Black River, AZ Fly Fishing Report

April 26, 2011
Spent the late morning fishing the Black River in East Central Arizona. With a below average snow pack and limited run off, the river was running just above base flow. The water was slightly stained, but offered good visibility. I caught three small brown's 8, 10, and 11, all in deep fast moving cuts. The fish hit a brown #16 VFG Nymph, dropped off a #12 Blue Winged Olive.


Casey J.
Tucson, AZ

Black River, AZ Fly Fishing Report

Fly fished the Black River in the Apache National Forest. We parked near the junction of County Road 24 and 83 and hiked west to the river. Caught 4 Browns, with the largest being a 12 incher. Used a dry/dropper set up with one taking a Royal Stimulator and three taking the VFG Nymph (brown and amber). Reports from my fishing buddies encouraged me to venture down to areas on the lower part of the Black, but due to the hike into this area, we had to postpone that trek for a later time.

Darin W.
Tucson, AZ