Fishing Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Weather: sunny, slight breeze, warm T-60s
Moon Phase: 87% Moon
Location: Southern Utah
Best Baits: Hare’s ear nymph
Who Went: Roger Parks, Dunc
My buddy Roger
headed south last weekend and came back with good reports, so I talked him into
making another trip with me this weekend.
The weather report said it would be 61 degrees, so I was excited to get
out after a long winter and warm up a bit.
The weather didn’t disappoint and neither did the fishing.
Roger tied up some
hare’s ear nymphs that he did well on the week before, so I rigged one up and
put another as a dropper and we started walking down river. The river was shallow with low flows, so we
hit mainly the deeper holes. The first deep
hole produced some small rainbows and a decent brown for Roger.
The second hole
looked very fishy and was probably the deepest hole we saw all day. I quickly landed a couple rainbows and Roger
found some fish as well, before I set the hook on something I knew was
different. It didn’t move at all with my
hook set and immediately went down and stayed down. It took me a few minutes to even get it to
surface and when it did… I knew it was a nice fish. The fight continued until Roger was finally
able to put a net on it. No measurements
or weights on the nice rainbow trout, but it was a beautiful fat football. One of the nicest fish I’ve caught on a fly
rod.
We continued fishing every deep hole we could find and pulled at least a fish or two from each one. Even doubled up a couple times.
By afternoon it felt hot as
the breeze died down and the temperatures climbed over 60 degrees. Such a good day to be outside and wandering a
river. The good fishing just put it over
the top. We are already planning our
next trip!
