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As much as I would have enjoyed floating on my tube all day, the river was calling me this week. I live quite close to the Provo and have seriously neglected my neighbor this year.

My plan was to hit the mouth of the canyon, flip some spinners, dunk some worms, and even try out the fly rod if the mood was right.

My fly rod is set up with sinking line and I've never quite felt comfortable enough with my cast to attempt moving water with it. My cast has improved a bit and I figured I could keep my bugs out of the trees, mostly. I'm still a really sorry case with a fly rod, but everyone needs to start somewhere, right?

Parked behind the gas station, I wandered down by the old Deer Creek pumping station and crossed the bridge to find a little "elbow" in the river that always seems to produce for me.



I was very surprised to see the water so low. Casting space was tight, but I was able to strip through the hole a few times without seeing any evidence of fish.

Upstream, I managed to place my bugger right into the wash below a canal diversion and missed an immediate strike on my dropper (egg pattern). Too bad, since it looked like a pretty good fish.

Further up, I missed several hits and lost my dropper, but then I hooked up with my first fish on moving water with my fly rod.



Nothing special, but it made my day, nonetheless.

My goal had been achieved and I lost my leader a few casts later, so I strolled back to the car and got my spinning rig out.

With my size zero Blue Fox under a bridge, I pulled in my smallest trout to date:



Precious.

Walking up and down the same stretch, I ended up with quite a few browns on a Panther Martin that looks similar to my favorite Blue Fox (Sportsman's was out AGAIN!) before I called it a day. I took pics of a couple:







It was a short trip today, but I enjoyed myself and it's always nice to wade a river for a couple of hours.

Happy Fishing, Humans.
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Another nice report Loah, looks like a fun day on the river. Have you ever caught any big ones in that area? WH2
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Yes I have. I've spooked a whole lot more than I've actually caught, but I've seen some lunkers.

This trip, I had a big guy chasing my spinner, but he learned quickly once he swam into my shadow.
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Some pretty fish. I've actually caught smaller fish than that on spinners! Amazing what those little guys will try to munch on.
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