December 5, 2008
No Pools: Tonto Creek lures 10,000 anglers every year, but floods have swept away the logs, rocks and debris that create pour-overs that in turn create the deeper pools trout need. Most of the stream now lacks pools and good trout hiding spots, as in this stretch.
Stories this photo appears in:
THE LIFE OF A LURKING LUNKER
Forest Service plans ambitious repair of Tonto Creek to make it once more a trout’s paradise
Where oh where do the lunkers lurk? Where oh where have they gone?
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