05-16-2003, 11:07 AM
[cool]Yep, that's me...when my hair was darker and I was a few pounds lighter.
Some folks might recognize the Provo River, above the trestle. I had several holes and slots in that stretch that I fished the high-low dropper fly rig (drop-shottin') with my 9' bubble chucker. The long rod allowed me to make long casts, and then to keep the line up off the water better, for better feel and control as the flies bounced down the current.
Caught lots of nice browns, a few rainbows and some monster whitefish in that stretch. Also got to say howdy to a few "buzz worms" (rattlesnakes) while walking back along the tracks after dark.
The other fish pick, just in cast you're interested, was from the Duchesne River, down below Starvation. On the day I took that pic, just after the opener (remember those), I probably caught at least 30 browns in the low, clear flow, by fishing big flies with a small splitshot. I would either use the long rod to drop them over the edge into a hole, or cast either upstream or downstream into deeper pockets or runs. The one in the picture was about the biggest. I joked to my fishing buddy that it had taken off downstream and straightened out two bends in the stream.
I look forward to seeing you down here soon. The thermometer is supposed to hit a hundred for the first time, while I am fishing Saturday, and will probably not dip much below that until sometime in October. Hope you know some good ways to stay cool...like floating down the river, tied up to groups of other tubes full of ASU coeds.
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Some folks might recognize the Provo River, above the trestle. I had several holes and slots in that stretch that I fished the high-low dropper fly rig (drop-shottin') with my 9' bubble chucker. The long rod allowed me to make long casts, and then to keep the line up off the water better, for better feel and control as the flies bounced down the current.
Caught lots of nice browns, a few rainbows and some monster whitefish in that stretch. Also got to say howdy to a few "buzz worms" (rattlesnakes) while walking back along the tracks after dark.
The other fish pick, just in cast you're interested, was from the Duchesne River, down below Starvation. On the day I took that pic, just after the opener (remember those), I probably caught at least 30 browns in the low, clear flow, by fishing big flies with a small splitshot. I would either use the long rod to drop them over the edge into a hole, or cast either upstream or downstream into deeper pockets or runs. The one in the picture was about the biggest. I joked to my fishing buddy that it had taken off downstream and straightened out two bends in the stream.
I look forward to seeing you down here soon. The thermometer is supposed to hit a hundred for the first time, while I am fishing Saturday, and will probably not dip much below that until sometime in October. Hope you know some good ways to stay cool...like floating down the river, tied up to groups of other tubes full of ASU coeds.
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