Hey I'm teaching myself to fly fish and could use some advice for flies in the Uintas. I'm going to be at Moon Lake and over on the Yellowstone river next week and wondered if anyone had been there lately or fish there much. Any help would be great.
[signature]
I don't fish that particular area much but I do fish the uintas quite a bit. I usually use renengades, mosquitos, blue duns, adams, grifiths knats, small hoppers, and any flies with a little bit of red in them uncluding streamers. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
[signature]
If you get some time while you are at moon lake, take a short hike up the little creek that feeds into it. It is very brushy and hard to get through, but if you put your fly in the pocket areas you will see little brookies and cuts swim up from the bottom and grab it. They are not big enough to make a meal out of but it is a lot of fun. Make sure you wet your hand before touching them so that they will survive being released.
[signature]
Welcome aboard. Can't help you with your fly fishing, but I don't think you could find more information or help than right here @ BFT. Good luck
[signature]
All those small flies have their place up in the Uinta's but they aren't strapped on the end of my line very often.
BIG, go BIG. Everyday I've had this year up there has been more than I can ask for fishing big dry flies. Those fish can't deny them, I've had fish attack them so aggresively they totally miss the fly. The nice thing is they want the fly so bad they keep coming back up to 6 times to get the same fly.
Hoppers and stimi's are all I need. Throw in caddis, beetles, and ants and you can't lose.
[signature]
I've found on every lake I've ever fished in the Uintahs, the fish are usually not too selective. A size 12 or 14 Mosquito or Grey Hackle Peacock will almost always catch lots of fish casted behind a bubble. For streams, tiny spinners in size 0 worked best for me -- mepps, blue fox or whatever's your favorite. Silver color was best for me.
For flies on rivers, a black ant with a bit of red on the tail does great too.
[signature]
I agree that small Midge and Mayfly patterns will save the day if the fish are selective but like Icthys said you can't go wrong fishing a big dry. I like the Royal Trude myself. Also as the season goes on Terrestrial insects become very important. Always have some black, red and brown ants and black beetles on hand. I've seen a "hatch" of flying ants where they were falling out of the sky like rain and the fish got very selective. Early in the season nymphs and scuds and streamers can be great but later on the fish look up more and more. I once fished a lake in early July (which is spring in the mountains) and killed the fish on Wooley Buggers and yet in August I couldn't buy a bite on them yet trolling a dry fly brought savage strikes and many times as many fish.
FM
[signature]
Caught my first Golden trout up there this weekend black Drymergers work well on the lakes.
[signature]
Just got back this past weekend - anything top water killed them - letting it float still on the water - or twitching it - or - even running it across the top of the water... it did not matter - mostly got hits off of green body with white top, dry fly, size 12. - take the "off" - Mosquitoes ate me alive.
[signature]
HFT,
Do you mean a pure Golden,, Or an Albino Rainbow?
Pea.
[signature]
Thanks for all the great tips and flies to try.
Pure Golden dude! Not a Hatchery Rainbow Hybrid.
[signature]
good boy james, way to set them straight! LOL. I told you there are some out there that just get
between a the sacred golden and a hatchery bred hybrid. LOL
Topehaw
The reason I asked is because there are only a couple of lakes that holds pure Golden trout in utah.
Alot of people call Albino rainbows, Golden trout.
pea.
[signature]
No worries! there are only a couple of lakes with Golden in them. Alot of people do call albino's Golden. In fact this week I have had several guys tell me about the goldens all over the Uinta's, But we know better.
[signature]