I tied on the fly, made one cast, and the fish instantly grabbed it! Fishing Guides Permitted to Operate “It must be the Quill Gordon,” I thought. “I guess he wants something tastier than a caddis,” I thought. Then, almost as if to spite me, I see the fish rise to a natural bug. He looked at the fly once, but never grabbed it. So I crept into position and tried several casts to this fish. Leading up to this point, I had landed several fish on a generic caddis pattern.

I spotted this fish, pictured above, well before I caught him. It’s not always the same for each pool and each fish. The thing that I love about Secret Creek PA fly fishing is that sometimes the fish will only target one of the current hatches. I always enjoy trying to decode and detect what is on the trout’s menu. On my most recent outing to Secret Creek, I witnessed 4 hatches simultaneously: BWO’s, Blue Quills, Quill Gordons, and sedge caddis. Secret Creek PA fly fishing is on my short list of favorite streams for good reason. This small stream is a prodigious bug factory, and it is loaded with wild brown trout and native brook trout. The waters are warming up to spring temperatures, “early grey” hatches are in full swing, and the fish are rising! If you enjoy dry fly fishing above all else, then you will love fishing Secret Creek with Trout Haven.