Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $225–263
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium
Little Lehigh Creek
Allentown, Pennsylvania · USA
Right now
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Flow, last 7 days (cfs)Normal range for these dates
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Flow: USGS Little Lehigh Creek near Allentown, USGS Little Lehigh Creek at Tenth Street Bridge at Allentown. Recent readings are provisional. Normal range: the middle half of past flows for these dates. Forecast: National Weather Service.
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JFMAMJJASOND
Mar–Jun and Sep–Nov; spring-fed, fishable all year Wrong?
The water
A limestone spring creek through Allentown's Lehigh Parkway, with a catch-and-release, fly-fishing-only stretch beside the city's trout nursery. Spring flows keep it cool all year, but the trout are heavily fished and very selective.
- Target species
- Wild browns, stocked browns and rainbows
- Trip style
- DIY-friendly
- Access
- Wade Wrong?
- Public access
- Good Wrong?
- Crowding
- High Wrong?
- Difficulty
- Advanced Wrong?
- License and rules
- Fishing licenseRegulationsWrong?
What a trip costs
You came from a self-guided day-trip search. The calculator starts with one fishing day and no guide. Licence, permit, travel and any other costs still apply.
What to bring
- Rod
- 9 ft 4–5 wt (2–4 wt also used)
- Line
- Floating
- Leader and tippet
- 9–12 ft, 5X–6X
- Reel
- Smooth drag (big browns)
- Wading
- Waders, but wade as little as possible
- Also pack
- Tiny Tricos/midges
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Guides and fly shops
- wildeastoutfitters.com · guide rates, rates and trips
- uncoveringpa.com · rates and trips
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Getting there
Getting there
Fly into ABE Allentown, then 15 min. About 7 miles (11 km) by road.
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Driving from Allentown about 5 min, Philadelphia about 1 hr 20 min, Scranton about 1 hr 40 min, Harrisburg about 1 hr 50 min.
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- Public access
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- Crowding
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Brown troutWild brown trout, rainbows, brook troutFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $250
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- Medium