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Originally Posted by Megatron96
That might work. Depends on what kind of fish, and what water you want to fish.
For example, if you want to keep it relatively simple and you fly fish, then Lee's Ferry here in northern AZ is a good spot. Pull into the campground, pay your camping fee then just roll down to the river and start fishing.
It's similar at the San Juan River in NM.
But most of the really good rivers out West require that you float them, or you're hiking in or something. Most would require a guide just to be on the right water at the right time of year. It's just not enough to know the name of a river and drive to the nearest access point from the highway. The real fishing might be miles up or down river from that parking lot.
Conversely, the lakes are pretty easy to access for the most part and it's as simple as park and fish/camp in most places.
One way of circumventing that is to join a local fishing message board, make some friends in the area you want to fish, and see if they'll take you fishing with them when you visit. Of course, that takes some time.
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I’m definitely wanting to do fly fishing in places like what you’ve posted in the mountains and valleys. I love getting in the water so no lake fishing. I’d probably do that up north if anything. I’ve fished Rocky Mountain National Park and really had to hike to get to good spots but those areas aren’t for camping and of course the fish are much smaller. But those were also just fishing while out there, not really fishing trips.
So in those pictures you posted are those guided? I’m certainly capable of managing on my own once in the general area so I don’t really feel like I need a guide, but is a guide more common? If I’m wanting to do a few day camping trip I assume that’s more on your own.