My first fish of the year came out of one of my favorite places to start the season, East Canyon. The way it happened is kind of unusual. I was hanging out with a few friends, and must have been talking an awful lot about how much I love to fly fish (Probably because I was catching up on missed episodes of the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast on the drive over.) After a couple hours of conversation I found myself at Walmart at 1:30 am buying fishing licenses with my friends. We had plans to set out at 7am.

If you gauge a successful fishing trip by the number of fish caught in the day, then today would have been a disappointment. Fortunately spending time with friends who were excited to go fishing made the day a huge success!  I landed a good sized bluegill on my first cast of the day. After that however we didn’t catch anything else.

Fishing Crew

I went back to East Canyon the next day armed with a float tube and fly rod. This time I did much better.  5 fish total, 3 Rainbows, 2 Smallies.

Here is the biggest fish of the day. He was hungry for a brown and yellow girdle bug.

This was the biggest Rainbow of the day. He was about 15 inches long.

The bass fishing at East Canyon should be really good right now. The water is really starting to warm up. I just had a pair of shorts on under my waders and was comfortable all day. I hope to make it up there 1 more time this month before I start heading up to The Uintas.

Part of the gill netting process

2 26″ Cut Throat Trout

Rogers friend John working hard

More big fish

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