A few years ago my Dad told me about a lake in the Uintas that had grayling. One of my goals this year was to catch some new species of fish and fish some new lakes. Marjorie Lake fit the bill perfectly. To get to Marjorie Lake you park at the Crystal Lake trail head. It’s about a 3 mile hike, Mostly flat, a few small hills but there isn’t much vertical change over the whole trail. There are lots of mosquitos out, I highly recommend some insect repellent. It took us just over an hour and a half to complete the hike in. It’s a beautiful little mountain lake.
Marjorie Lake from the trail.
After only a few casts I hooked into my first fish, luck would have it that a grayling was hungry for my fly. I managed to catch 6 total, 2 on a fly rod, 4 using spinning gear with a fly behind a bubble. One of the unique features about grayling is their very large sail fin. I was trying to get a good picture of this, but fish are rarely cooperative when they want to swim away.
The final grayling of the day.
My dad caught a chubby little brookie, My camera is terrible, but this fish was extremely colorful.
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Howdy!
I was up fishing Scofield this morning as well as the lower fish creek, what a beautiful morning to be up there. I’d love to go fishing with you sometime, I was thinking on the drive home how much fun it would be to have a blog, like yours and share my fishing adventures… Nice by the way… How can I get in on the gill netting help? I’d love to be a part of that! Do you live in Utah county? When you going out again?
Nathan