Overnight Package Fly Fishing Guided Trips On Penns Creek, Spring Creek, Big Fishing Creek, Kettle Creek, Little Juniata River and Pine Creek Valley

Overnight Package Trips In Central PA

Lodging On Big Fishing Creek in Logan Mills, PA in the State College area of Pennsylvania

Ranked in the 25 top best places to trout fish in the USA.

Come learn from the most experienced guide service in Pennsylvania.

Lodging on Little Juniata River in central PA

Call 610-987-0073 or email rick@skyblueoutfitters.com To book with Sky Blue Outfitters

2023 Package Trips In Pennsylvania

Dates don’t sync with your schedule?

Custom Trips Available For 1 Night or 2 Nights with Lodging, Food and Guiding.

October 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th 2023 (3 nights)

Limited to 4 clients

$1,300.00 pp for 3 night package

Tips For The Guides Not Included.

Come join George Daniel, Dave Allbaugh, Dave Rothrock and Rick Nyles to learn all aspects of fly fishing for trout.  Euro Nymphing with George Daniel, Wet Fly fishing with Dave Allbaugh, Dry Fly Fishing with Rick Nyles and Casting with Dave Rothrock. You will not find a more experienced group, in their discipline, putting on a class. Limited to 4 students.  All inclusive (teaching, guiding, lodging and food). Bring your license and gear. 

Agenda:

Day 1

Arrive after 12 noon and get settled in, fish on Big Fishing Creek, Dinner will be served at 7:00 pm and we might do some fly tying in the evening.

Day 2

Breakfast at 7:00 am.  Class with Dave Allbaugh on wet fly fishing 8:00 am until 9:00 am. Class with Rick Nyles 9:00 am until 10:00 am.  We will then head to one of the local creeks (Penns, Spring, Big Fishing).  Two clients will go with Dave and two clients will go with Rick.  We will all get back together for lunch and the clients will switch over to the other guide. Back for a nice dinner.

Day 3  

Breakfast at 7:00 am.  George will then do a clinic on the stream, working with each client.  We will fish Spring, Penns or Big Fishing Creek depending on conditions. Lunch on the stream and dinner after we fish the evening hatch. George will depart round 5:00 pm.

Day 4

Breakfast will be served at 7:00 am.  This will be a hot breakfast. After breakfast Dave Rothrock will be holding a casting clinic from 8:30 am until 10:00 am.

Meals could be: Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken and Rib, Tuna Steaks, Crab Cakes, Salmon, or Steaks.  Bagels with all the fixings, muffins, fruit, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes and sausage. Lunch would be Turkey or Ham sandwiches. 

Class Content:

Rod and Leader Set Up,  Selecting Flies, Positioning, Casting, Mending and Setting the Hook.  We put it all to practice and the goal is to catch some trout. Hatches at this time of year will be Hendricksons, Spinners, Caddis, Quills and maybe Sulphurs.  On stream instructions will be on Big Fishing Creek, Penns or Spring Creek. 

Lodging is on Big Fishing Creek in Logan Mills, PA. 

Email Rick or call 610-987-0073 if you have any questions.

2023 March Brown Trip Central PA (3 nights)

May 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th 2023

Limited to 4 clients

$ 1,200.00 pp for 3 night package

Tips For The Guides Not Included.

Prime time for central PA, Grey Fox, Caddis, Sulphurs and March Browns coming off.  We might even run into Green Drakes. Dave Allbaugh and Rick Nyles are the guides. One guide per two clients. This trip will concentrate on dry fly fishing on Penns, Spring and Big Fishing Creek. As always, lodging, food and guiding included. This trip includes all food,  2 1/2 days of guiding and lodging the Sky Blue Way!  Email Rick for more details. 

Agenda:

Arrive by 12 noon on Wednesday and enjoy some guided fishing and fine dinning.

Day two, quick breakfast, pack a lunch and go fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day Three, hot breakfast, pack up and go home. 

Meals could be: Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Tuna Steaks, Crab Cakes, Salmon, or Steaks.  Bagels with all the fixings, muffins, fruit, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes and sausage. Lunch would be Turkey or Ham sandwiches. 

Lodging is on Big Fishing Creek in Logan Mills, PA. 

Email Rick or call 610-987-0073 if you have any questions.

2023 Sulphurs On The Little J (3 nights)

May 31st, June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 2023

Limited to 4 clients

$ 1,200.00 pp for 3 night package

Tips For The Guides Not Included.

Prime time for central PA, Sulphurs, Caddis and Green Drakes coming off. We will concentrate on dry fly fishing on Penns, Spring and Big Fishing Creek. As always, lodging, food and 2 1/2 days of guiding included. One guide per two clients. Guides to be Rick Nyles, Dave Allbaugh. Email Rick for more details. 

Agenda:

Arrive by 2:00 pm on day one, have lunch and fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day two and three, quick breakfast, pack a lunch and go fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day four, hot breakfast and check out by 10:00 am

Meals could be: Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Tuna Steaks, Crab Cakes, Salmon, or Steaks.  Bagels with all the fixings, muffins, fruit, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes and sausage. Lunch would be Turkey or Ham sandwiches. 

Lodging On The Little Juniata

Email Rick or call 610-987-0073 if you have any questions

 2023 Wild Trout Trip (2 nights) With Dave Allbaugh

TWO DATES TO CHOOSE FROM

 June 4th, 5th and 6th, 20203

And

June 6th, 7th and 8th, 2023

Email For More Details

Limited to 1 client

$ 1,000.00 for 2 night package

Tips For The Guides Not Included.

