Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

River Open — summer

Quittapahilla Creek

Annville, PA · about 65 min from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The Lebanon limestone if you already fish the Tully.

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

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie Sunfish and crappie

Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass, Chain pickerel.

Season
Legal on most trout water. Limestone springs stay cooler. Confirm PFBC. Official rule
License
Pennsylvania fishing license (PFBC)
Park
Posted DHALO lots near Spruce Street / SR 934 in Annville. Stay public.
Walk in
Short from the posted lot.
Wading
Urban limestone. Crowded after stocking.
Usual window
Year-round delayed harvest on posted water.
Saturday conditions

W 17 mph.

Sky
☀️ 88° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 6:23 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:55
Wind at dawn
W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 17 mph
  • 10am: W 17 mph
  • 2pm: W 17 mph
  • dusk: W 17 mph
Flow
53 cfs · 3.3 ft · 7:15 pm · Quittapahilla Creek near Bellegrove · USGS gauge
A setup that belongs here
4-wt, nymphs.
Notes
Keystone Select delayed-harvest on the posted 1.1 miles. Confirm PFBC.

Log this trip

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

W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 53 cfs

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.

TCO Fly Shop (Reading / West Lawn)

2229 Penn Ave, West Lawn, PA 19609
Mon–Fri 9am–7pm, Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–3pm — confirm

Reading desk. Tulpehocken, Blue Marsh, SE 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