Yellow Breeches Creek - Fishing

Day 91 (Last day of March)- 45° - Cloudy, Drizzly - South Middleton Park
Day 90 - 55° - Sunny, Cold - Spring Meadows Park

I have completed 3 months of walking! and feeling great!

Today is the first day of fishing in Southeastern Pennsylvania. This is a big deal around here. Fishermen have been camped out since last night, to be able to make the first cast at 8:00 am. Even though it is cold and damp, they have been out on the Yellow Breeches Creek all day.

The Red Cardinal B&B is surrounded by great fishing spots along the Yellow Breeches as our B&B is but a “stone’s throw” away from some great spots. You can walk out the door, over the foot bridge and cast a line in less than 5 minutes.

The Yellow Breeches Creek originates in South Mountain, in the Michaux State Forest. It then meanders for about 56 miles through the local towns of Walnut Bottom, Huntsdale (site of the fish hatchery), Mount Holly Springs, Boiling Springs, Williams Grove, Lisburn, New Cumberland and empties into the Susquehanna River.

Here in South Middleton where the Red Cardinal B&B is located, the Yellow Breeches is a popular spot for fly fishers who flock to the mile-long catch and release section near Boiling Springs. The Yellow Breeches is stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. The stream has a mix of stocked, wild, and fish that have carried over from the previous season. Brown and brook trout are the most prevalent wild fish in the stream. Rainbows are stocked each year and it is not uncommon to land a 20 inch fish.

It is one of the designated Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers.

The story is, that during the Revolutionary War, when the British soldiers, wearing their white breeches, crossed the creek or washed their breeches in the creek they became stained from the yellow tint of the water. Hence the name, "Yellow Breeches Creek".

So make a reservation at the Red Cardinal B&B. You can relax after a great day of fishing and if you are up early, we will prepare “breakfast on the run”.