OUR HOME STREAM PAGE
OUR CHAPTER HAS ADOPED THE EAST VERDE RIVER JUST NORTH O F PAYOSN, ARIZONA AS OUR HOME STREAM.
THIS STREAM FLOWS FROM THE BOTTOM OF A 1500 FOOT HIGH ESCARPMENT CALLED THE MOGOLLON RIM NORTH OF PAYSON FROM A LARGE SPRING AND IS A VIABLE TROUT FISHERY FOR ABOUT 15 MILES DOWNSTREAM, BEFORE THE WATER GETS TOO WARM FOR TROUT HABITAT. THIS STREAM HAS A POPULATION OF WILD RAINBOW TROUT AS WELL AS ARIZONA NATIVE HEADWATER CHUBS, THAT WILL TAKE A FLY THE SAME AS A TROUT WILL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO IMPROVE THE HABITAT ON THIS STREAM WITH ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL US FOREST SERVICE TO AGAIN MAKE THIS STREAM A VIABLE TROUT FISHERY. THE LAST MILE AND ONE HALF OF THE HEAD WATERS FROM THE PUMP HOUSE UPSTREAM HAS NOW BEEN DESIGNATED A CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY SECTION FOR BARBLESS FLY ONLY FISHING. TO FURTHER MAINTAIN THE WILD TROUT POPULATION IN THIS SECTION OF STREAM, BY ARIZONA GAME AND FISH REGULATIONS AS OF JAN. 1 2014.
THIS STREAM FLOWS FROM THE BOTTOM OF A 1500 FOOT HIGH ESCARPMENT CALLED THE MOGOLLON RIM NORTH OF PAYSON FROM A LARGE SPRING AND IS A VIABLE TROUT FISHERY FOR ABOUT 15 MILES DOWNSTREAM, BEFORE THE WATER GETS TOO WARM FOR TROUT HABITAT. THIS STREAM HAS A POPULATION OF WILD RAINBOW TROUT AS WELL AS ARIZONA NATIVE HEADWATER CHUBS, THAT WILL TAKE A FLY THE SAME AS A TROUT WILL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO IMPROVE THE HABITAT ON THIS STREAM WITH ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL US FOREST SERVICE TO AGAIN MAKE THIS STREAM A VIABLE TROUT FISHERY. THE LAST MILE AND ONE HALF OF THE HEAD WATERS FROM THE PUMP HOUSE UPSTREAM HAS NOW BEEN DESIGNATED A CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY SECTION FOR BARBLESS FLY ONLY FISHING. TO FURTHER MAINTAIN THE WILD TROUT POPULATION IN THIS SECTION OF STREAM, BY ARIZONA GAME AND FISH REGULATIONS AS OF JAN. 1 2014.
