Spider Lake - Uintah's

[senkonate]

Hey guys. I'm going backpacking to Spider Lake in the Uintah's with my son's scout trip. We're going in a couple weeks, June 17-20.

Does anyone have any tips for fishing Spider Lake?

This is our first time, and would also be very appreciative any general (hiking/fishing/etc) tips for that area of the Uintahs this time of year!

Thanks!
Nate
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[gofish435]

My wife and I backpacked through most of the Uintas in our younger days. There are several lakes/reservoirs in the area if you are going to use Spider as your base camp. Most of the waters up there are stocked on a three year cycle with most of the fish being brookies and tigers the last few years. The problem is that some years the lakes winterkill so if you don't find fish at one lake just move to another one. I would take a day pack so you can carry lunch, raingear, and your fishing tackle to bushwack some of the other waters in the area. Other lakes/reservoirs are Superior, Gem, Doll, Five Point Lake, Drift, Bluebell, and several others that only have a number designation. The connecting streams will also hold some fish so if you are tired of stillwater fishing try some streams. As far as fishing recommendations, fly fishing (either fly rod or fly & bubble) works well as does lures/spinners. These fish don't see many anglers so you shouldn't have any trouble catching fish. I'm sure that if you have done any other backpacking trips, always remember the raingear, bug off, & camera!

I hope you have good weather and catch lots of fish while your trying to keep the boys under control[].
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[senkonate]

Thanks for those great recommendations, gofish435!

Nate
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[ddaley]

Only been up there once but if it's anything like the time I went catching fish shouldn't be a problem. As mentioned, fly behind a bubble or spinner fishing seems to work well. I'd recommend one afternoon to hike up to Drift and then down over to Bluebell and back around. Some of the better fish I caught were at Drift and Bluebell but as mentioned depending on how the winterkill went it may be completely different this year.

My other recommendation is to make sure to take rain gear, firestarters and plenty of easy to pack snacks. I spent 10 days up there when I went and like clockwork everyday about 1pm it started raining and then would clear up for the evening. Couple of days I had to take cover by the lake I was at and wait out the storms, having a fire and something to eat does wonders if you're sitting under a tree in a nasty rain storm for hours. Fish early, nap during the day listening to the rain and fish late.... Sounds rough doesn't it []
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[senkonate]

Thanks, ddaley!

Anyone else?
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[albinotrout]

Never been to those lakes my self, sorry unable to add to anything else. Being that it is the Unitas probably any fly with red on it should produce.
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