Fly Fishing Arizona: A winter afternoon

Fly Fishing Arizona
Fly Fishing Arizona

I had a great morning at the Payson Fly Caster meeting swapping fishing stories and talking about small streams. The guys and gals in that club are involved in a number of different conservation projects here in Arizona, and I was honored to be invited up to their club for the day.

After the meeting ended around 11, I still had the rest of the day to myself. I turned the truck east and walked through the woods to one of the creeks of the 260. I made my way to the stream and tied on a heavy streamer. The melting snow had swollen the creek and the fishing was quite slow. A small brown and a few holdover rainbows came to the net before I called it quits for the day.

I’m caught in that weird spot of the year where hunting seasons are over and the fishing remains a bit marginal. Looks like I will be catching up on some more tying and waiting with anticipation for the summer months full of big foam hoppers.

Fly Fishing Arizona
Fly Fishing Arizona
Brown Trout
Brown Trout

 

Arizona Fly Fishing
Arizona Fly Fishing
Arizona Mountains
Arizona Mountains
Arizona Mountains
Arizona Mountains

 

14 Responses to “Fly Fishing Arizona: A winter afternoon”

    • azwanderings

      Thanks Juan. Hoping to make it up to Colorado once the warmer weather hits. We’ll have to try and get another day on the books.

      Ben

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    • azwanderings

      Thanks Erin. I’ve gotten out of the habit of posting scenic stream pics because we have so few streams here in Arizona and I like to keep them secret. This picture was just too cool though. Thanks for the kind words.

      Ben

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  1. David Knapp

    You are fortunate to have so much open water. Still a lot of frozen streams around here. Glad you were able to enjoy some time out on the water!

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    • azwanderings

      I hear you David. The temps here have been all over the map. Makes the fishing a bit tough. Hope you find some open water soon.

      Ben

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    • azwanderings

      Thanks Mark. I’ll be honest. The rock hopping hurt this middle-age man.

      Ben

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