11/17/24 Silver Creek Fishing Report {Bottom of Screen}
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Type of Stream
Spring Creek
Species
Rainbow Trout (Stocked)
Apache Trout (Stocked)
Size
Medium
Location
Northern Arizona
Nearest Towns
Show Low
Season
Catch and keep – April-Sept
(catch and release) Oct 1- March 31)
Access:
Good
Non-Resident License
State of Arizona
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
The C and R season opens the first day of October and extends through March 31st.
Spring:
Open for catch and release until March 31st.
Summer:
Catch and Keep season, April 1 to Sept 30th.
Fall:
Catch and Release season open October 1st and fishing is the best it will be.
Winter:
The season is open all winter and fishing is good all winter thanks to the almost constant water temperature of the spring fed creek.
| Recommended Tackle & Gear Fly Line: 4, 5 or 6 weight Leaders: Dry fly: 9 to 12 ft., 5 or 6X Nymphing: 71/2 ft., 3 or 4X, Streamers 0-2X Tippets: Dry fly: 5 or 6X, Nymphing: 3 or 4X, Streamer 0-2X Best Fly Rods: Perfect Fly Supreme Four, Superb Five or Ultimate Six Fly Reels: For 4/5/6 fly line Fly Floatants and Misc Items: Floatants, KISS Strike Indicators Tools & Accessories: Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc. Fly and Gear ordering and delivery: Email us at (sales@perfectflystore.com) with the dates you will be fishing and we will send you a list of our fly recommendations. We can get flies and gear to you within two to three business days from the time you place your order via Priority Mail. If you provide a budget for flies, we will select them to match the budget and get them to you on time for your trip. Your can also call us at 800-594-4726 and we will help you decide what flies and gear to use. All orders are shipped free in the U.S. If under a $100 order requiring Priority mail is a charge of only $8.10. Orders over a $100 are shipped free via Priority Mail. Copyright 2016 James |
Fly Fishing Silver Creek Arizona
Silver Creek is a clear, spring creek that is stocked with some huge, trophy size rainbow trout and the state of Arizona’s fish, the Apache Trout. The stream is stocked from the Silver Creek Hatchery located upstream Silver Creek. Brood stock from the hatchery is also stocked on occasions. These trout may be as large as 25 inches. This stream is located near Show Low, in the White Mountains. It is “catch and release” only and barbless hooks are required.
The stream is at a high elevation and approximately two miles long. It has plenty of undercut banks but also some pool, runs and riffles. The Arizona Game and Fish Department owns the land.
Silver Creek is very silty and ranges from difficult to impossible to wade. The stream can be fished from the banks. The stream meanders back and forth through open meadows.
Many anglers are not aware that the native Apache trout is Arizona’s state fish. It is listed under the Endangered Species Act, but anglers can fish for it in some waters. Silver Creek is one of them along with the Little Colorado River in the Greer Valley and the East and West Forks of Black River. The White Mountains of Arizona is the only place in the World where you can fish for the pure strain Apache trout.
Apache trout may become the first native fish in the United States to come off the endangered species list. This is all due to the excellent efforts made by the White Mountain Apache tribe, the Arizona Game and Fish Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and many angling organizations.
Fishing Report:
05/03/21 We are getting good reports from customers fishing the creek. They are catching some nice trout.
05/28/21 The stream is in good shape with good numbers of trout being caught by our customers. There are multiple hatches taking place. Call or write us for a recommended fly list.
06/05/21 Conditions remain good. The spring water stays cool during the summer. There are good hatches taking place.
06/21/21 We are still getting some good reports from customers. There are good hatches including Tricos, PMDs, Spotted sedge caddis and other insects.
08/16/21 Sorry for the missed reports. We just now have our local Perfect Fly contact back reporting for us. The cool spring water is still turning out some good catches. There are good hatches and scuds and our sculpin streamers are working good.
09/16/21 The stream is in good shape in all respects. We continue to get good reports from customers.
10/03/21 The creek is flowing at a normal level with good fall hatches taking place. We received two good reports this past week from customers.
10/25/21 Sorry for the missed reports. We are getting good reports from customers catching some nice ones. Our articulated streamer patterns are working good.
11/02/21 Conditions are still very good. We continue to get some good reports from customers.
11/11/21 Some good fish are being caught by our customers. There are still some good hatches taking place and our scud and sculpin streamers are also working good.
11/19/21 Conditions remain good. We continue to get good reports from customers.
11/27/21 We are still getting some very good reports of good numbers and some large fish caught from customers.
12/06/21 There are some nice trout being caught. Several of our Perfect Flies are working good.
12/14/21 The stream is still turning out some nice catches for our customers. Midges and Blue winged olive are hatching and scuds and our sculpin streamers are working good.
12/22/21 Conditions remain good. We received two good reports this past week.
12/30/21 The stream is in okay condition. We received two more good reports from customers this past week. Good sizes of trout are being caught.
01/07/22 Conditions remain good. We received three good reports from customers fishing this past week. Our articulated sculpin and leech patterns are catching some nice ones.
