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Slippery Rock River

Slippery Rock Creek is well known for its beautiful gorge in McConnells Mill State Park. This very scenic spot is worth a visit for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Slippery Rock is big compared to most Pennsylvania trout streams, about 100 feet wide, and it rushes through numerous boulder-strewn rapids, which alternate with swift, deep glides.

The steppest part of the gorge and the swiftest white water extend from Route 22 near Rose Point downstream 2.5 miles to Eckert Bridge. From Eckert Bridge downstream 4 miles to Harris Bridge, the walls of the gorge begin to recede, and the water, while still swift, loses some of its ferociousness.

Near the lower end of the park, there is a .5 mile delayed harvest, fly fishing only section. About half of this stretch is above the Armstrong Bridge and half below. The trout fishing in Slippery Rock Creek relies almost entirely on stocked trout which the Fish Commission stock heavily.

The 4 miles of water from Eckert Bridge down to Harris Bridge is a good section for walk-in fishing.

Caddis hatches provide most of the fly fising action on Slippery Rock Creek, and there are also scattered hatches of March Browns, Grey Foxes, and Brown Drakes.

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Some of this text is from Trout Streams of Pennsynvania by Dwight Landis