How to go fish the Oak Creek

We hold no hatch chart for October on this river, so there is no fly list to publish here. Browse the fly library.

• Grasshopper Point

  34.887, -111.732parking

• Slide Rock

  34.947, -111.754parking

• Manzanita Campground

  34.942, -111.742parking

• Halfway

  34.956, -111.755parking

3 more on the river page, with the map →

Arizona fishing license required for anglers 10 and older. Rules cite Arizona Game and Fish Commission Order 40 (2025-26 regulations). Unless a special regulation applies, the statewide limit is four trout per day in any combination, and roundtail chub are catch and release only. From the State Route 89A bridge at Slide Rock State Park upstream to the Sterling Springs Hatchery property line, including West Fork Oak Creek: catch and release only for trout, artificial fly and lure only, barbless hooks only. Below Slide Rock, statewide trout limits apply. Smallmouth and largemouth bass and channel and flathead catfish are unlimited. Live baitfish may not be used in Coconino County.

• A current state fishing licence
• Waders and boots you have already leak-tested
• Net, nippers, forceps
• Floatant and desiccant
• Tippet in the sizes the chart asks for
• Water, sun cover, polarised glasses

Generic gear. Anything specific to this water is above.