big-spring-creek

Big Spring Creek is a creek in Pennsylvania.

It ranks #12 among the 16 waters of Pennsylvania in the registry, and is of regional prominence.

Also called Big Springs Creek and Big Spring.

Fished for trout (inferred from the species listed).

Species: brook trout, brown trout and rainbow trout.

USGS GNIS record: 1169594.

Access points: Big Spring and Newville.

The Ditch (hole). It is fishable. Match the Hatch: after the 1973 PFBC hatchery, 'only a short section known as The Ditch held a decent population of stream-bred trout'. Position along the creek not stated.

Nealy Road Bridge (access). It is fishable. Downstream end of the catch-and-release fly-fishing-only section (about 1.5 miles from just below the source). Perfect Fly misspells it 'Nearly Road Bridge'. Also called Nearly Road Bridge.

It is upstream of Newville.

It is downstream of Big Spring.

Sourced from 2 independent fly sites.

Sources: Dark Skies Fly Fishing (retrieved 2026-10-20), The Perfect Fly Store, Res 3, switchfisher.com and visitcumberlandvalley.com.

Access, closures and rules change; check with the state agency before you go.