01/23/22 Sorry for missing last weeks report. Conditions are good and we continue to get good reports from customers -two this past week.
02/08/22 The stream is in good shape. We received three good reports from customers fishing this past week.
02/16/22 We continue to get good reports from customers fishing the creek – two more came in this past week.
02/24/22 Conditions are still good. We didn’t receive any reports from anyone this past week but trout are being caught.
03/04/22 Conditions remain good. We received two good reports from customers fishing this past week. Good hatches continue to take place.
03/12/22 The stream is still in good shape. We received two good reports from customers fishing this past week.
03/20/22 It is still catch and release season until the end of this month, then catch and keep season. We continue to get good reports from customers. Good hatches are taking place.
03/28/22 We didn’t receive any reports from anyone this past week. We assume everyone is getting ready for the catch and keep season starting April 1st.
04/05/22 The stream is in good shape and we are getting good reports from customers.
04/13/22 More good catch reports came in this past week. Stream conditions are good and there are good hatches taking place.
04/21/22 More good reports have come in this past week. Conditions remain good including good hatches.
04/29/22 Conditions continue to be good. There are some good hatches and our scuds, aquatic worms and sculpin streamers are also working good.
05/04/22 The stream continues to be in good shape and we continue to get good reports from customers fishing it.
05/12/22 We received one good report this past week from a customer. Good hatches continue with lots of Pale morning duns, spotted sedge caddis and other insects coming off.
05/20/22 More good reports from customers came in this past week. Good hatches continue to take place.
05/28/22 The stream is still in okay shape. We didn’t receive any reports this past week but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good.
06/05/22 We didn’t receive any reports from anyone this past week but conditions remain okay. The spring water stays cool and good hatches are taking place.
06/19/22 The stream is still turning out some nice catches. Terrestrials like hoppers, Japanese beetles and Carpenter ants are working as well as PMDs and spotted sedge caddis.
06/26/22 We are still getting some good reports from customers. There are good hatches including Tricos, PMDs, Spotted sedge caddis and other insects.
07/03/22 In addition to the above hatches, our Brown and green sandwich hoppers, Black carpenter ants and Japanese beetles are working good.
07/17/22 We didn’t receive any reports from anyone this past week but conditions remain okay. You should be able to catch trout. Let us hear from you.
07/31/22 Remember, this is a spring creek with cool water. We still didn’t receive any reports from anyone fishing but you should be able to catch good numbers of trout.
08/13/22 We are still getting some good reports from customers fishing the stream. Terrestrials like our Japanese beetle and Dave’s hopper are working good.
08/28/22 Sorry for the missed report. Conditions remain okay. We have received a couple of good reports recently.
09/05/22 The cool spring water is still turning out some good catches. There are good hatches and scuds and our sculpin streamers are working good.
09/12/22 The stream is in good shape with lots of BWO, and Spotted sedge caddis hatches taking place. We received two good report recently.
09/26/22 Conditions are good. We received two good reports from customers fishing this past week.
10/28/22 Sorry for the missed reports. The stream is in good shape with good hatches of spotted sedge caddis, Blue-winged olives and Midges, mostly clear and light green. Scuds and sculpin streamers are also working.
11/15/22 The stream is in good shape and turning out some very good catches for our customers. Good late season hatches continue to take place.
12/01/22 The stream is in good shape and our customers are catching good numbers and sizes of trout.
12/29/22 The stream remains in good shape and we continue to get good reports of fish being caught. Good winter hatches are taking place.
01/31/22 Sorry for the missed reports. Conditions have been good and we have been getting good catch reports from customers. This should continue.
03/05/23 Sorry for the missed reports. The stream is in good shape and turning out some nice trout for our customers. There are good hatches taking place and our scud and streamer patterns are also working good.
03/14/23 The stream is still turning out some good trout for our customers. Good hatches continue to take place.
03/24/23 Conditions remain pretty good. We received two good reports.
04/03/23 We haven’t received any reports lately but it should be okay.
04/11/23 The stream is still very high. We recommend giving it some time to drop and clear.
04/23/23 The stream is down to near normal levels and mostly clear. We received one good report from a customer fishing yesterday reporting good hatches.
05/01/23 Conditions are good. We didn’t get any reports from anyone this past week but you should be able to catch trout. There are lots of insects hatching.
05/10/23 The stream is in good condition. We received one good report from a customer fishing this past week.
05/20/23 We received another good report from a customer fishing this past week. The stream is in good shape.
05/30/23 The stream is still turning out some good fish. Good hatches are taking place which increases the fun and challenge.
06/10/23 Good reports are still coming in.
06/18/23 The stream is in good shape with good hatches taking place. Some very large trout are being caught by our customers.
06/29/23 Conditions remain good. There are very good hatches taking place. We received a good report from a customer fishing it yesterday.
07/07/23 You do need to match the hatches to catch them. Most anglers are tossing junk flies as if the trout are stupid. Try Perfect flies and you will see your odds of success increase.
07/15/23 We received three good reports from customers fishing this past week. Conditions are good.
