In the past going fly fishing on any river has meant 3 things: allergies, tangled lines, and lack of fish. Growing up I never fished rivers, so I feel like a total amateur every time I put on my wading boots. I was hoping today would be different, unfortunately it wasn’t. The Provo was still [...]
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I went to east canyon with my dad today. The plan was to get there early and leave around 10:30. It was a rough morning since I only managed to get 3 hours of sleep. I ended up forgetting my camera, and more importantly, I forgot to get my box full of bass flies… We [...]
Filed under: East Canyon | Tagged: East Canyon, Leech, Prince Nymph, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass | 3 Comments »
Last summer I was fishing at Mirror Lake in the Uintas in my tube. The wind came up and was blowing in away that didn’t agree the the direction I wanted my fly line to go. I was certain I could handle it. WRONG! I tried to get this out on my own for about [...]
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Summers in Utah are often in the triple digits. The best way to escape the heat is to head up to the Uintas which have an elevation of around 10,000 ft. There are many lakes easily accessible from the Mirror Lake Highway. I dragged myself out of bed at 4:45 today and was fishing by [...]
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I went up to East Canyon this afternoon. I really wanted to try out some poppers and see if I could tease some bass to the surface. Unfortunately When i got there the temp was somewhere in the 90s and the fishing was slow. As things cooled down the fishing got better. I got around [...]
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I went to echo with some guys from work today for some classic bait fishing from the shore. We started fishing around 6:15am. I had managed to catch a couple of smallmouth bass, but things were pretty slow. I used just about everything I had with me, including worms, powerbait, streamers, nymphs, poppers, and even [...]
Filed under: Echo Reservoir | Tagged: Echo Reservoir, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass | Leave a Comment »
