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Antietam, 08/27/26So, Jerry and I met around 9AM for what we thought would be a work morning. Wanted to weedwack and cl...
08/27/2026

Antietam, 08/27/26
So, Jerry and I met around 9AM for what we thought would be a work morning. Wanted to weedwack and clean the trails ready for upcoming trips. Well, there was not that much to do. What does the retired Antietam guide and current head Antietam guide do on their day off? Well, lets fish for 90 minutes. So, we set up our T&T Contacts with single nymphs and hit a few holes. The water is clear and 2.2’. The lowest it gets. The stream is still holding at 65 degrees and Red Run is around 61. Nothing was hatching, but a few small browns sipping off the surface. We both figured it was about time we get to say, “Welcome to Antietam” to ourselves. Jerry scored his first. I grabbed my net and he put to my net a heavy mid-teen brown. We thought I had one with the fight, but it was only 12 inches. A few cast later, I got mine. Jerry grabbed his net and I also got a heavy wild brown. It was a great time hanging out together. I still have some September and October dates available. The fishing is great. You don’t want to miss out before ”No fish November” comes. We shut it down for spawning.

Antietam, 07/23/26Man so great to be back on the water with Larry and his grandson Tony. Tony has never fly fished and ...
07/23/2026

Antietam, 07/23/26
Man so great to be back on the water with Larry and his grandson Tony. Tony has never fly fished and God praise Larry because he sacrifices his time so I always focus on his grandkids. They came in the day before and fished till 9PM. Larry got him up to speed on a few things. I met them at 7:45AM and we fished to just after 12. I have cool water and active trout. We are at summertime low flow, but water was clear and only 63 degrees. Red Run is clear and 61 degrees with rising trout. Still nymphing on Antietam and we did very well for late July. I worked with Tony and he did great but is was as always, too slow on the set. He had a nice rainbow, very nice brown on for a second. Then I had the net ready on a big brown, easily 18+, but he lowered the rod and the slack line let to a lost trout. Larry did get a nice 16 inch brown in my net and lost a 18+ one as well.
It was a great morning for teaching yet another future fly fisherman. If your wanting a quick summer trout trip, I have dates and water to be fished. Morning 1/2 days are the way to go till fall.

Little East coast road trip. I will be at the Orvis Tysons corner, Saturday I July 11, 3 to 5pm. Then run straight to...
07/10/2026

Little East coast road trip. I will be at the Orvis Tysons corner, Saturday I July 11, 3 to 5pm. Then run straight to Richmond Orvis from July 12, 1 to 3PM.

Join Us for a

Special Guest Presentation!
Spring Creek Strategies
with Mike Heck of
Mike Heck's Trout Guides

Join Orvis Tysons and our good friend, Mike Heck, owner of Mike Heck's Trout Guides for an afternoon of all things trout fishing! Mike will be discussing some of his favorite tactics for wary Pennsylvania spring creek browns.

Mike has over 30 years of professional guiding and instruction experience! In addition, he is an accomplished author with "Spring Creek Strategies: Hatches, Patterns, and Techniques" and worked as a contributor on "Keystone Fly Fishing." You can also read some of his articles in Fly Fisherman Magazine, American Angler, Fish & Fly, and the Mid-Atlantic Fly-Fishing Guide.

Following the event, either purchase a book
or bring your own for Mike to sign!

Antietam, 07/09/26Finally, back on the water after moving some trips. Plus what a better place to be. Jeff and I fishe...
07/09/2026

Antietam, 07/09/26
Finally, back on the water after moving some trips. Plus what a better place to be. Jeff and I fished from 7:30AM until 11:30AM. It was quite the muggy 72 degree start under cloudy skies. Great part, stream has great water flowing at 64 degrees. Nothing was really hatching and nothing was rising. So another nymphing morning. Jeff is back into fly fishing after a little time off. I worked on a few things, but he had it under control. I figured we’d move a few, but these wild trout keep you guessing. It is the “Dog-days-of summer” for trouting, but these trout today were active and on the bite. Jeff’s only issue, was setting the hook. He had 7 including a large brown on for a few seconds. Jeff started to realize and pick up on the light takes. He ended up with two 14 to 16 inch browns and three rainbows. You flat out can’t beat that for July. I have dates available and early morning starts ending by 11:30AM. A half day is plenty this time of year anyway.

