Mountain West
Little Colorado River
Live Conditions
Little Colorado River — Little Colorado River at Springerville
24-Hr Pressure
23.38 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
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81° / 50°
Tomorrow
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82° / 53°
Wed
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80° / 57°
Thu
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83° / 56°
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
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🪰 Hatch Calendar
Little Colorado River · June · Early Summer
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⚠ Runoff season — check live gauge before driving
Post-runoff prime opening late month. Caddis (size 14-16) heavy. PMDs (size 16-18) starting. Yellow Sallies (size 14). Meadow stretches near Greer and Nutrioso fishing well — undercut banks holding browns.
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About Little Colorado River
The upper Little Colorado River near Springerville and Alpine flows through open high-elevation meadows and willow-lined banks at over 7,000 feet in Apache County — a classic high-country meadow stream with long grassy bends and undercut banks hiding surprisingly large rainbow and brown trout. Far less pressured than the White Mountains reservoirs and tributary canyon streams, the upper LCR rewards slow, careful approaches with long leaders and offers exceptional dry-fly opportunities during summer midge and PMD hatches.
Regulations
Standard AZGFD trout regulations apply. Flows are entirely snowmelt and monsoon-driven — the river can drop sharply after the July monsoon season ends. The gauge at Springerville measures the river in the lower agricultural valley; upper river sections near Alpine and Nutrioso run considerably lower. Check AZGFD for any special regulations near the South Fork confluence or downstream tributaries near Greer.