Fly Fishing Guiding and Instruction on Big Spring and Why You Probably Need Instruction!

Fly fishing and guiding on Big Spring is what most people and fly shops try to sell you. However, unlike the hordes of guides and would be fly fishing experts I give you the truth about what condition these streams are in and how much you need to know to fish and be successful on these streams.  Unfortunately, fly fishing has become a big business and it's now to the point that too many anglers are gullible and easy prey for some guides and so called fly fishing websites who promise things they can't deliver.  To put it bluntly fly fishing on most these spring creeks in the Cumberland and Franklin County Pennsylvania is not easy.  Most people need instruction not guiding on these streams.  Even many "so called experts" (whatever that is in the fly fishing these days) have an extremely hard time catching these fish and often will tell fly anglers that there aren't any trout in these streams or that they aren't not any good.  They try and send everyone to the Yellow Breeches because the stream is so heavily stocked and there are some dumb trout amongst all the fish in the stream. 

Furthermore, many of these so called guides and websites are touting what these streams were like when Fox and Marinaro wrote their books over 40 years ago.  I fished with both Charlie and Vince and most of these streams were starting to decline way back then. I'm also the biologist who has done all the research on these streams (and which is handily stolen without credit by a host of so called fly anglers, guides and websites). So the truth of the matter is that these streams just don't have the hatches they once did and therefore, these limestone spring creeks are actually harder to catch trout on now then they were when those classic books were written.

If you want instruction or guiding I can offer either but as I said most people need instruction.  

Fly fishing has changed and unfortunately not for the good.  America has become a nation of instant gratification and many people in the fly fishing industry have adopted this mantra.  I'm sorry to ruin the party but this won't work in learning or guiding on limestone spring creeks. No one can promise you trout because the fish gods can always be against you no matter what you do or throw at the fish.

The old Chinese proverb about giving a man a fish and you feed him for a day versus teaching a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime is what fishing spring creeks is all about.  I will teach you the techniques, approaches, and methods to fish these streams including Falling Spring which was my favorite stream growing up as a fly fisherman. Spring creek fly fishing is different and you should realize that. Fly fishing instruction and guiding on these streams is also different and much more difficult.

I don't promise you'll catch a thing although you just may hook and land  quite a few nice fish if the stars are in your favor.  But what I will do is show you what and how to be successful so the next time out you may not need a guide at all!  Too many guides don't wish to do this.  They want you to come back to them every time.  I figure it this way if I teach you what to do then you'll tell your friends and perhaps I may get more business and furthermore, I make a friend or two.

I wish I could tell you how easy and how big the trout are that rise but that's for the suckers who believe the nonsense on the web and in print. On certain days there will be big trout rising on Big Spring but I can't guarantee that and no one can. I have done all the scientific research on these streams so I think I know a little bit about them.

So if you want to learn how to fish Big Spring or other limestone streams or just want some free info then please contact me. There is no charge and this website will be updated frequently to help you out.