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Sounds like a great day.I didn't know the Ogden river had Smallies.
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[cool][#0000ff]Nice report and welcome aboard. Glad you got into some fish. If you hooked and landed them all, it wouldn't be a challenge anymore, right? The memories of the ones we left are what keep us plotting our revenge and coming back for more. I think that qualifies as masochism.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is not uncommon for fish to be more active just before dark. It is a "magical" time on many streams and lakes. There are a lot of potential reasons for it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In "skinny water" (shallow) the fish are spooky and fearful of predators. When the visibility drops, they become bolder.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the water is still cold, the temperatures are slightly higher at the end of a sunny day than after a long cold night, so the fish become more active.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If the fish feed on hatching insects, some species of bugs hatch right at dusk so that is when you will see the most fish activity.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sounds like you were staying with dry flies and one pattern all day. Not always the best policy. You should have someone help you to put together some small nymphs and maybe some wet flies and streamers to fish below the surface when the fish are not feeding on top. Many of the bigger fish seldom take dry flies and you will have a better shot at them with bigger flies fished deeper. You have to learn how to detect the bites from subsurface fish. Not like watching them hit on top. But, when you learn how you will catch more fish and get more enjoyment from your fly rod.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No surprise about the smallies in the river. Anything that lives in Pineview can end up in the river below...even tiger muskies. Over the years there have been a lot of non-trout species taken from the river. Enjoy them as a bonus.[/#0000ff]
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Nice report. I got a smallie out of there last month as well. I have also caught perch and catfish. Have seen a musky.
One thing you might want to try to greater success on the Ogden is a dropper fly off of that BWO. In my experience on that river, the bigger fish take the emergers and nymphs. Serendipitys, hares ears, pheasant tails, and WD40's work very well about 18" behind.
Make sure to post your flyfishing reports on the Utah Fly Fishing board as well. Lot's of knowledge over there. [cool]
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where were you about on the river
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i did try a few streamers in a deep pool but no action. and where i was fishing is a secret i cant reveal, yesterday was even bad for that spot it usually produces a lot more fish.
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Hate to tell you this, but there are no secrets on the Ogden River as far as location. Maybe some "secret" flies.
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ill put it this way then, you will never run into anyone else when fishing there.
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Sounds like quite a few places on the Ogden that I know. Like flycasting said, no secrets on this river.
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Well I have fished pretty much every inch of the river over the last 12 or so years, along with the North, Middle, and South Forks of the river above Pineview. I have never seen an area that I could say doesn't get fished fairly regulary on the main river.
But as long as you have it to your own when you're there, that's all that counts. [cool]
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My guess would be that there was a caddis hatch of some sort. Depending on the river the first round of caddis will hatch around dusk around this time. Caddis hatches are quite the phenomenon. During a caddis hatch you will see fish feed in an extremely aggressive manner. If its a good one you can see fish sky rocket from the water or at the least hammer the bugs off the top. The caddis swim to the surface quickly from the bottom and trout often pursue them aggressively. Usually the hatch does not last long but you can catch a lot of fish during the hour or two before the hatch as well using caddis nymphs suspended beneath a dry fly pattern representing a caddis fly. If you don't fly fish you could probably even throw an Elk Hair caddis pattern a few feet behind a floating bubble. If its a good hatch you just need to get your fly on the water and you won't be disappointed.
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you think the caddis hatch is already starting i was there yesterday not fishing just looking i saw a small stone fly hatch thats all i saw.
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]. my buddie caught two right off the bat on blue winged olives. we moved spots and hit a good hole, got a lot of hits but no hookup. still using blue wing olives. he caught one more fish. it was almost dark and we were about to go when i saw a ton of fish surfacing in a pool. i grabbed my spinning rod made a few casts with a one inch rapala and hooked into a smallie and by then it was dark. made a few more casts and almost caught two more. it was my first bass ever caught so that made an alright day good enough for me.[
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