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wgmiller
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If you don't mind torturing yourself, you could take 76 west out of Philly to Carlisle and fish some of the storied creeks from Limestone Legends:
- LeTort from first light until the sun hits the water. fish with terrestrials and streamers
- Yellow Breeches at the Allenberry (just to say you did it) plus the nearby outflow from Children's Lake (the open water in the upper reaches at Huntsdale has some leftover stockers and a healthy wild brown population)
- Big Spring at Newville: fly section and open water are both productive and it's one of the few places where you have a shot at wild brook, brown and rainbows
- Falling Springs at Chambersburg (also wild brown and rainbow, plus a shot at a wild brook trout)
That's the route I'd recommend. The White Haven area has the Lehigh and other decent water, but it's not enough to make it a "destination" IMO. The Lehigh is a bear to wade and is unwadeable during a whitewater release weekend. The feeder creeks can be difficult to access due to topography and the ones you can access are just ok (Black/Hayes, Hickory Run, etc.).
Heading west on 76 from Philly back toward Pittsburgh does offer the option to fish a lot of the above streams without going too far out of the way. Several additional options not too far north or south of the PA Turnpike in the Cumberland/Franklin/Adams County area are the upper Yellow Breeches (above Mt. Holly Springs) along with Mountain Creek in Caledonia SP. Within Caledonia are a number of other streams that also are fun to fish (Tom's Run, Conococheague, etc.). Best of all, most of this water is within the park and publicly accessible.
Lastly, one could always get off the PA Turnpike at 99 and head north to the Altoona area for the LJ, Frankstown Branch of the Juniata, etc.