadeability	Status	Report
Penns CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPenns Creek is in a useful fishing window today.	Late afternoon into evening	dry flies, nymphs, streamers	good	good	Read report
Spring CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaSpring Creek is fishable but mixed today.	Early and late, with stealth	nymphs, dry flies	good	fair	Read report
Pine CreekNorthcentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPine Creek is in a useful fishing window today.	Late afternoon into evening	nymphs, streamers, dry flies	limited	good	Read report

May 17, 2026

Water	Best window	Methods	Wadeability	Status	Report
Penns CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPenns Creek has good, lower-than-average flow, some stain, and a strong late-day sulphur/caddis window if storms stay away.	Late afternoon into sunset; watch the 4 PM storm risk	dry flies, nymphs	good	good	Read report
Spring CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaSpring Creek is at a good low flow with some color, with sulphurs, BWOs, tan caddis, and little black caddis driving the best midday-to-evening work.	Midday into evening; pause for thunderstorms	dry flies, nymphs	good	good	Read report
Pine CreekNorthcentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPine Creek is a tough but not necessarily closed option today.	Bank access only; better after levels drop	streamers, nymphs	unsafe	tough	Read report

May 16, 2026

Water	Best window	Methods	Wadeability	Status	Report
Penns CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPenns Creek is low to moderate, slightly falling, and in a good range for hatches and evening spinner activity.	Late afternoon into spinner fall	dry flies, nymphs, streamers	good	good	Read report
Spring CreekCentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaSpring Creek is steady near Axemann with light color and a strong sulphur, caddis, and small-olive menu.	Midday through evening	dry flies, nymphs, streamers	good	good	Read report
Pine CreekNorthcentral Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaPine Creek is slightly falling but still near the 3-foot danger threshold at Cedar Run, making wading the limiting factor.	Bank access only; better after levels drop	streamers, nymphs	unsafe	tough	Read report