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Hatch-chart nymphs, dries, and streamers for this river. Not a crowdsourced catch report.
Open the Show Low Creek fly list →1 listed points. Map is Vellum land and Teal water — a desk chart, not a satellite.
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Arizona State Parks area on Fool Hollow Lake, an impoundment of Show Low Creek. Campground and day use.
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. Show Low Creek within the city of Show Low: two trout, two catfish, one bass with a 13-inch minimum, five sunfish, and one white amur with a 30-inch minimum. Show Low Creek Meadow: two trout.
Verify with Verify with the local fish and wildlife agency. Retrieved 2026-08-31. Seasons and gear rules change.
Show Low Creek runs north through the White Mountains towns of Pinetop-Lakeside and Show Low. Fool Hollow Lake sits on the creek in Show Low. Most of it is in-town water, with parks and lakes on the same drainage rather than wilderness canyon.
Show Low is one of the upper-elevation towns in the Arizona Game and Fish Community Fishing Program, and its waters are stocked with rainbow trout through the summer. Within the city of Show Low, the creek has its own limits: two trout, two catfish, one bass of at least 13 inches, five sunfish, and one white amur of at least 30 inches. Show Low Creek Meadow is a two-trout water.
Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area, run by Arizona State Parks, is the easiest base, with campsites and day-use ramadas. A USGS gauge near Lakeside reports flows on the upper creek. Respect posted city access rules.
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Rainbow Trout
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Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout
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Roundtail Chub · Desert Sucker · Sonora Sucker
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Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Roundtail Chub
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Rainbow Trout · Gila Trout
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Rainbow Trout · Roundtail Chub
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