03-27-2007, 11:01 PM
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Fishing was good over the weekend on the East Fork of the Sevier, Deer Creek and Antimony Creek. Water was a little high on these streams, but they were certainly fishable. [/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The East Fork was a little muddy. It had rained overnight and that pumps mud into the stream. It cleared considerably by noon.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]I love to fly fish and I planned to do that exclusively. But I’ve never done well fly fishing in high, muddy water so I switched to a spin rod and a Rapala. (I try to be prepared for anything.)[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Caught browns with the Rapala on the East Fork. On the other two I fished with a black leech, beadhead. I caught browns on Deer Creek and rainbows/bookies on Antimony Creek.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All fish were small, 8-12 inchers. There are bigger fish in these streams but they weren’t cooperating.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Snowpack is low and runoff probably will not be a big factor in southern Utah. [/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]These are beautiful streams and success will probably improve during the next few weeks. The East Fork is still recovering from a fish kill a couple years ago (ash from a fire on the mountain). It won’t be up to its glory days, but it is still worth a trip.[/size][/font]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]I have more info and photos here: [url "http://www.redrockadventure.com/blog/"]http://www.redrockadventure.com/blog/[/url]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The East Fork was a little muddy. It had rained overnight and that pumps mud into the stream. It cleared considerably by noon.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]I love to fly fish and I planned to do that exclusively. But I’ve never done well fly fishing in high, muddy water so I switched to a spin rod and a Rapala. (I try to be prepared for anything.)[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Caught browns with the Rapala on the East Fork. On the other two I fished with a black leech, beadhead. I caught browns on Deer Creek and rainbows/bookies on Antimony Creek.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All fish were small, 8-12 inchers. There are bigger fish in these streams but they weren’t cooperating.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Snowpack is low and runoff probably will not be a big factor in southern Utah. [/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]These are beautiful streams and success will probably improve during the next few weeks. The East Fork is still recovering from a fish kill a couple years ago (ash from a fire on the mountain). It won’t be up to its glory days, but it is still worth a trip.[/size][/font]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]I have more info and photos here: [url "http://www.redrockadventure.com/blog/"]http://www.redrockadventure.com/blog/[/url]
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