Pittsburgh area waters

[JasonC]

A buddy of mine is getting married in Pittsburgh in early March of 2019. Since I’ll be off all week from work, I was thinking of taking an extra day out there before the festivities and taking my gear. Anyone have some suggestions of where I should go? The wedding is at the Priory. I’ve only been to Pitt once before and am only familiar with the Strip district so I have no idea where the Priory is relative to the city’s layout. I’ll have a car with me so traveling won’t be a problem but I’d like to keep the travel time to no more than an hour to the stream if at all possible.

 

[lycoflyfisher]

Neshannock creek has a keystone select section about an hour north of the city.

 

[mav1958]

The Priory is on the North Side, right off I279. Google maps says about an hour to Volant.

 

[PennKev]

JasonC wrote:
A buddy of mine is getting married in Pittsburgh in early March of 2019. Since I’ll be off all week from work, I was thinking of taking an extra day

Save your day off for May or June.

 

[chubmaster]

What PennKev said.

 

[dryflyguy]

Yeah, streams close to pittsburgh will be tough in march - especially if we have a winter like this past one.
When I fish at that time of year, I drive 2-3 hours to the nearest limestone waters.
It's worth doing IMO, to have hatches and rising fish.

 

[Sruflytyer]

You can always drive to Erie for steelhead... about 1.5 hours from Pittsburgh.

 

[TrtnBux]

If you don't want to fish, Cabin Fever is always in early March. It's a fly fishing show held by the local TU chapter. Typically takes place in Cranberry Twp (35 mins north of PIT).