MACFLY
Too many streams too little time
So we drove in about a mile above the WMA and parked at an access lo walk down to the stream. The day was warm wth a high overhead sun and tomes in the mode 90s. We were at about 7000 feet and the reservoir had dropped the flows the day before as they are headed into the mid summer. Water temp was 54 degrees.
When we got to the stream it was pretty much gin clear and low as I said. No bugs in the air and this added up to make for a challenging day on the water. I had not fished with my brother in about 8 years so we decided to hang together for the morning at least. We each held tight to the bank and started a slow walk upstream. My brother fished a yellow stimulator with a dropper. I opted for a rubber legged golden stone and I alternated fishing it a
Alone and with a dropped throughout the day.
My brother took a small browni about 10 min in on the dropper. Fish were also very tight to the bank and in many cases hanging under the cut bank.
I took a nice cutthroat about an hour in to the fishing in a deeper run that had a few fish out in the middle of the stream.
Still in all the fishing was very slow as the sun kept right on top of us the whole day.
The only other angler we saw all day must have parked at the same lot and walked behind us with his dog. He caught up to us and then exited the river to go ahead of us so We took a break and walked and back to the car to rehydrate before driving up steam
We got back in the water around noon. This is a picture from a small bridge looking upstream. We saw a few trout about 15 feet upstream that scattered in short order.
This next picture encapsulates why they call this stream little New Zealand. The water here is 4-5 feet deep and its gin clear. I managed a couple of
Intel guys but that was it for me. My brother had a couple small ones but at that point we had separated so I couldn't get a pic.
As you can see the fish are really beautiful and truth be told we spooked a number of fish walking upstream. Probably the highlight of the day was my brother fishing a bitch creek nymph upstream and letting it sink into a deep clear run. He didn't have his polarized glasses on and completely missing a a really good brown who came up for the fly. Pretty cool.
We decided to hit the lower Provo on the way back and try to catch the evening caddis hatch. Water here is bigger and Very rocky. I had a few targets lost one fly on a hard strike before hanging out and watching my brother fish until dark. By that point I was a little tired and dehydrated but happy I got to fish with him again after such a long absence. We ended the day with a nice steak all in all I can't complain. I hope that I am able to get out here again soon. Brought back a lot of great memories.
When we got to the stream it was pretty much gin clear and low as I said. No bugs in the air and this added up to make for a challenging day on the water. I had not fished with my brother in about 8 years so we decided to hang together for the morning at least. We each held tight to the bank and started a slow walk upstream. My brother fished a yellow stimulator with a dropper. I opted for a rubber legged golden stone and I alternated fishing it a
Alone and with a dropped throughout the day.
My brother took a small browni about 10 min in on the dropper. Fish were also very tight to the bank and in many cases hanging under the cut bank.
I took a nice cutthroat about an hour in to the fishing in a deeper run that had a few fish out in the middle of the stream.
Still in all the fishing was very slow as the sun kept right on top of us the whole day.
The only other angler we saw all day must have parked at the same lot and walked behind us with his dog. He caught up to us and then exited the river to go ahead of us so We took a break and walked and back to the car to rehydrate before driving up steam
We got back in the water around noon. This is a picture from a small bridge looking upstream. We saw a few trout about 15 feet upstream that scattered in short order.
This next picture encapsulates why they call this stream little New Zealand. The water here is 4-5 feet deep and its gin clear. I managed a couple of
Intel guys but that was it for me. My brother had a couple small ones but at that point we had separated so I couldn't get a pic.
As you can see the fish are really beautiful and truth be told we spooked a number of fish walking upstream. Probably the highlight of the day was my brother fishing a bitch creek nymph upstream and letting it sink into a deep clear run. He didn't have his polarized glasses on and completely missing a a really good brown who came up for the fly. Pretty cool.
We decided to hit the lower Provo on the way back and try to catch the evening caddis hatch. Water here is bigger and Very rocky. I had a few targets lost one fly on a hard strike before hanging out and watching my brother fish until dark. By that point I was a little tired and dehydrated but happy I got to fish with him again after such a long absence. We ended the day with a nice steak all in all I can't complain. I hope that I am able to get out here again soon. Brought back a lot of great memories.
