Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

River Open — summer

Green Spring Creek

Newville, PA · about 35 min from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The small spring next to Big Spring.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal on most trout water. Limestone springs stay cooler. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
Posted PFBC fly-fishing-only stretch near Bulls Head Branch. Stay on signed public.
Walk in
Short from the posted pull-off.
Wading
Tiny. Technical.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Wednesday conditions

Wind ? mph.

Sky
⛅ 81° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 6:30 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:53
Wind at dawn
0 mph · Sunny · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: 0 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: SW 2 mph
  • dusk: S 1 mph
A setup that belongs here
2- or 3-wt.
Notes
PFBC catch-and-release fly-fishing-only on 1.2 posted miles. Confirm PFBC.

Narrow public corridor.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

? mph · Sunny

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Boiling Springs)

2 First St, Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Call — limestone hours

Yellow Breeches desk. Cumberland Valley limestone.

Call Website

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

TCO — book a day

Boiling Springs, PA · wade · Half or full day

Good for: Yellow Breeches and Cumberland Valley limestone

Shop desk. Ask who they send on the Breeches.

Call the shop Website

If this isn’t the day