Tag Archives: Fly Fishing Utah

Fishing Report

October 19, 2011

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So, I have heard from a number of different sources that the fish are getting active and aggressive.  Here is a quick river report on some of the rivers. Weber and Ogden Rivers: The Ogden River is running at good levels and is somewhat clear. You can’t go wrong with 18-20 black zebra midges. Your usual suspects [...]

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I saw a “Walter”

October 10, 2011

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big brown trout

 I was fishing up at Whites Ranch Sportsman’s Paradise on Friday and saw a “Walter” brown.  Even thought the weather was bad we decided to go up and huck some big and nasties to see if we could get some big trout to chase.  Surprisingly when we got up to Cache Valley it really didn’t rain on [...]

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Making Progress

September 21, 2011

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utah stream access coalition

There is really no way we can all give the necessary recognition and appreciation to the Utah Stream Access Coalition for all they have done.  Please remember the Concert to benefit the Utah Stream Access Coalition (USAC) coming up on October 5th.  Even though the USAC is making great progress we need to keep supporting the fight.   This news was [...]

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Restoration Revolution on the Logan River.

July 15, 2011

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Fly Fishing Utah We love to see things like this going on in the fly fishing industry, especially close to home where we enjoy fly fishing Utah’s waters!  Restoration projects are challenging, but this one on the Temple Fork of the Logan River seems to be a success initially. Great article from the Herald Journal [...]

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Lower Provo River Report

June 16, 2011

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I don’t give many reports but I went out fishing on the Lower Provo River and wanted to vent some frustration and give a report on the water level and fishing.  The water level is a bit above what the mid summer flows are usually.  The Clarity right now is good as long as you stay [...]

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Big Browns Small Flies

February 23, 2011

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Last Tuesday I took the day off and headed to one of my favorite spots hoping for some big winter browns. I had stocked up with Higa’s SOS flies that he tied for me and a bunch of other small midge patterns. I knew it would be a warmer day so I was hoping for some [...]

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A little ice…on white Friday

November 30, 2010

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I have now officially named the day after Thanksgiving as “White Friday” instead of black Friday.  The last few years I have fished the day after Thanksgiving and it has been snowing and extremely cold each time.  Fished the Weber River last Friday and YES you guessed it cold as hell and tons of snow.  We didn’t have any [...]

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Kamloop Rainbows on Hoppers

October 2, 2010

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I was able to fish at a private river system in Logan, Utah a few days ago. We shot a ton of video and here is a little taste of what we did all day long.

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Electroshocking trout on the Green River video teaser

September 25, 2010

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Brett Prettyman writes about the outdoors, recreation and fishing for The Salt Lake Tribune www.sltrib.com By Bret Prettyman: I spent some time on the Green River recently to do a story on the Division of Wildlife Resources’ electroshocking project there. Reed Sherman, the DWR’s videographer, and I had fun gathering video to go along with [...]

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I Love the Logan River today

September 17, 2010

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I was up in Logan, Utah last weekend and hit the Logan River.  It was great day!!  TURN UP THE VOLUME ON THE VIDEO BELOW, FOR SOME REASON IT ISN’T VERY LOUD.

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September 8, 2010

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Utah’s trophy fisheries in trouble September 7th, 2010 @ 1:15pm By Mike Radice KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — Too much of a good thing really is not a good thing, especially when it comes to catch and release on a blue ribbon trout river. Right now on many of Utah’s trout streams and specifically on [...]

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Are There Big Fish in the Upper Provo?

August 31, 2010

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Fly Fishing Utah I’ve heard many people that go fly fishing utah’s Provo River that there aren’t many big fish on the Upper Provo.  The Middle and Lower always hold decent fish, but Upper Provo was mainly a small fish fishery. Well, I beg to differ.  Royce and I went up to Woodland Utah to [...]

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There’s big fish in that there mountain

August 22, 2010

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By Tyler Skeen Ah, where to begin…….well lets start by answering the question I have been asked over and over since I announced that I would be fishing in the Boulder Mountains. The question is, “Where are the Boulders?” Well before I tell you where they are, I am going to give you a little [...]

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Working on the Short Casts

August 12, 2010

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By Bryan Eldredge guide with Utah Fly Guides One of the keys to being a successful fly fishing guide is to understand the complexity of helping our guests learn how to become better fly fishers while helping them catch fish at the same time. The trick is in assessing what our guests can do and [...]

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The Hot Dog Fish

June 12, 2010

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by Bryan K. Eldredge Utah Fly Guides My teenage daughter’s text message said, “You’re stupid for running out of gas!” I knew she was kidding, but I was stupid. And the real stupidity was that I had run out of gas along Utah’s Provo River with a truckload of fishing gear, but not one fly [...]

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Should have been on the Beaverhead but the Provo will do.

May 22, 2010

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I was planning on going to Missoula for work this weekend and on the way I was going to fish the Beaverhead but I stayed home to attend some important family activities.  I figured I needed to get on the water to try and make up for not hitting Montana waters.  I decided to do [...]

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Shocking News! HB-141 Passes Senate

March 10, 2010

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information taken from http://utahwaterguardians.org/ A sad day for Utah’s fisherman, Representative McIff’s unconstitutional House-bill somehow passes the Senate. In an odd twist of events, the 2nd substitute HB-141 was passed with a 19-10 vote late in the day.  The 2nd substitute HB-141 was made public only 3 hours before the vote…. in a nut shell, [...]

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