West Clear Creek Arizona Fly Fishing Report & Options for Selecting Flies: 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.
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Type of Stream
Freestone
Species
Rainbow Trout (wild and stocked with
holdovers)
Brown Trout (wild and stocked with
holdovers)
Size
Small to Medium
Location
Mogollon Rim
Season:
Year-round
Nearest Towns
Camp Verde
Sedona
Access:
Difficult on the upper end and okay
on the lower end
Non-Resident License
State of Arizona
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
The fishing season runs year-round.
Spring:
Fly fishing West Clear Creek can be good in late Spring.
Summer:
The stream can get too warm during the Summer but
fishing is usually good during the early part of Summer.
Fall:
Fishing for brown trout during the early part of Fall is
usually excellent.
Winter:
West Clear Creek is open for fishing during the winter, but
access is probably impossible most of the time.
| 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. Copyright 2016 James Marsh |
Fly Fishing West Clear Creek Arizona
West Clear Creek is located in the Mogollon Rim area of Arizona. It is a tributary of the Verde River that flows through a steep canyon as it cuts its way through the rim. It can be difficult to negotiate in its upper reaches because of the high canyon walls line both sides of the stream in some areas. It forces one to wade some rather deep pools in a few places.
West Clear Creek is easiest to access on its lower end near Camp Verde off of highway #260. One fairly easy access into the area is from Bull Pen Ranch Trailhead. The upper end of West Clear Creek can be accessed from the Tramway Trail off Lake Mary Road.
Fly fishing West Clear Creek can be very productive in the late Spring provided the water levels are not high. Most of the upper part of West Clear Creek holds quite a few stream-bred trout. That’s not the case on the lower end. The lower end is heavily stocked and far more popular to fish. You want have much competition in the upper section but it takes a good amount of time to hike in and out in the same day. There are some campsites available.
West Clear Creek supports a very good population of aquatic insects. Blue-winged Olives, Tricos, Pale Morning duns, March Browns, and a few other mayflies are present. Caddisflies including Little Black Caddis, Short-horned Sedges, Spotted Sedges and Green Sedges are plentiful. The stream has a hatch of Golden, Little Yellow and Salmonfly stoneflies during the month of late Spring and early summer. Terrestrial insects supplement the aquatics during the Summer months.