Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Donegal Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania, listed as Catch and release by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
1 guide and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Carlisle & the Cumberland Valley.
Donegal Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania. Our destination hub Carlisle & the Cumberland Valley is 35 mi away in a straight line.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Donegal Creek or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Donegal Creek
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Donegal Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Donegal Creek, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Donegal Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of the restroom near Donegal Creek
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Donegal Creek, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Catch and releaseFishing on Yellow Breeches Creek at Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Photo: Staecker, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Pennsylvania · about 21 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Conewago CreekLetort Spring Run from a bridge on the Letort Spring Run Nature Trail, Carlisle. Photo: Morsea24, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Conewago Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 9 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Codorus CreekSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Codorus Creek.
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not Quittapahilla CreekLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Quittapahilla Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 18 mi
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not Manada CreekFishing Creek from PA Route 150, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Manada Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 22 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Clark CreekSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clark Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 28 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water.
On the Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
On the Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
What 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 1 nearby guide website
8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Blue Quill (April) · Hendrickson (April) · Quill Gordon (April) · Green drake (May) · Mayflies (best hatches) (May) · Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (June to September) · and 2 more on the chart
Carlisle sits in the Cumberland Valley of south-central Pennsylvania, where the LeTort Spring Run flows through town; the Yellow Breeches runs past Boiling Springs to the south-east, Big Spring Creek and Green Spring Creek rise near Newville to the west, and Falling Spring Branch flows through Chambersburg further down the valley.
Destination hub · 35 mi away in a straight line
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Donegal Creek”, halfway along its length in Pennsylvania, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Catch and releaseFishing on Yellow Breeches Creek at Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Photo: Staecker, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Conewago CreekLetort Spring Run from a bridge on the Letort Spring Run Nature Trail, Carlisle. Photo: Morsea24, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Conewago Creek.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Codorus CreekSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Codorus Creek.
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not Quittapahilla CreekLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Quittapahilla Creek.
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not Manada CreekFishing Creek from PA Route 150, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Manada Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 22 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Clark CreekSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clark Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 28 mi