Come join us on our “Wild Trout ”  in the upper Pine Creek Valley in Central PA.  We will hunt Brook and Brown Trout in the many small streams.  One Guide to One Client is required.  Food, lodging and guiding for $ 1,000.00. Dave Allbaugh will be your guide and it will be One on One guiding.

LINK TO MORE DETAILED INFO

Email Rick or call 610-987-0073 if you have any questions.

2023 Fall Smallmouth Drift Boat trip On The Upper Juniata River (2 nights)

September T.B.D.

Limited to two clients

$ 900.00 pp for two night package

Tips For The Guides Not Included.

Fish Streamers And Poppers For Aggressive Smallmouth on the Upper Juniata River

Prime time for smallmouth fishing.  This trip will concentrate on fly fishing on the Upper Juniata River from a drift boat.  As always, lodging, food and 2 days of guiding included.  Cost is $ 900.00 per person. Email Rick for more details. 

Agenda:

Arrive by for dinner day one, dinner served at 7:00 pm

Day two, quick breakfast, pack a lunch and go fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day three, hot breakfast, pack lunch, pack up you gear and go drift the river until 4-5:00 pm and head home.

Meals could be: Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Tuna Steaks, Crab Cakes, Salmon, or Steaks.  Bagels with all the fixings, muffins, fruit, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes and sausage. Lunch would be Turkey or Ham sandwiches. 

Lodging On The Little Juniata

2023 Fall “Mighty” Ant Trip (2 nights)

October 10th, 11th and 12th, 2023

Limited to 4 clients

$ 950.00 pp for 2 night package

Tips For The Guides Not Included.

Join Rick Nyles and Dave Rothrock on the streams in the State College area. We will be fishing ants, ISO’s and BWO’s  This is prime time for catching trout on in the fall as they feed up for winter. Penns, Spring, Big Fishing Creek, Pine and Little Pine Creeks we will target. Trip is all inclusive, 1 1/2 days of guiding, lodging in Logan Mills, and all food.

Agenda:

Arrive by 12:00 pm on day one, have lunch and fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day two, quick breakfast, pack a lunch, and go fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day three, hot breakfast, and check out by 10:00 am  

Lodging is on Big Fishing Creek in Logan Mills, PA. 

Email Rick or call 610-987-0073 if you have any questions.

Blue Winged Olives On The Little J (2 nights)

October 10th, 11th and 12th, 2023

Limited to 2 clients

$ 1,000.00 pp for 2 night package

Tips For The Guides Not Included.

Prime time for the Little J. They are feeding up on these little morsels. Dave Allbaugh is the guide and he will concentrate on wetfly fishing. The the water is up, STREAMERS!

Agenda:

Arrive by 2:00 pm on day one, have lunch and fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day two, quick breakfast, pack a lunch and go fish until dark. Dinner and bedtime.

Day three, hot breakfast and check out by 10:00 am

Meals could be: Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Tuna Steaks, Crab Cakes, Salmon, or Steaks.  Bagels with all the fixings, muffins, fruit, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes and sausage. Lunch would be Turkey or Ham sandwiches. 

Lodging On The Little Juniata

Email Rick or call 610-987-0073 if you have any questions

All trips include food, lodging and guiding unless noted. Guide Tips are not included.

Custom Trips are available (Call or Email), one night or two nights, one or two clients.  Two clients per guide.  We offer “Group Packages” for TU Chapters, Fly Fishing Clubs and Corporate Outings.  Equipment can be supplied at no additional charge (might be a charge for waders if we do not have the proper size in stock). 

Custom Trips can be arranged for Central and Eastern PA streams and rivers. 

Call 610-987-0073 or email rick@skyblueoutfitters.com

Come fish Penns Creek from Weikert through Ingleby, Poe Paddy State Park all the way to Coburn. We will also fish Spring Creek from Benner Spring in State College, Fisherman’s Paradise and all the way to Milesburg.  We can’t forget about Big Fishing Creek in Lamar. We can cover the narrows all the way up stream past the Taylorsville hatchery. All fishing is catch and release. We will target Rainbow, Brown and Brook trout. All creeks are within driving distance of State College and Bellefonte. Come enjoy the best hatches in the state, Cahills, Grannoms, Hendricksons, Quill Gordons, March Browns, Grey Fox, Sulphurs, Stoneflies, Blue Wing Olives, Green Drakes, Slate Drakes and Caddis. Come and hook a big one. 

Meet The Guides, Brian Shumaker, Rick Nyles, Taylor Helbig, Dave Allbaugh, Dave Rothrock, Derek Eberly, Shane Becker and Bill Nolan

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Payments or Deposits can be made by check or PayPal/Venmo.
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Payment and Cancellation Policy

Overnight Packaged trips require a 50% deposit when you book a date. It is payable within two weeks via check, VENMO or credit card (PayPal).  50% balance is due 60 days before the scheduled date.  Cancellations before 60 days can be rescheduled or at our discretion, we will provide a full refund.  Cancellations within the 60 days before the scheduled trip, you will forfeit your deposit or, at our discretion, we will reschedule your trip or offer a refund. If we fill your spot with another client(s) you will receive a full refund. Please remember that we understand that special circumstances come up in our lives.  Please work with us and we will work with you.

Weather Cancellations are at our discretion.  Most time poor weather means great fishing.