Spring Fever: George Costa on Central PA's Fishing Conditions and Upcoming Hatches

S8E19 - Spring Fever: George Costa on Central PA's Fishing Conditions and Upcoming Hatches

Published: March 21, 2026

Duration: 5:20

Episode Overview

This fly fishing podcast episode delivers a timely early spring conditions update from Central Pennsylvania, featuring George Costa, Shop Manager at TCO Fly Shop in State College. George reports on improving but variable conditions across the region's premier trout waters — Spring Creek, Penns Creek, Fishing Creek and the Juniata — as the season teeters between winter's last grip and the first genuine hatch activity of the year. Water levels are running near average for the time of year, on the higher side as systems flush through, with clarity improving after recent runoff. Nymphing has remained consistent thro...