Lower Provo- December

[Fishin_Fool78]

Anyone fishing the lower provo this time of year? Is it a gpod time of year to fish it?
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[remo_5_0]

Winter has always been good for me on the lower. YMMV though.
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[doggonefishin]

[quote remo_5_0]Winter has always been good for me on the lower. YMMV though.[/quote]

What is YMMV?




As for the original question, I haven't been able to go for a couple of weeks, but it has been fishing well. Crowds are more tolerable too.
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[remo_5_0]

Your Mileage May Vary.
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[ru22dizzle]

Lower Provo is always a good option in the winter. Don't be afraid to go out on the cold days, but be ready to switch up the tactics. Some days a solid dry fly midge day will be the key, others it will be more nymph rigs or even streamers. Just find a stretch that has the least amount of people and get in there.
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[Fishin_Fool78]

Thanks for the info guys! I will give it a try!!
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[doggonefishin]

[quote Fishin_Fool78]Thanks for the info guys! I will give it a try!![/quote]


Just dress appropriately. It gets dang cold. []


Here are a few from 2 1/2-3 weeks ago to whet your appetite.
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[Joe_Dizzy]

Fishing well... egg bite is still strong in the mornings... learn to love midges... weeds can be an issue depending on where you like to fish.
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[Fishin_Fool78]

I fished from 2:30-4:00 today and caught one brown on a black simi seal. There were others surfacing in there. Fun stuff!!
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[Joe_Dizzy]

[quote Fishin_Fool78]I fished from 2:30-4:00 today and caught one brown on a black simi seal. There were others surfacing in there. Fun stuff!![/quote]

Surfacing activity usually means one of two things this time of year; brown trout breach a lot when spawning, or fish rising to hatching midges. The latter are quite catchable and are usually picking midge pupae off just under the surface.

These patterns have all been working well for me over the past several weeks.

#20 Jujubee - black (I carry quite a few of these in different colors... just snatch a midge out of the air and "match the hatch")


#16 Pure Midge Larva - red


#18 Zebra Midge


#22 Super Pupa - olive


#20 Baetis Micro-emerger

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[RiverHag]

Those look great. Emergers are my biggest struggle. How do you go about keeping the strike detected?

I have tried about every method and still struggle with them every year.
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[Joe_Dizzy]

[quote RiverHag]Those look great. Emergers are my biggest struggle. How do you go about keeping the strike detected?

I have tried about every method and still struggle with them every year.[/quote]

I fish these wet... deep nymphing with an indicator.

If the fish are shallow, you can hang them closer to the surface... such as a 12" dropper off the back of a dry.

Most of the time however, for every midge grabbed on/near the surface, there are hundreds of pupa/emergers getting gobbled up deeper under the surface.
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[doggonefishin]

I use a couple of those, but I don't use bead heads much on the Lopro. (haven't had as much luck.) The non bead head seems to have a better action on a bounce rig and if using a non bounce rig, the bead heads seem to invariably get stuck in the weeds.

How are you rigging your bead heads on the Lopro?
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[Joe_Dizzy]

I fish them on a straight in-line nymphing rig in this low water... strike indicator>>5ft to top fly>>12-15" to point fly.

I'll add a shot about a foot above the top fly.

Weeds are a major issue this year. Pretty much check/set on every drift. I'm not slaying them by any means, but probably averaging 12-15 hook-ups per trip.
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[doggonefishin]

[quote Joe_Dizzy]
Weeds are a major issue this year. Pretty much check/set on every drift. I'm not slaying them by any means, but probably averaging 12-15 hook-ups per trip.[/quote]


+1 on the weeds. They are enough of a problem that Ive pretty much gone with a classic bounce rig there. (indicator, 3-4 ft leader, top fly via double surgeons knot, one foot leader, double surgeons and 2nd fly, split shot on the bottom, off one of the tag ends of the leader, about 8-10 inches below the 2nd fly. It has notably cut down on time picking weeds off the flies and I feel the presentation is still good. Still happens some though.


Like you, I wouldn't say I consistently slay them, (sometimes it is hot, sometimes not so much) but overall, the action is pretty consistent. Fun place to fish, but it can humble an angler too.
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