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About a 30 minute drive east from the Plaza in Santa Fe is the small town of Pecos. From Pecos, Hwy 63 runs north up into the mountains, parallel to the Pecos River. At various points along the river, you’re on state park land, and at other parts, you’re on private land. (The USFS land doesn’t seem to extend down to the bottom of the valley.)
There are various turnouts driving up river, a few of which are expressly marked as fishing locations. The two weekdays that I fished the afternoon in the canyon, there were some vehicles parked in those places, but not crowded. On the Saturday, they looked crowded.
According to some web info, the best fish in the main stem of the river are in two box segments –
“The very best rainbow and brown trout fishing on the Pecos is found between Terrero and Cowles. The section just above Terrero is best fished by beginning at the Terrero General Store (parking across the river along the road at Holy Ghost Campground) and fishing upstream. The upper canyon, also known as the Pecos Box, is accessed by hiking in from the parking area along the river just above Mora Creek Campground.”
I fished a short time on the main stem and got a rainbow.
Two other afternoons, I fished Mora Creek, a little further up –
“Traveling north of Tererro on NM 63 for about 2 miles is the confluence of Mora Creek and the Pecos River at Mora Creek Campground. The campground area receives a tremendous amount of fishing pressure.
Try hiking up Mora Creek about one-half mile to some good brown trout water. Mora Creek opens into the Mora Box about three-quarters of a mile up from the trailhead near the campground.”I caught a lot of 8-12″ browns and a few rainbows. It was stormy every day I fished, and the last day the water was dirty, but they still took my double dry flies.
Here’s an image of the area I fished – purple on the first day, and then walked further up to fish the blue stretch the second day. (I left early each day when the lightning got too close for comfort.)
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