Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

River Open — summer

Letort Spring Run

Carlisle, PA · about 8 min from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The hard one next to the Breeches.

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 public lots. Tiny corridor. Do not park in yards.
Walk in
Short. Tight trees.
Wading
The technical limestone. Not a first PA wade.
Usual window
Midweek. Tiny and long.
Saturday conditions

N 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
🌧️ 72° rain
Sun and moon
Rise 6:25 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:58
Wind at dawn
N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
Wind later
  • dawn: N 7 mph
  • 10am: NE 9 mph
  • 2pm: NE 9 mph
  • dusk: NE 6 mph
Flow
6.7 cfs · 3.0 ft · 6:06 pm · Bixler Run near Loysville, PA · USGS gauge
A setup that belongs here
2- or 3-wt, 7x, midges.
Notes
Catch-and-release culture. Special regs. Confirm PFBC.

Fragile and crowded. Stay on signed public.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 6.7 cfs

How did it go

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Boiling Springs)

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

Yellow Breeches desk. Cumberland Valley limestone.

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.

If this isn’t the day