The Uintas have been the place to be for me this fall. A few posts earlier I talked about Mirror Lake and Moosehorn. I have been back to Mirror Lake twice since. While neither day was quite as good, I still managed to catch around 80 fish spread between the two days, often on consecutive casts. I caught fish on every fly I put in the water. I used various crystal killers and leaches. I had success on green, black, orange, brown, white, red, and purple patterns, all beadheads. I was fishing my flies very close to the surface. I did see a few anglers floating bugs on top but they weren’t catching as many fish as I was.
One of the bigger fish I caught from Mirror Lake, around 15 inches.
It definitely pays to be out in the middle of the lake, people from shore were catching fish, however it was much slower for them. I was catching fish everywhere, but found it to be the most productive out in deeper water with a faster then average retrieve. It was not unusual to get a strike on almost every cast.
My dad showing off one of his nice rainbows.
It rained all day yesterday in Salt Lake, which means snow in the moutains. The Mirror Lake Highway may be closed by now, however if you can still get up there I’m sure it will be worth the trip. Be sure to dress extra warm if you are going to be sitting in that water all day.
A nice colorful Brookie from Mirror Lake.
Filed under: Uintas | Tagged: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Uintas, Mirror Lake, Float Tube, Utah Fly Fishing
I love mirror lake. I haven’t been there in ages. When I was growing up, we spent a considerable amount of time there every summer. I remember the fish being smaller though…