Pine Creek

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• Pine Creek Area Maps

  • Pine Creek Area Map

• Pine Creek

  • Location: Pine Creek Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Pine Creek AllTrails Map

  • Has about 1 mile of fishable stream from Pine Lake to Honeymoon Lake with an elevation gain 450 feet

  • Drains the Granite Park and Chalfant Lakes basin. The stream has good productivity and excellent spawning.

• Pine Lake

  • Location: Pine Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Pine Lake AllTrails Map

  • 3.3 miles from the trailhead at 9,942'

• Upper Pine Lake

  • Location: Upper Pine Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Upper Pine Lake AllTrails Map

  • 4.25 miles from the trailhead at 10,200'

• Honeymoon Lake

  • Location: Honeymoon Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Honeymoon Lake AllTrails Map

  • 5 miles from the trailhead the trail forks

  • The left fork heads up to Pine Creek Pass. To the right fork, you will see Honeymoon Lake at 10,440'

• Big French Lake

  • Location: Big French Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: Big French Lake AllTrails Map

    • Not exact trail directions

  • Pine Creek Pass is about 6.5 miles from the trailhead at an elevation of 11,140'

  • Going through Pine Creek Pass, you can access the French Canyon and the nearby lakes

  • To the east of Pine Creek Pass, you can travel off-trail for 3/4 miles and reach Big French Lake at 11,265

  • Has Goldens

• Bear Lake

  • Fishless

• Finch Lake

  • Fishless

• Lower Morgan Lake

  • Location: Lower Morgan Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: No AllTrails map from Pine Creek Trailhead

  • 5.25 miles from the Pine Creek Trailhead you reach the Morgan Pass Trail

  • The Morgan Lakes are prior to the pass

  • 0.5 miles from the mining road along the Morgan Pass Trail at 10,700'

  • Has Goldens

• Middle Morgan Lake

  • Location: Middle Morgan Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: No AllTrails map from Pine Creek Trailhead

  • 1 mile from the mining road along the Morgan Pass Trail at 10,800'

• Upper Morgan Lake

  • Location: Upper Morgan Lake Location

  • Trailhead: Pine Creek Pass Trailhead

  • AllTrails: No AllTrails map from Pine Creek Trailhead

  • 1.25 miles from the mining road along the Morgan Pass Trail at 10,900'

Flies

• Dry Flies

  • Parachute Adams #16-18

  • Olive Caddis #16-18

  • Royal Wulff #16-18

  • BWO Sparkle Dun #18-20

  • BWO Parachute Dun #18-20

• Wet Flies

  • Hare's Ear #16-18

  • Prince Nymph #16-18

  • Pheasant Tail Nymph #16-18

Resources

• Fly Fishing the Sierra Pine Creek