lower provo

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I started my season of fishing on the Lower Provo over the weekend. A friend of a friend was passing through from the east coast, so we decided to go out. He spin fishes, so we tried rapalas through the canyon and also through town. Mostly slow fishing, though we picked up a few fish. Covering a lot of water seemed to be the key, and also moving the rapalas more slowly than I usually would. Toward the end of the day my partner hooked a 16-18 inch brown that jumped three times before throwing the hook, which was a good way to finish. I fell over a sunken log and into the river at dusk, baptizing the new season.

I checked in with a number of flyfishers that we passed along the way, and everyone seemed to having a slow day. My intuition is that streamer fishing would beat nymphing with scuds, soft hackles, etc., but I'm not sure. I did see a few BWO's from time to time, although nothing feeding on them. I'm hoping the hatch gets going soon and we can start catching some fish on or near the surface.

The river is still quite low in the canyon, which is nice for wading. Relatively high water through the city--compared to last year at this time. That might be part of the explanation of why fishing was slow.
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[FishSlayerMP]

Was thinking about heading down there yesterday, thanks for the report.
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[Aquaticbotulism]

I hit the mighty middle two weeks ago SJ and a black midge entertained me all afternoon...nothing crazy big but fun! Days like today this time of year should be spent on the lower Logan usually awesome blue wing action!!
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