Keystone Fly Fisher

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...

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...

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,...

In 1984, the United States Congress designated 8,663 acres in northwestern Pennsylvania as the Hickory Creek Wilderness. The purpose of...

Yellow Creek is perhaps the least-known of Pennsylvania’s limestone streams, but it just might be the best. Of course, least-known...

It was a foggy, rainy Saturday morning when Greg Wickline and I headed to the Allegheny National Forest (ANF). Salmon Creek and a few...

I followed Route 453 South from Tyrone, glancing down at the Little Juniata River flowing low and clear in the early morning light. For...

There’s a ritual to arriving at camp. I unlock the door and step inside where it’s nice and cool and the air has that familiar, camp...

A crew of workers and machinery blocked the road leading to Fisherman’s Paradise, and the woman in charge of traffic informed me that it...

With only half a day to fish last week, I opted for home waters. I was due to pick my two kids up at daycare that afternoon, so I didn’t...

As I pulled into the parking area within Old Mill Park, I saw a guy downstream netting a trout. In the time it took me to string up my...

I stopped at the Neshannock Creek Fly Shop on my way to Cool Spring Creek to replenish some fly tying supplies. When the guy behind the...

One of my earliest fishing memories is driving across the bridge in Oil City as caddisflies plastered the windshield. They were...

A diamond in the rough, that’s how a fellow fly fisherman described Deer Creek in Allegheny County. But diamond may be a bit too...

Forget Marcellus Shale, coal mining, or timbering – water is still our number one resource. And when it comes to trout streams, in...

Note: I've written about Neshannock Creek in the past here on Keystone Fly Fisher. That original entry focused around my first trip to...

As evening settled in, the stream’s smooth surface became dotted with the rings of feeding trout. Seemingly gnat-sized mayflies fluttered...

Although not exactly a fly fishing destination, Ghost Town Trail is still a great place to visit and there is fishing nearby at Yellow...

The Clarion River almost ruined me. My first day fishing there, I landed an even dozen wild brown trout, two of which measured over 20...

First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek will always be my home stream. More than that, it's my "place." It's where I go to unwind and relax and...