Antietam, 06/29/26I met John and the farmhouse yesterday to be sure he got in OK. We clicked as soon as we met each oth...
06/29/2026

Antietam, 06/29/26
I met John and the farmhouse yesterday to be sure he got in OK. We clicked as soon as we met each other and today on the stream was a blast. We got very lucky because the clouds never broke. It was 67 degrees and warmed to 84 degrees. The water is still in good flow and 60 to 65 degrees. Some tricos were hatching, but the bite is still on nymphs. We fished from 7:30AM until noon. Never seen such a busy man. At one point, rod in one hand phone in the other. We were to do a full day, but John said he was just gonna have to get going. Still, it was a great day. John is one heck of a good fly fisherman. He lost and missed 9. Most of them while he was on the phone with the other hand. Landed two browns and a rainbow all were 15-17 inches. Plus picked up one more around 13 inches. I can’t wait, because John is already looking at 2027 April dates.

Conococheague, 06/25/26Finally Joe and I got back on the water to finish a full day split. This time we fished. It was...
06/25/2026

Conococheague, 06/25/26
Finally Joe and I got back on the water to finish a full day split. This time we fished. It was a sunny day warming to 85 degrees. The water is in fair shape. It still only warmed to 64 degrees by noon. There were plenty of rising trout which has been a rarity this year. I started Joe off fishing dry flies and then we moved onto other techniques like droppers and nymph fishing. Joe needed a quick casting lesson and he caught a small brown while doing so. As we kept working on things, he missed three more and even had the enjoyment of watching me miss one. It was an awesome morning.
Few early July dates open. Fall trips are getting full. Broc Miller has openings.

06/18/2026

It has been some outstanding fly fishing on Antietam. Video is a hell of a battle. Ended up with 23" rainbow trout.
We have the best flow and coolest water temperatures in years! July is in full swing. Long range weather calling for cooler summer weather and rain chances.
Let's get on the water. Full days can be had. Half days are best.

Antietam, 06/16/26I had a great day with Alain and Brian. This is Alain’s second visit and is coming back in the fall. ...
06/16/2026

Antietam, 06/16/26
I had a great day with Alain and Brian. This is Alain’s second visit and is coming back in the fall. Brian had never really fly fished. He was tossed in at the last minute due to Bill’s work load. So we hit the water from 7:30AM and wrapped things up by 2PM. It was a sunny 54 degree start warming to a pleasant 79. They were very satisfied, but they wanted to get back home. The water is a clear 2.3’ of flow. The morning water temperature was 58 degrees and only warmed to 62 degrees. That is stellar! A lot of Tricos, but still nothing feeding off the surface. So, we fished with nymphs off indicators and the bite was on. I’m not even having to bottom bounce the nymphs, so when the indicator twitches, “Set”. Can’t say it enough. These wild trout take so light. They had a great day. We at least 15 on, two big boys lost, landed 2 nice rainbows and two small browns.
We have cold water and the long-range weather outlook is incredible for July fishing. Don’t hesitate to get on the water with me.

Blue Line Brook Trouting, 06/10/26Man it has been about two years since I did a all day brook trout trip. Tom and I fis...
06/10/2026

Blue Line Brook Trouting, 06/10/26
Man it has been about two years since I did a all day brook trout trip. Tom and I fished last year and that is what he wanted this year. I forgot how darn fun it was. We set off at 8AM and finished by 3:30PM. It was sunny and a humid 72 degrees at my house. By the time we arrived into the mountain valley is was sunny and 65 degrees. The mountain streams are flowing so well for mid-June. Plus the two streams that we fished, still had water temperatures at56 degrees! There were a ton of small Yellow Sallies hatching. Tom put together his favorite two small bamboo rods. He sets one up with a dry and the other has a wet fly. Whatever one he was not fishing, I held onto it. It was a great day, only other breathing creatures we saw were deer and squirrels. Tom landed numerous handful size to a few 6 to 7 inch brook trout. It sure was fun.

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4844 Treher Road
Fayetteville, PA
17222

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Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 7pm
Sunday 8am - 7pm

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