08-16-2004, 08:10 PM
I also fish the N.F. of the Duchesne. My moms side of the family is from up there and my uncle has a cabin in Hanna. I fished the N.F. a few months ago and it was slow. Sad that the DWR between drought and whirling disease in the hatcheries don't plant the rivers much anymore. Hopefully with the hatchery improvments they will be able to resume this. And not with the little six inch fish they plant now, but the 12-13 inchers they used to plant.
They Duchesne down thru Hanna and Tabiona can be good for wild browns. And I prefer to fish down there now. But its not the best place to teach a young child to river fish. If the action isnt fast they get bored. When I was just learning to stream fish my dad would take me up there or the N.F. Provo River and they were always planted with nice sized fish. Both of these rivers now are seldom planted so all that is left are the wild fish, which are not as cooperative to teaching youngsters to fish.
I've also have noticed that their are people up there now. It has been that way since the paved Wolf Creek Pass. On the other had you can get up there faster. I guess all the people is the price we pay for a nicer trip.
John
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They Duchesne down thru Hanna and Tabiona can be good for wild browns. And I prefer to fish down there now. But its not the best place to teach a young child to river fish. If the action isnt fast they get bored. When I was just learning to stream fish my dad would take me up there or the N.F. Provo River and they were always planted with nice sized fish. Both of these rivers now are seldom planted so all that is left are the wild fish, which are not as cooperative to teaching youngsters to fish.
I've also have noticed that their are people up there now. It has been that way since the paved Wolf Creek Pass. On the other had you can get up there faster. I guess all the people is the price we pay for a nicer trip.
John
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