Southern Utah Fly Fishing, Guides Report.
Fishlake.
The
Browns and Splake have started to sack up at the twincreeks area, we always
start with a olive bugger and then a soft hackle or pheasant tail nymph as a
trailer fly. fishit deep and slow along the bottom.
Johnson Valley Reservoir.
The Dam
Is shut off and the reservoir is filling, water level is still pretty low, the
water clarity is bad, whole reservoir is a muddy mess, there are still good
numbers of Musky in the lake through out the summer we managed to hook in to a
few, fishing currently has been slow.
SevenMile/Um Creeks
Seven
Mile is fishing good, the Brook trout are spawning so watch for the Reds, they
are typically at the tail out of the pools, we fish a pink and black bugger sz
12 in the meadow section.
farther up stream we nymph using a bloody mary sz 14 or even
a 12. other worth while patterns have been, Birds Nest, sz 14, hares ear, sz
14, royal wullf, sz 12.
Um Creek. fishing has been slow, the fish tend to really
move in into deep water and up in to the undercut banks at this time of year, October
caddis nymphs and dries have worked best for us.
Fremont River.
The
upper Fremont is low and Clear, a good number of browns have moved up from the
reservoir in to the river, watch out for the spawning beds, aka Reds, they are
typically found at the tail out of the pool sections of the pools where the
water is a little faster and more oxygenated. we have fished a Hares ear flash
back sz 14, or Birds nest in sz 14 or 12, in the pools, glow bugs, pheasant
tail, and hopper patterns are a must have too. the Bicknell bottoms area has
been fishing really slow, look for it to improve later this fall as the fish
move back in after the spawn, section below hiway 12 was off color.
Thousand Lakes Mountain.
Fishing has been great for the
Brook trout at Deep, and Meeks, bloody mary and brown buggers have worked well
for us, we also use a sz 10 olive bugger with a touch of orange in the tail and
do really well. the cutthroat and tiger trout fishing has been really good too.
Boulder Mountain.
The
Mountain closes on November 1st, with the exception of a few lakes,
check the Utah fishing proclamations for the lakes that remain open. most of
the lakes are low at this time of year, often the deep side of the lake is on
the inlet side as apposed to the side that the Dam is on, the fish typically
concentrate on the deep sides of the lake at this time of year and become very aggressive.
there as been some really nice Brook trout caught on the Mtn this year, also
some really nice tiger trout. some must have flies for this time of year are,
scuds, tan, blood, and olive, sz 12 and
14. we also use glow bugs, birds nest, half backs, rainbow warriors, and prince
nymphs and zug bugs.
