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White Flies on Yellow Breeches

by Ralph Scherder
photos by the author
I pulled into the parking lot behind the Allenberry Resort in
Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, a few hours before dark,
just as the evening was starting to cool from the mid-August
heat. I thought I was plenty early, and most times of year I
would have been, but this was Yellow Breeches Creek and the
white flies were on.
The white fly is not just a hatch. It is an event. In many
of the waters where this species emerges, the spring mayfly
fly hatches are a distant memory and the fall mayfly hatches
uncertain. Right there in between is the white fly, Ephoron
leukon, like a little oasis for fly anglers.
The white fly (Ephoron leukon) is roughly a size 14 mayfly
not found on most trout streams in Pennsylvania. Several
famous waters have the hatch such as the Little Juniata River,
Penns Creek, and Oil Creek as well as a score of lesser-known
streams. But, the white fly gets its glory from its appearance
every July and August on the Susquehanna River and Yellow
Breeches Creek. While the fishing on the Susquehanna River
is primarily for Smallmouth Bass, on the Yellow Breeches

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When the white fly first appears, it ranges in size from 12 to 14.
Several weeks later, sizes 16 and 18 are more common.

Creek, it is all about trout. It brings people from hours away to
experience it.
As I walked along the banks behind the Allenberry
Resort, I encountered a husband and wife fishing team who
drove from Virginia that afternoon just to fish the hatch that
evening. It was the 22nd year in a row that they made the
trip. Further downstream, I met a guy from Baltimore sitting
with his back against a tree, studying the water for signs of
activity. Downstream from him, nine guys lined up on one
side of a deep run, all of them conversing and joking around
and checking the time as if they were waiting for 8:00 a.m. on
opening day of trout season. Like I said, the white fly hatch is
an event.
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