Canyon Lake

One of the most scenic and breathtaking lakes in Arizona! An exciting 60 minute drive from Scottsdale, this lake is sure to cost you a fortune in film development. Beautiful canyons and dramatic cliff faces tower hundreds of feet above the water. Once known for its trophy bass, the lake is now more of a sightseeing waterway, with the bass population starting to revive

Roosevelt Lake

Located 2 hours north of Scottsdale is what many bass anglers are anticipating to be the best bass fishery in the southwest.  A tremendously wet winter in 2004 flooded water in to what was already a great fishing lake, and increased the lake size from 9000 surface acres to 20,000 surface acres, resulting in a "new-lake effect" boom on the fish population.  50-100 fish days are common, and the fish are fat and mean.  Bass anglers and fly fishermen will both fall in love with the variation of cover and techniques that work on this lake.  This is bass fishing heaven!

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Alamo Lake

Located 2.5 hours west of Phoenix, this desert waterway is considered one of the best fisheries in the state.  Loaded with brush, Alamo is a great place to throw spinnerbaits, topwater, and flip.  Fly fishermen will enjoy the challenge of precise casting and hauling bruiser largemouth out of the wood.  If you like fishing tight cover and heavy line for strong fish, this is your place.

Salt River

Located only 45 minutes from Scottsdale, this beautiful tailwater fishery can often be the perfect place to wet a line when time is tight. It is a beautiful experience to wade a deep clear pool, catch trout, while being surrounded by cactus and desert. The river is stocked with Rainbow Trout form early fall through late spring, and also offers a variety of other fish, such as Largemouth Bass, suckers, and carp. When flows are high, fly fishing for trout can be excellent.

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Oak Creek

This is one of Arizona's most beautiful classic trout streams. Lush vegetation and gorgeous scenery backdrop an incredible fishery flowing downstream through a deep canyon gorge. The stream is stocked year round with Rainbow trout, but is also home to some beautiful carry-over and wild Rainbows, as well as some big wary wild Brown Trout that date back to the early 1900's and Zane Grey. If you're looking for the most beautiful place to fly fish in Arizona, this is it!.

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Little Colorado River/Silver Creek

A beautiful 4 hour drive from Phoenix/Scottsdale, these blue ribbon trout fisheries are a fly fishermans paradise.  Loaded with Rainbow, Brown, and Apache Trout, these waters are home to some of the largest stream trout found anywhere in Arizona.  Some brute Trout reach over 30 inches in length!  This is considered the ultimate stream fly fishing location in Arizona.

High Country Lakes & Streams

There are 67 beautiful lakes and 33 streams, creeks, and rivers located throughout Arizona's high country.  These waters are typically surrounded by ponderosa pines, aspens, oaks, and junipers, and are some of the most picturesque locations in the state.  Each location offers anglers a different challenge.  Some offer monster Browns, some offer gorgeous Rainbows & Brook Trout, others offer the elusive Apache Trout.  These are perfect locations for wading, backpacking, or float tubing.

Lake Mary

Located just outside of Flagstaff, this gorgeous high mountain lake is one of the most exciting places to fish when the bite is on! Nestled in the cool pines of Arizona's high country, Lake Mary offers a welcome escape during the heat of the summer. Northern Pike are the main fish species sought in the lake, but you may also encounter walleye, crappie, and rainbow trout. There is no experience like having a monster pike blow up on your topwater bait. It will stop your heart!

Lake Havasu

This famous lake on the Colorado River has long been known as a spring break party lake and great striper fishery. What most people don’t realize, is that Lake Havasu is one of the premier smallmouth bass fisheries in the western United States, and offers some of the best sight fishing for smallies anywhere! Located along the Arizona/California border, about 3 ½ hours west of Phoenix, Lake Havasu offers some of the most exciting fishing in the southwest when the bite is on!

Chevlon Canyon Lake

Nestled in the heart of Arizona’s Mogollon Rim, this high country lake is the state’s most remote fishery. The closest access roads to the lake are miles away, and anglers must either hike or take ATV’s down a steep tail to the water’s edge. Once at the water, some of Arizona’s best rainbow and brown trout fishing awaits.