Dog Days Brook Trout on a Cameron County Class A Stream
Cameron County is often coined “The Hidden Gem” of The PA Wilds. Having a family cabin in this region, spending many days every year...
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Ralph Scherder
- Aug 17
- 14 min
Exploring New Waters: How to Find New Places to Fish and Have A Successful First Trip
Many times over the years, I’ve talked with people who said they’d fish new waters but they don’t know where to start or even how to find...
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Ralph Scherder
- Aug 3
- 8 min
Fly Fishing Bald Eagle Creek in Centre County
On a business trip to State College earlier this spring, I had only two hours of free time and decided it should be spent fly fishing on...
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Ralph Scherder
- Jul 17
- 5 min
A Good Day on Yellow Creek's Fly Fishing Only Section
Swarms of bugs filled the air and a half dozen or so trout continually fed in front of me. I just couldn’t figure out how to catch them....
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Dave Wolf
- Jul 14
- 8 min
Dave Wolf: Smallmouth Bass on the Fly are the Way to Go
Smallmouth bass might be the way to go. Bob Clouser, well known for his fly patterns, the most famous being the “Clouser Minnow,” and I...
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Ralph Scherder
- Jun 17
- 7 min
Finicky Trout and BWOs: Matching the Evening Hatch on Pine Creek
For the first time ever, I drove down Owasse Road to the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only (DHALO) section of Pine Creek in the PA...
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Justin Leidy
- Jun 17
- 5 min
Meadow Run: Beauty and Fly Fishing in the Laurel Highlands
Meadow Run is a 14-mile tributary of the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, PA.
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Ralph Scherder
- May 26
- 6 min
Journey Through the Endless Mountains: Fishing Towanda Creek
Recently, I was in Bradford County for business and found myself with an evening to explore local waters. Bradford County is a part of...
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Ralph Scherder
- May 14
- 4 min
The Other Pine Creek: Fly Fishing West Branch Pine Creek
West Branch Pine Creek is a 17-mile tributary of Big Pine Creek in Potter County. The stream begins just east of Cherry Springs State...
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Ralph Scherder
- Apr 19
- 8 min
Fishing and Life: An Afternoon on Kettle Creek
Heading down PA 144 past Ole Bull State Park, I could barely control my excitement. It was shortly after noon on a beautiful day, and it...
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Ralph Scherder
- Apr 14
- 6 min
Fishing First Fork Before, During, and After a Blue Quill Hatch
The sunshine got the best of me and I had no choice but to leave work early and head down the First Fork Valley. I got suited up and made...
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Ralph Scherder
- Mar 3
- 8 min
Fly Fishing the PA Grand Canyon: The Pine Creek DHALO
In Pennsylvania, dozens of streams are named Pine Creek, but there is only one “Big” Pine Creek, and that one is an 87-mile tributary to...
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Ralph Scherder
- Feb 26
- 5 min
Morning on Pequea Creek
Pequea Creek, pronounced “peck-way,” flows through the heart of Amish country in Lancaster County. By most standards, it’s a marginal...
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Ralph Scherder
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Keystone Select Trout Waters, Seven Years Later
Seven years ago this spring, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) implemented the first Keystone Select Trout Waters program....
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Ralph Scherder
- Jan 10
- 4 min
Fly Fishing on Kinzua Creek
Kinzua Creek is a 26.5-mile tributary of the Allegheny Reservoir in northwestern Pennsylvania. The stream can be divided into two...
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Ralph Scherder
- Dec 28, 2022
- 9 min
PA's Forgotten Limestoner: Yellow Creek, Bedford County
Yellow Creek is perhaps the least-known of Pennsylvania’s limestone streams, but it just might be the best. Of course, least-known...
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Ralph Scherder
- Aug 5, 2022
- 7 min
24 Hours on the "Real" Spruce Creek
Spur of the moment fishing trips are the best. Like when my friend Brian Pitell called up on a Tuesday and asked if I’d be available to...
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Ralph Scherder
- May 8, 2022
- 6 min
The Cross Fork Experience
Like many excursions, I ended up on a different stream than I set out for. My target had been Kettle Creek, and I had every intention of...
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Ralph Scherder
- Apr 23, 2022
- 6 min
April Showers Bring...Blue Quills on First Fork!
I caught two trout on my first two casts before I realized there was a full scale Blue Quill hatch going on and trout were rising all...
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Ralph Scherder
- Mar 9, 2022
- 4 min
Steel City Trout: 3 Pittsburgh Area Streams Worth a Visit
By 1840, Pittsburgh had grown into one of the largest cities west of the Allegheny Mountains in large part due to its production of iron,...
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