07/24/23 This is a good choice considering the record heat. The spring water stays cool. Fish early and late in the day so you stay cool. We received two more good reports from customers fishing this past week.
08/03/23 The stream is flowing near a normal level and in good shape. We received a good report from a customer fishing this past week. The recent rain should help cool things down some.
08/09/23 The stream is still flowing near a normal level in good shape. Scuds, sowbugs, damselfly nymphs, dragon fly nymphs, sculpin streamers and several other flies are working.
08/18/23 The stream is still in good shape with good hatches taking place.
08/26/23 More good reports come in from customers fishing the stream. Small sculpin streamers and terrestrials are working.
09/02/23 This is still a great way to catch some large trout but no pushover. You fish from the banks and must stay hidden as much as possible. We received three good reports from customers fishing this past week.
09/09/23 Conditions remain very good. There are some very nice size trout being caught.
09/16/23 The stream is still turning out some good catch and releases.
09/30/22 Conditions remain very good. We received two good reports from customers fishing this past week.
10/07/23 We received two more good reports from customers fishing the stream the past week. Conditions remain good.
10/19/23 Stream conditions are still good with fish being caught.
10/27/23 The stream is still turning out good catches. Our articulated sculpin streamers are working good for the big fish.
11/07/23 We continue to get good reports from customers. Streamers like our sculpin and leech articulated patterns are catching the larger fish.
11/14/23 Continues to be one of the top streams to fish in the Western U.S. Some nice fish are being caught on our articulated streamer patterns.
11/21/23 We received more good reports from the past week. Our larger sculpin and leech streamers are catching some nice ones.
11/28/23 More good reports have come in from customers. Blue-winged olives and cream midges are hatching. Scuds and our articulated sculpin and leech streamers are catching some nice ones.
12/05/23 We are still getting some very good catch reports. Conditions remain good.
12/17/23 The stream is still in good shape and we continue to get good reports.
12/28/23 Conditions remain very good. We received two good reports from customers fishing this past week.
01/09/24 We received two more good catch reports from customers fishing this past week. Conditions remain good.
01/18/24 More good reports have come in from this past week. The stream gives you an opportunity to catch a large one.
01/26/24 We received another good report from the past week. Our articulated sculpin streamers catch some nice ones.
02/04/24 The stream has been a little high but back down near normal. Good fish have been being caught on our articulated sculpin patterns as well as the articulated leech patterns.
02/13/24 We received a good report from a customer fishing this past week. Our Sculpin and Black Leech streamers are still your best bet.
02/23/24 Conditions are still good with the clear spring water. We didn’t get any reports this past week, but it should be good.
03/01/24 The stream is flowing at a normal level and clear. We received a good catch report from a customer fishing yesterday.
03/08/24 Good hatches are taking place and we are getting some good catch reports. Our sculpin streamers and scuds are working good. BWOs and little Black caddis are hatching.
06/09/24 Sorry for the missed reports. We will be posting them weekly from now on. This is a good choice stream to fish considering the record heat. The spring water stays cool. Fish early and late in the day so you stay cool.
06/18/24 Conditions are good. The cool spring water is still producing some good hatches and our terrestrial patters are also working.
06/25/24The stream is still producing some nice catches for our customers. Our terrestrials like Sandwich hoppers, Japanese beetles and Carpenter ants are working as well as PMDs and spotted sedge caddis.
07/02/24 As we have said before, this is a good choice considering the heat. The spring water stays cool. Fish early and late in the day so you stay cool. We another good reports from customers fishing this past week.
07/13/24 The stream is in good shape with cool water. Good hatches are taking place.
08/02/24 Conditions are good. There are hatches of Tricos, spotted and Little Sister caddis, and terrestrials like our Carpenter Ants, Japanese Beetles and Sandwich hoppers also work good.
08/12/24 The stream is flowing near a normal level and clear. Good hatches continue to come off and you should be able to catch good numbers of trout.
08/22/24 The stream is still flowing at a normal level with clear water. Good hatches of spotted sedge and green sedge caddis are taking place. Our Sculpin streamers should manage to catch some of the big ones.
08/27/24 More good reports have come in. Good stream and weather conditions exist. Good hatches are taking place.
09/04/24 Conditions remain good. The water is cool and the fish are hungry.
09/11/24 We received one good report from a customer fishing it this past week. Good hatches continue now including Tricos in addition to the insects listed just above here.
09/18/24 Conditions are still good. Good stream levels and good hatches are taking place.
09/26/24 We still didn’t get any reports but the conditions remain good. You should be able to catch plenty.
10/02/24 Conditions remain good. We still didn’t get any reports but you should be able to catch trout.
10/09/24 We received a good report from a customer fishing this past week. Good hatches continue to take place.
10/17/24 Conditions are good. We continue to get good reports.
10/24/24 Good conditions exist. The stream is clear and in good shape with good hatches continuing to take place.
10/30/24 We are still getting some good catch reports. Conditions are good.
11/08/24 The stream is in good condition turning out some good catches for our customers.
11/17/24 Good numbers of trout are being caught and released. Good hatches continue to take place.
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