Posts by Andrew Trelease

Fly Fishing is Good for Your Health Monday is the perfect day to take a momentary mental break from your work and appreciate a recent study published by BioScience Journal. The study confirms what we anglers already know, that spending time in nature can “help reduce feelings of stress and even improve your self-esteem…” Fishing in Particular…

Happy New Year from all of us at Trout Haven!  

Spruce Creek PA Fly Fishing Season 2019 While that cold winter breeze blows by, remember that we are only about 5 months away from spring 2019. Trout Haven’s dates for next season are now up on the website, and now is the time to book your spot for Spruce Creek PA fly fishing season 2019.…

What Makes Missoula MT Trout Fishing so Special? Perhaps you’ve been to Montana yourself, or your friend just returned with fond memories, or it’s a trip you’ve always wanted to check off your bucket list. There’s something alluring about the open terrain, the crisp air, and the timeless wild beauty of western Montana. After wading in…

Missoula MT Fly Fishing Trip Trout Haven took an incredible trip to western Montana this past week, and what an incredible experience it was! The open mountain ranges in the Missoula area are truly spectacular. The trout are beautiful, wild, & hellacious fighters. On top of that, the population density of trout in the surrounding rivers…

Small Stream Fly Fishing: Beating High Water Get ready for the understatement of the year: we’ve had a lot of water this summer! Unlike the usual summer doldrums of extreme heat and low water, this summer’s rains have rendered several PA streams nearly un-fishable for weeks at a time. When nature presents heavy rains and…

Best PA Spring Fly Fishing Moments With the recent heatwave that swept across the northeast, we can declare that we are officially in the heat of Summer. Now is a good time to look back on the cool rains of Spring and remember some of the best PA spring fly fishing moments from 2018. 5.…

Strategies for Early Summer PA Fly Fishing We are only hours away from the longest day of the year and the official beginning of Summer 2018. The dwindling big mayfly hatches have become a dusk to twilight affair. Don’t despair, you need not be a night owl to have productive dry fly fishing during this…

Early May PA Fly Fishing: BWO’s, Drakes, & Streamers With the unpredictable weather & flows, the key to successful early May PA fly fishing is versatility. If you were expecting certain hatches in the first week of May, like sulphurs, you were probably disappointed. We did, however, see plenty of hatching BWO’s and Slate Drakes and…

PA Spring Fly Fishing Season We’re off to a fantastic start to the 2018 fishing season at Trout Haven! With the air temperatures approaching 80 degrees on Saturday, it was hard to tell that this was only the beginning of PA spring fly fishing season. It was the perfect all-around weekend with success on dries, nymphs,…