Local Waters
Yellow Breeches Creek
Boiling Springs, PA · about 15 min from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)
The south-central PA limestone everyone means.
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
- Trout
- 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
- Park
- Children's Lake / town lots and posted PFBC access. Stay public.
- Walk in
- Short walks from Boiling Springs.
- Wading
- Limestone. Crowded. Technical.
- Usual window
- After opening day; midweek. Tiny flies.
- Thursday conditions
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SW 3 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 84° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 6:30 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 7:50
- Wind at dawn
- SW 3 mph · Mostly Clear · 58°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 3 mph
- 10am: SW 2 mph
- 2pm: W 2 mph
- dusk: NW 5 mph
- Flow
- 128 cfs · in a wadable band · 1.16 ft · 2:45 pm · Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill · USGS gauge · wadable band is a sketch, not a safety rating
- A setup that belongs here
- 3- or 4-wt, long leader, midges and sulphurs.
- Notes
- Cumberland Valley. Delayed-harvest / special-reg water on posted stretches. Confirm PFBC.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
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.