A LITTLE ABOUT OUR SERVICES

There is no better way to learn new water or local techniques than to fish with someone who is familiar with the local streams. This can be accomplished either with a friend or a guide from a local shop. The word “guide” usually conjures up visions of large trout in faraway places. Here in the populated and heavily fished East, being an accomplished guide for fishing tours is no small task!
 
Nevertheless, a good guide can provide a satisfying and productive day, with a little cooperation from Mother Nature and the local trout population. We have been providing guided fishing tours on local trout streams since we opened Slate Run Tackle Shop. The tours will not always produce a lot of trout, but they will definitely introduce you to new techniques, patterns, and access points to the local streams. Our guides are not “fishing buddies” but accomplished fly fishers with strong backgrounds in stream entomology, fly tying, and casting abilities and are well-traveled fly fishers themselves.
 
Lunches are provided with the day’s tour. Tours are limited to two fishers per guide.
 
Reservations are a must. Our guiding capacity is usually booked up months before trout season. For more information call 570-753-8551.

HATCH CHART

The following chart is not a scientific study, but was put together from information gathered by many volunteer fly fishers. This is meant to be a guide for hatches in our local watershed. Hatches can move forward or back by up to two weeks. Not all hatches occur throughout the full lengths of all streams. Certain sections of streams have better conditions for some flies than other sections. Remember, observation is the key to success!
Fish Hatch Chart, Slate Run, PA_Wolfe's General Store

COST

Whether it’s your first day fly fishing or you are and advanced fly fisher, we will customize the day for your learning and enjoyment. So, from learning the basics fly-cast to fish two feeding zones at the same, we are ready, are you? Give us a call 570-753-8551.
 
Please make us aware of any special diets or physical limitations.

PER FULL DAY:

1 Person $400 (Includes Lunch)
2 People $425 (Includes Lunch)
Deposit: $100 (non-refundable)

PER HALF DAY:

1 Person $300 (No Lunch)
2 People $325 (No Lunch)
Deposit: $100 (non-refundable)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

You will need to have all of your normal fishing equipment.

A registered certified guide from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and one fisherman’s lunch. The fisherman will select his lunch from the store’s deli.

One custom made sandwich on our own deli baked bread. Fruit, chips, cookie, and a drink.

We maintain a fully stocked full line Orvis shop. We have flies custom tied for our local hatches.

Our March, April, and October – November can offer everything from cold snowy days to well above normal temperatures. May –June and September are usually warm. Always check this website for local weather conditions or call the shop a few days prior to your tour. In order to be prepared for all weather conditions, always bring a rain coat.

A $100.00 deposit is necessary. If your trip needs to be canceled for an emergency, the money can be applied to another guide day.

We get bookers up early. Try to book before March so that you have your choice of days.

Yes. They are available at the shop.

We have numerous streams, from small native brook trout streams, to Pine, to rivers that are 200 feet wide!

The trip will be canceled by the shop if extreme water conditions exist.

We have native brook and wild brown trout in our smaller freestone streams. Pine has hold over brown and stocked trout along with an occasional native or wild fish.

Summer provides great opportunities for fly fishing for small mouth bass.

Yes. Fly fishing only – no kill.

Yes; they are listed below:
 
Pine Creek – 1.2 miles; just over one mile of delayed harvest water.
Slate Run – 8.7 miles of fly fishing only.
Cedar Run – 7.2 miles; trophy trout project.
Little Pine Creek – 1.1 miles; delayed harvest, artificial lures only.
Young Woman’s Creek – 5.7 miles; catch and release.
Cross Fork – 5.4 miles; catch and release.
Kettle Creek – 1.7 miles; catch and release fly fishing only.
Upper Kettle Creek Basin – 28.3 miles; wild brook trout enhancement program.

These are freestone streams with heavy current; studs are recommended.

Chest waders except for summer fishing on the small runs. These should be 9 ft 5 and 6 wt. lines for the large streams, and 7 ft 9 inches and shorter for the runs and 4 and 5 wt. lines.

Not from our shop, but there are hotels, inns and local retails and camp grounds available.

See our Contact Us page for directions.