• Upper Provo River
The Upper stretch is high, at 850 cfs and will only get higher with the rain and warm temps later this week. The river will likely be nearly unfishable for at least the next month.
• Middle Provo River
Flows have actually dropped by a hundred cfs in the past week and is at 566 cfs as of Sunday the 22nd. Fishing continues to be good as long as you adapt to the higher water conditions. Baetis nymphs continue to be the meal of choice, try Barr's Emergers, Psycho Mays, and JuJu Baetis in 18's and 20's. For dessert, the fish have been taking #10 and #12 Stonefly nymphs if they've left room after the baetis. Try Epoxy Back Golden Stones, Barr's Tungstone, and some 20 incher stones. Streamer fishing can be excellent at this flow, try big articulated streamers in black and olive, and get fish them near the bottom.
• Lower Provo River
The lower is very high, as they are trying to make some room in Deer Creek. It's also been off color from all the mud feeding in from Little Deer Creek just below the dam. We will have to wait and see what the weather brings, hopefully it will clear up soon.
• Green River
The Green has been running high lately, so high that some people have been floating A,B, and C section in less than six hours. That's fast! As of Sunday the flows are about 4700cfs, but are expected to go back up to nearly 9000 soon. Reports have been mixed. Some success has been had nymphing deep with scuds and midges. Also some good fish are being caught on big streamers. Check the flows on our 'Rivers' page or give us a call before heading out that way.
• Strawberry Reservoir
The ice completely blew off Strawberry a week ago. The fishing was great as it was coming off, with a number of big cutthroats being caught; hopefully you got in on the action! Since the ice has been off, the catching has slowed but has still been decent. The Soldier Creek side has been providing the fastest action because a lot of the smaller rainbows have been staying in the shallows and have been hungry. The cutthroats on both sides of the reservoir have moved out over deeper water for the most part, but shore anglers have still been getting some nice fish as they come into the shallows to feed under lower light conditions. From shore and boat, black marabou jigs have been good, as well as white tube jigs. Fly anglers have been having success on black leeches and buggers, as well as white crystal buggers and zonkers.
• Deer Creek
Deer Creek has been one of the better fishing reservoirs around recently. Shore anglers have been picking up scrappy rainbows on PowerBait and spinners. Boat angler's have been doing well casting jigs and spinners, or trolling Flatfish. Fly fishers have been doing great trolling dark colored woolly buggers. The fish seem to be concentrated 15-20 feet down, so give your jigs, bait, flies time to sink.
• Memorial Day Weekend!
Our streams may be high, but there is plenty of reservoir fishing to be done. Locally, as mentioned, Deer Creek has been great; East Canyon is fishing well; Pineview has been producing crappie and some bass. Flaming Gorge would make for a great trip. The rainbow fishing there has been very good, along with a lot of smaller lake trout being caught on jigs and trolling gear. The ice is off of Scofield and the fishing has been fast for small rainbows. Joe's Valley Reservoir doesn't see as much pressure and produces some nice splake. Head further south for some great bass action at Sand Hollow or Lake Powell. Stop by the shop or give us a call for more info on these and other locations. Get out there and feel a tug on the end of the rod this weekend!
