Ice Report MillMeadow, Winter Fly Fishing Upper Fremont

The Last Week has brought some very cold weather, with temperatures dipping to - 11.

it has formed safe ice on mill meadow, forsyth, and even fish lake recapped over the last couple days, fishing is possible on the extreme north and south ends of Fish lake, the clear ice is new and still unsafe.  

 Thomas Braved the Cold Temperatures
and managed to land  a couple nice Browns on the upper fremont yesterday.

A few people got out and enjoyed the ice on MillMeadow

this weekend, there is 6 to 7 inches in the fremont river arm of the lake

I talked to a couple of guys who said fishing was decent for Browns and Rainbows in the 14 to 16 inch range.

 

Mill Meadow Reservoir Dec 31 2014

 

 

 

MillMeadow Reservoir Today.

Looks like the last couple of days have thickened the ice up

be careful out there. 

Ice Report for Millmeadow and Forsyth Reservoir, + Fremont river Fishing Report.

Forsyth Reservoir.

Checked the ice condition today looked like there was about 6 to 8 inches

of ice.

 

 

 

 MillMeadow Reservoir. Checked today, as you can see there was a good cover of ice, however those cracks look wet, the fremont river inlet has had ice for a month now and may have safer ice, use extreme caution here. it is currently filling with increased flows from U.M. creek.

 This guy and his friends come to visit the fly shop area each night.

 Upper Fremont has been fishing well with Midge patterns, hares ear, pheasant tail nymphs
and buggers in the deeper holes.

Fishing southern utah, road and water update.

I drove over the thousand lakes mtn road into Solomon basin.

Farell pond was half way open, no luck for me there, floating island had about 15 % open water! I did really good there fishing a black bugger, Meeks was completely covered in ice the edges were really soft though, morrel pond was half way covered with ice, my neighbor fished neffs and said they iced fished, there was 5 inches of ice, they did really well for 10 to 12 inch brook.

The road over the top in to Solomon had about 1 and a half inches of snow in the trees.

Also....

Drove the fishlake loop road yesterday, snow on the road but passable with 4 wheel drive.

 the main body of fishlake is completely open, even the marinas had thawed out... Pelican bay was still frozen though, Johnson's was covered in ice, the edges were really mushy looking though. Mill meadow had opened up some but still had a lot of ice from the Fremont inlet to the boat ramp, Forsyth still has ice cover, it's thin, there was some open water by the springs.

Southern Utah fishing report

Fish lake.
The lake still has plenty of open water, there was ice in the pelican bay area and in the marinas, the main body remains open water. The splake have been stacked up at the twin creeks area and the fishing has been really good, a number of patterns have been useful, orange glow bugs, pheasant tail nymphs, olive or white buggers are a handful of the patterns we have been successful with.

Mill meadow reservoir.
The reservoir is fairly low.
The fishing for browns and rainbows has been really good to really slow,  we have used black and red simi seal leech patterns and done well.

Forsyth is nearly full, fishing has been best in the cove next to the boat ramp.
Leech patterns and zug bugs have worked well for us.

Fremont river.
The upper Fremont has been incredible, fishing has been awesome for browns. Fish the pools and runs now.  Useful patterns.
Hares ear sz.14 pheasant tail nymph, sz 14 and 12. Also polish pheasant tail.
Bicknell bottoms, has been slow, we have done best using nose pickers in sz. 16.

Boulder mountain.
Most lakes are closed, there in 3 to 6 inches of snow below the rim, and more likely to accumulat this weekend with the current storm.  There is thin ice on several of the lakes.

Thousand lakes.
Access is possible from the Forsyth reservoir side for those with 4 wheel drive, that could change this weekend.
There was still some open water at Meeks, most of the other lakes had thin ice covering most of the surface.

Koosharem reservoir.
Has an inch of new ice covering the whole lake.

Southern Utah Fly Fishing, Guides Report

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 1^st, 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.

Fly fishing boulder mtn utah late fall