Falling Springs continues to fish well. Be on the lookout for midge activity and some BWO's. Both can be hatching on low 40's and above days. Other area streams are in fine shape! Visit my web site at www.fallingsprings.com for more information on Falling Spring and ma.ny of the South Central PA areas streams. The area has some of PA finest trout streams for wild brown and rainbow trout as well as some outstanding native brook trout fishing found within the Appalachian mountains. Bob and I finished our to day trip right here in good ole C-burg on the springs. We were on the water just shortly after 7:30 and off around 4. Bob had a three hour trip back. We had it all to ourself for most of the day. The water was clear, 53 with the some midges and craneflies hatching. The sulphurs tried but failed to do us much good. Bob with his 9' rod did quite a fine job as I changed up from double nymphs to dry/dropper and then plain old dry flies. It did not take long for the smiles. Within one hour we landed five trout and by lunch a few more and some lost trout including a nice 14-16 inch rainbow. After lunch we had some more rising trout we were working. They were on the bite and then was halted from another fly rodder that came downstream who thought 30 feet was a giving grace distance. After he went by and we waiting until they came back which made for three more trout. More trout was netted as we worked upstream. By the end, Bob stuck around 23 and landed around 16 trout. Heck of a day on this stream.

Orvis-Endorsed guides nearby:
Mike Heck
Tom Baltz

Water flow: normal

Visibility: 26 inches

Water temperature at mid-day: 52 Degrees F

Water condition: Clear

Best time of day to fish: 8am until dusk

Best stretch: The entire stream fishes well. The weeds in the upper reaches can make it hard to lure the trout out if the angler is not accustomed to fishing in and around weedbeds. The lower end has less weeds which makes it more popular than the upper meadows.

Best access point: Greenway Meadow- At the parking lot is a sign that shows all the acess points on the Falling Springs. Downstream try Limekiln Dr. The Falling Spring has two special regulation sections. First is the fly fishing only section of 3.3 miles long from the headwaters downstream to the wire at Geisle Funeral home. Here you will find the famouse natural reproducing wild rainbows and brown trout. The downtown section is a delayed harvest and is full of many natural reproducing browns and a few rainbows along with holdover browns and stocked browns. For now the Skelly property is posted.

Fly fishing hatches in order of importance:

Midges will hatch throughout the day. Some tan and gray micro caddis during the day. A few little black caddis have started. The sulphurs are light. One thing with spring creeks is have a handfull of cress bugs and shrimp (AKA scuds). These two underwater insects are abundant and provide year rounf food for trout. One of the best patterns is my Simple Shrimp which works on both spring creeks and tailwaters across the country.

Recommended fly fishing leader: 9 Foot Leader

Recommended fly fishing tippet: 6X Tippet

Best fly fishing rod: 7' 9" 4 Weight Fly Rod

Best floating fly line: Trout DT