A complete guide to Arizona's trout waters, revised and updated.
In Arizona, you'll find a variety of rivers and streams, from bottom-release tailwater fisheries to fertile high-desert creeks, from the Colorado River to the Valley of the Sun. In no other place in North America can you see Trico hatches in November and again in February and March!
In this revised, updated, and expanded edition, authors Meck and Rohmer examine the state's trout waters impacted in recent years by floods, drought, and forest fires, such as Canyon and Cibecue creeks, the lower portion of the Salt River, and the Colorado and Upper Verde rivers. Coverage of many of the lakes has also been revised, and several lakes in central and southern Arizona have been added to round out this comprehensive, detailed guide.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780881506815
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Countryman Press - The
Publication Date: 10-31-2005
Pages: 210
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Series: Countryman Guide #0
About the Author
Charles R. Meck is the author of 12 books and countless articles on fly fishing. His books include Trout Streams and Hatches of Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic Trout Streams and Their Hatches, Arizona Trout Streams and Their Hatches, and The Hatches Made Simple. He spends his summers in Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania, and his winters in Mesa, Arizona. John Rohmer has been fishing the streams and lakes of the high county for 40 years. He divides his time between his fly tying materials business, guiding for smallmouth bass in Arizona's high mountain lakes, and his responsibilities as co-owner of the pro shop Arizona Flyfishing in Tempe.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
9
1
Introduction
11
2
A Close Look at the Hatches
19
3
Trout Fishing in the Valley of the Sun
33
Salt River
35
Canyon Lake
41
Saguaro Lake
42
Tempe Town Lake
44
4
North-Central Arizona-The Verde Valley
47
Dead Horse State Park Lagoons
48
Upper Verde River
51
Wet Beaver Creek
54
Oak Creek
55
West Fork of Oak Creek
59
West Clear Creek
60
5
The Payson-Young Area and the Western Mogollon Rim
63
East Clear Creek
64
East Verde River
66
Webber Creek
69
Ellison Creek
71
Tonto Creek
71
Horton Creek
74
Christopher Creek
77
Haigler Creek
79
Canyon Creek
82
Chevelon Creek
88
Cherry Creek
90
Reynolds Creek
92
Workman Creek
93
6
Apache Country
95
Cibecue Creek
97
North Fork of the White River
98
Diamond Creek
102
Trout Creek
103
Paradise Creek
105
East Fork of the White River
106
Lofer Cienega Creek
108
Big Bonito Creek
109
Reservation Creek
113
7
High Country-Northeastern Arizona and Far Western New Mexico