Podcast: Centre Co. fly-fishing guide talks about impacts of development on trout habitat and how groups like Trout Unlimited are helping

​A lifelong angler, Jamie SanFilippo grew up around water. As a child, Jamie spent time cobbling together and reconfiguring old rods and reels and flipping over rocks in her local stream.

Today, she owns and operates her own fly-fishing guiding service, American Fly Fishing Company.

In her work, Jamie takes clients fishing for Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout and Wild Brown Trout along Upper Penns Creek, Bald Eagle Creek and Spring Creek.

While these streams host some of the best trout fishing in Pennsylvania, they are also major tributaries to the Susquehanna River.

In the most recent episode of the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Podcast, SanFilippo discusses how development in Centre County is threatening habitat for trout and increasing sediment in the Susquehanna River.

A member of Trout Unlimited, she also shares how her local chapter is working to protect Spring Creek and its trout habitat from development.

Check out the full episode here:

Learn more about her company at its website: American Fly Fishing Company

And learn more about the Spring Creek Trout Unlimited (springcreektu.org)