Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

Lake / pond Open — summer

Lake Nockamixon

Quakertown, PA · about 62 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

The Bucks County reservoir.

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
Nockamixon State Park launches and day-use lots.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Bank, tube, or boat. Not a wade river.
Usual window
After opening day; confirm PFBC for this week.
Saturday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
☀️ 83° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 6:17 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:50
Wind at dawn
W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke · 58°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 2 mph
  • 10am: W 2 mph
  • 2pm: W 2 mph
  • dusk: W 13 mph
A setup that belongs here
6-wt or a warmwater rod.
Notes
State park. Confirm PFBC and DCNR.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

W 2 mph · Patchy Smoke

How did it go

Shops

TCO Fly Shop (Bryn Mawr)

834 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Mon–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–4pm — confirm

Main Line desk. Ridley, Valley Forge, Brandywine, Marsh Creek.

Evening Hatch Fly Shop

797 State Route 940, Lake Harmony, PA 18624
Call — Poconos hours

Poconos desk on 940. Lehigh Gorge, Beltzville, Delaware Water Gap.

Guides

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

TCO Bryn Mawr — book a day

Bryn Mawr, PA · wade / shore · Half or full day — ask the shop

Good for: Ridley, Valley Forge, Brandywine, SE parks

Shop desk. We do not take the money.

If this isn’t the day