kettle-creek

Kettle Creek is a creek in Pennsylvania.

It ranks #13 among the 16 waters of Pennsylvania in the registry, and is of regional prominence.

Fished for trout (inferred from the species listed).

Species: brown trout and brook trout.

USGS GNIS record: 1199889.

Access points: Ole Bull Park and Oleona.

Confluences: Cross Fork Creek and Little Kettle Creek.

Billings Branch (confluence). It is fishable. Perfect Fly's upper limit of the wild-trout water ('from its Billings Branch tributary downstream to the 433 Bridge').

It is upstream of Oleona.

Hamersley Fork (confluence). It is fishable. Next downstream tributary after Cross Fork Creek. DCNR spells the nearby Wild Area 'Hammersley'.

It is upstream of Kettle Creek Lake.

It is downstream of Cross Fork Creek.

Kettle Creek Lake (feature). It is fishable. Perfect Fly uses both 'Kettle Creek Lake' and 'Kettle Creek Reservoir' for the impoundment at the lower end of the fishable stream. Also called Kettle Creek Reservoir.

It is downstream of Hamersley Fork.

Sourced from 2 independent fly sites.

Sources: Dark Skies Fly Fishing, dcnr.pa.gov and The Perfect Fly Store.

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