03-08-2013, 02:49 AM
From what I've heard the periodic controlled floods to wash down the accumulated sediment from the Paria River haven't affected trout numbers. Which is too bad. The early boom after initial stocking is over never to be seen again. However AZ regulations result in stunting. They promote quantity at the total expense of any quality. Sure a 20 inch rainbow is nice but for such a large tailwater shouldn't be the upper end of what you can hope to catch. I fish some streams that aren't even 1% of the flow that produce bigger trout routinely.
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